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Dec 13, 2006 / Richard Goldstein, Our Readers, and Bob Moser
Counting Our Casualities in Iraq Counting Our Casualities in Iraq
We are fast, too fast, approaching the 3,000th American combat death in Iraq.
Dec 13, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
DeLay Does Dems a Favor DeLay Does Dems a Favor
Democrats picked up their 30th seat in the House of Representatives last night. In a major upset, Democrat Ciro Rodriguez defeated Republican incumbent Henry Bonilla in a runoff e...
Dec 13, 2006 / The Nation
Citizen Dreyfuss Citizen Dreyfuss
Richard Dreyfuss stood before a packed community meeting in Martha's Vineyard last week and asked, "Where do we offer young people the chance to fall in love with America?" He ins...
Dec 13, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Rumsfeld Legacy The Rumsfeld Legacy
Donald Rumsfeld pops over to Iraq to tell his final lies.
Dec 13, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer
Rummifying the War on Terror Rummifying the War on Terror
You gotta give Donald Rumsfeld this. He's doing his best to cover his behind as he walks out the door. First he dropped a "snowflake" memo, obtained by the New York Times, admitti...
Dec 12, 2006 / The Nation
Gore v. Nader Gore v. Nader
Can Al Gore ever escape him? No, I don't mean Bill Clinton; I'm talkingabout Ralph Nader. In 2000, the Nader vote was the margin of victory inFlorida, and thus, a Gore presidency,...
Dec 12, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Kucinich: Democrats Must Honor Mandate Kucinich: Democrats Must Honor Mandate
Dennis Kucinich is running for President again and, yes, he would love to cure what ails the United States. But, first, he wants to cure what ails his own Democratic Party. The ...
Dec 12, 2006 / The Nation
When “Withdrawal” Is Not Withdrawal When “Withdrawal” Is Not Withdrawal
Here's a riddle: When is withdrawal not actually withdrawal? The answer: when the bulk of the troops don't actually come home. That seems to be the scenario envisioned by the Ira...
Dec 11, 2006 / The Nation
Globalization with a Human Face Globalization with a Human Face
Globalization must not be allowed to become financial imperialism: Capitalism's strongest-takes-all rule must give way to one that ensures that the poor have a place and a piec...
Dec 11, 2006 / Mohammad Yunus