Farewell to Senator Bill Frist, R-Frist Family Farewell to Senator Bill Frist, R-Frist Family
It is too bad that outgoing Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tennessee, had decided not to seek the Republican presidential nomination in 2OO6. It would have been entertainin...
Nov 30, 2006 / John Nichols
A Soldier’s Story A Soldier’s Story
"For just a minute or two, step into my life. I am a soldier in the Army Special Forces, just back from Iraq, where I lived and fought beside my Iraqi counterpart as we battled the...
Nov 29, 2006 / Feature / Major Bill Edmonds
World AIDS Day World AIDS Day
Now that an estimated 40 million people are living with HIV worldwide, the AIDS epidemic has surpassed even the most dire predictions made by experts when the virus first surfaced...
Nov 29, 2006 / Peter Rothberg
Merry Christmas, Bill O’Reilly! Merry Christmas, Bill O’Reilly!
Ranking up there with good cheer and the smell of evergreen, one of the holiday season's many genuine pleasures is the now-annual ritual of watching the far right wax livid on the...
Nov 29, 2006 / The Nation
Romney Runs Right Romney Runs Right
It's no secret that Mitt Romney's stock is rising inside Republican circles. The former Massachusetts Governor is working overtime to position himself as the authentic conservativ...
Nov 29, 2006 / The Nation
The Boomerang War The Boomerang War
Bush launched the Iraq disaster, and it keeps coming back and hitting us in the head. And now he is counting on Iran to help bail us out.
Nov 29, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer
Coffee, Tea or Another Airline Merger? Coffee, Tea or Another Airline Merger?
As US Air seeks to create a mega-airline by gobbling up Delta, the evidence mounts that a free market in the sky just doesn't work.
Nov 28, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
News Flash: Major Media Begins to Think for Itself News Flash: Major Media Begins to Think for Itself
Something important in the overall scheme of the American experiment happened this week. On Monday morning, MSNBC anchor Contessa Brewer appeared on cable television screens acro...
Nov 28, 2006 / John Nichols
Lost in Transition Lost in Transition
After George Herbert Walker Bush was jeered by an Abu Dhabi crowd for saying that his "son is an honest man," he appeared stunned and surprised. He apparently was unaware that his...
Nov 28, 2006 / The Nation