A Show Trial and a Show Execution A Show Trial and a Show Execution
Convicted in a show trial that certainly appeared to have been timed tofinish on the eve of last month's US elections, Iraqi President SaddamHussein was hanged in a show execution...
Dec 30, 2006 / The Nation
Most Valuable Progressives of 2006 Most Valuable Progressives of 2006
Any year that begins with Bill Frist and Tom DeLay running the Capitol and ends with Frist out of politics and DeLay headed for trial gets high marks from this quarter. Throw in t...
Dec 29, 2006 / John Nichols
Ford: Bush Made “Big Mistake” With Iraq War Ford: Bush Made “Big Mistake” With Iraq War
As the nation mourns the passing of former President Gerald Ford, President Bush has been appropriately respectful. Hopefully, however, the current occupant of the Oval Office's r...
Dec 28, 2006 / The Nation
Annan’s Principled Pragmatism Annan’s Principled Pragmatism
Although Kofi Annan's tenure was shadowed by political catfights, he leaves the United Nations as one of its most successful secretary generals.
Dec 28, 2006 / Feature / Ian Williams
Lt. Ehren Watada: Resister Lt. Ehren Watada: Resister
Facing a showdown court-martial for refusing to serve in an illegal and unjust war, Lieut. Ehren Watada has become a flashpoint for the antiwar movement.
Dec 28, 2006 / Feature / Marc Cooper
Get Carter Get Carter
The flap over Jimmy Carter's new book underscores that the Israel lobby in the United States exists to serve only the interests of the Israeli right wing.
Dec 28, 2006 / Chris Hedges
The Urge to Surge The Urge to Surge
Democrats in Congress must remember that their midterm victory was a clear mandate to reverse Bush's war policy.
Dec 28, 2006 / The Editors
Candidate Edwards: Version 2.008 Candidate Edwards: Version 2.008
The John Edwards who today announces his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination is a very different contender from the fresh-faced young senator who in 2004 bid for ...
Dec 28, 2006 / John Nichols
Death of a Moderate Death of a Moderate
When I think about the passing of Gerald Ford several things come to mind: that unforgivable pardon of Nixon, his unfortunate participation on the Warren Commission, even Chevy Ch...
Dec 27, 2006 / The Nation
Gerald Ford’s Legacy: Cheney and Rumsfeld Gerald Ford’s Legacy: Cheney and Rumsfeld
Gerald Ford is gone, but he lives on in two of his key appointees: Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney. Their impact on America today is greater than Ford's, who died Tuesday at 93...
Dec 27, 2006 / Jon Wiener