Iraqi Millstone Round Bush’s Neck Iraqi Millstone Round Bush’s Neck
Coming into his sixth State of the Union address, Bush is politically weaker than ever before, and the cause is clear: Iraq. The most recent WaPo-ABC poll found that 51% of Ameri...
Jan 23, 2007 / The Nation
Election Starting Way Too Early Election Starting Way Too Early
Barack Obama -- born in 1961, therefore, by many calculations, a Baby Boomer -- is positioning himself -- with the help of pundits like John Broder of the New York Times, as the ...
Jan 22, 2007 / The Nation
Bush’s Sacrifice Bush’s Sacrifice
Bush is soft-pedaling the idea of sacrifice as a way of making his war palatable to ordinary Americans. But the tactic isn't working all that well.
Jan 22, 2007 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Draft Obama! Why Bother? Draft Obama! Why Bother?
Ambitious politicians don't need a draft to run for higher office, but as "draft" sites become a campaign essential, genuine netroots activists will pay the price.
Jan 22, 2007 / Feature / Ari Melber
Reason for Modest Hope Reason for Modest Hope
Shouldn't we pause to take note of the rare convergence that has unfolded in the Democrats' "early bird" contest for president? At this moment, the two hot candidates staring down...
Jan 22, 2007 / The Nation
Escalation Opponents Hold White House Vigil Escalation Opponents Hold White House Vigil
One of over a thousand anti-escalation events taking place around the country.
Jan 22, 2007 / The Nation
Hrant Dink (1954-2007) Hrant Dink (1954-2007)
A courageous editor and fervent Turkish patriot is killed in the name of nationalists intent on burying the inconvenient realities of history.
Jan 22, 2007 / Feature / Ronald Grigor Suny
The Illogic of Empire The Illogic of Empire
Iraq is America's colonial war. Arguments for maintaining colonial rule in India are almost identical to the justifications offered for the continuing presence of US troops in Iraq...
Jan 22, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Gary Younge
Protesting the War Protesting the War
On Saturday, January 27 there will be a major mobilization in Washington, DC against the war in Iraq organized by United for Peace and Justice. The idea is to show Congress that A...
Jan 22, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
Thinking Vietnam, Fighting in Iraq Thinking Vietnam, Fighting in Iraq
It's been a repetitive phenomenon of these last years--when fears about disaster (or further disaster, or even the farthest reaches of disaster) in Iraq rise, so does the specter ...
Jan 22, 2007 / The Nation