A Globalization Offensive A Globalization Offensive
In 2007 Congress may get real on the fallacies and contradictions of global trade.
Jan 11, 2007 / William Greider
Body Count Body Count
On January 4th, the Pentagon "announced the identities" of six American soldiers who had died between December 28th and New Year's Eve. It was just one of many such listings over...
Jan 11, 2007 / The Nation
Bush’s Reality-Based Desperation Bush’s Reality-Based Desperation
George W. Bush finally has dipped his toe into the reality-based pool.
Standing in the White House library--because his PR guides wanted him to see...
Jan 11, 2007 / David Corn
Handing Bush the Bully Pulpit Handing Bush the Bully Pulpit
It is all well and good to celebrate the cautious baby steps being taken by Congress to reassert itself as a check and balance upon the executive-branch excesses of the monarchica...
Jan 11, 2007 / John Nichols
Dr. King and the Media Dr. King and the Media
MEMPHIS -- The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., whose legacy has been celebrated this weekend in Memphis by National Conference for Media Reform speakers such as Bill Moyers, the ...
Jan 11, 2007 / John Nichols
Will Democrats Spend Their Political Capital? Will Democrats Spend Their Political Capital?
White House press secretary Tony Snow is right about one thing:Democratic resolutions on Iraq may be non-binding, but the war--andnow its escalation--is "very real." Just because...
Jan 11, 2007 / The Nation
Surge Into A Quagmire Surge Into A Quagmire
In a sober address to the nation Wednesday night, President Bush confirmed his determination to surge the United States military deeper into the Iraq quagmire by sending roughly 2...
Jan 11, 2007 / John Nichols
Iraqi Civilians Brace for a Surge Iraqi Civilians Brace for a Surge
Sunni civilians have reason to fear more fighting, not only from a potential surge of US troops but also Kurdish militias mobilized by the Iraqi government.
Jan 10, 2007 / Feature / David Enders
An Army at Peril An Army at Peril
The surge is Bush's last throw of the dice. If it fails, he may decimate an exhausted Army and leave the nation without reserves.
Jan 10, 2007 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman