Trying to Be at Least Civil in Bidding Don Rumsfeld Farewell Trying to Be at Least Civil in Bidding Don Rumsfeld Farewell
Pentagon briefings won't be the same.
Nov 16, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Nation Notes Nation Notes
We welcome Lakshmi Chaudhry and Christopher Hayes as contributing writers to The Nation and to The Notion, our online blog. Both have appeared previously in The Nation.
Nov 16, 2006 / The Editors
Remembering Nation Friends Remembering Nation Friends
Remembering Ellen Willis, William Styron and Richard Gilman.
Nov 16, 2006 / The Editors
Crisis at Libération Crisis at Libération
Beset with financial woes, a labor-management power struggle and an aging leftist readership, the legendary French newspaper is on the brink of extinction.
Nov 16, 2006 / K.A. Dilday
A Complicated Blessing A Complicated Blessing
Claire McCaskill's victory in Missouri proves that moral politics is growing more expansive--and less Republican--as values voters waken to the moral bankruptcy of the religious ri...
Nov 16, 2006 / Bob Moser
Exorcising DeLay’s Ghosts Exorcising DeLay’s Ghosts
Democratic Congressional leaders are taking the first steps toward real reform to clean up corruption, rein in lobbyists, limit earmarks and insure greater transparency in governme...
Nov 16, 2006 / The Editors
Murtha Loses–And So Does Pelosi Murtha Loses–And So Does Pelosi
The vote count is in: Steny Hoyer defeated Jack Murtha 149 to 86 for the majority leader post in the House.
There's no way to spin this: this was a...
Nov 16, 2006 / David Corn
Michigan-Ohio State Fever Michigan-Ohio State Fever
As the two top-ranked college teams clash on Saturday, the world stops, vote-counting is halted in a tight Congressional race and cities brace for violence.
Nov 16, 2006 / Column / Dave Zirin
Bon Voyage, Rummy Bon Voyage, Rummy
In April of 2003, The Nation called for Donald Rumsfeld's resignation as Secretary of Defense. "The indictment has many counts," we wrote, "from misrepresenting the threat posed b...
Nov 15, 2006 / Peter Rothberg