The Lessons of History The Lessons of History
While there may be something great about winning a war, the United States must learn there is something much greater about using the tools of peacemaking to build a better world.
Nov 17, 2006 / Books & the Arts / John Hope Franklin
Democrats and Withdrawal from Iraq: Asking Too Much? Democrats and Withdrawal from Iraq: Asking Too Much?
For Democrats, here's the bad news: now that they have won control of Congress, they are expected to not only criticize President Bush's policies in Iraq bu...
Nov 17, 2006 / David Corn
No Fresh Faces for House GOP No Fresh Faces for House GOP
"We did not just lose our majority ... we lost our way," Indiana Republican Representative Mike Pence told the diminished House Republican Caucus Thursday as he urged them to elec...
Nov 17, 2006 / The Nation
The Senate’s “Horrible Mistake” The Senate’s “Horrible Mistake”
For decades, the official policy of the United States has been to discourage nuclear proliferation, particularly in southern Asia. But the U.S. Senate now says: No more. At the ...
Nov 17, 2006 / John Nichols
The Uncovered War: Permanent Bases in Iraq The Uncovered War: Permanent Bases in Iraq
Looked at in a clear-eyed way, almost all the strategies floating around Washington at this moment for "redeployment" or "phased withdrawal" are not actual withdrawal plans. They...
Nov 17, 2006 / The Nation
Why Murtha Lost Why Murtha Lost
The Pennsylvania Democrat's opposition to the Iraq War and Pelosi's endorsement couldn't match Steny Hoyer's seniority, experience and connections to House Democrats.
Nov 16, 2006 / Feature / Ari Berman
For Hungry Baby, Unfriendly Skies For Hungry Baby, Unfriendly Skies
Just about everyone agrees that women should breastfeed their babies (if possible), but God forbid they ever leave their homes with said babies! The American Academy of Pediatrics...
Nov 16, 2006 / The Nation
Hooray for Right-Wing Hollywood Hooray for Right-Wing Hollywood
Right-wing culture warriors gathered in LA to praise ABC for its flawed 9/11 docudrama, talk up a conservative version of The Daily Show and release a thriller fueled by a nativist...
Nov 16, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Max Blumenthal
A New Day for Conservatism? A New Day for Conservatism?
I don't mean to distract from Steny Hoyer's big victory as House Majority Leader, about which I'll be writing more shortly. But Republicans are holding their own leadership electi...
Nov 16, 2006 / The Nation
Talking with Democracy for NYC Talking with Democracy for NYC
On November 14, I was the guest speaker at the first of a new series of conversations with journalists, policy-makers and activists sponsored by Democracy for NYC--a local coaliti...
Nov 16, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel