Veteran’s Day: America and Iraq Veteran’s Day: America and Iraq
On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918, an armistice was signed that ended World War I, the first great bloodletting of the twentieth century, "the war to end ...
Nov 10, 2006 / The Nation
The Crowded Progressive Caucus The Crowded Progressive Caucus
What will be the largest of the ideological caucuses in the new House Democratic majority? Why, of course, it must be the "centrists" affiliated with the Democratic Leadership Co...
Nov 10, 2006 / John Nichols
Sweet Victories on a Sweet Night Sweet Victories on a Sweet Night
Of the many important wins Tuesday night that made up one, huge VICTORY for all, here are a few by candidates I had highlighted in a recent post: Jerry McNerney (D-CA) for Congre...
Nov 10, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Hooray for Robert Gates? Hooray for Robert Gates?
Hooray for Robert Gates. Well, almost.
At first glance, the appropriate reaction to George W. Bush's decision to replace Defense Secretary Donald Ru...
Nov 10, 2006 / David Corn
The Evil Abstraction The Evil Abstraction
Before Bob Gates's confirmation as CIA chief in 1991, the man now designated as Bush's Secretary of Defense was charged with forcing intelligence reports to conform to a tough anti...
Nov 9, 2006 / Column / David Corn
The Wimp Party The Wimp Party
Has the war party turned into the wimp party? I hate to sound like Maureen Dowd, but Republicans have never looked so weak. With barely a whimper of protest Senators George Allen...
Nov 9, 2006 / The Nation
Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday
I've received some sad news. The writer Ellen Willis, one of my heroes, died this morning of lung cancer, much too young (64). I will miss her lucid thinking about culture and pol...
Nov 9, 2006 / The Nation
Hundreds of Communities Vote for Rapid Withdrawal Hundreds of Communities Vote for Rapid Withdrawal
Political and media insiders were willing to admit, albeit cautiously, that Tuesday's election results -- in which Democrats took control of Congress, with explicitly anti-war can...
Nov 9, 2006 / John Nichols
A Civilizing Mission A Civilizing Mission
The Selected Writings of Eqbal Ahmad collects the work of one of our finest postcolonialist critics.
Nov 9, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Amitava Kumar
The Business of America The Business of America
The American Way of Strategy and Empire's Workshop examine the paradox of idealism and brutality in US foreign policy.
Nov 9, 2006 / Books & the Arts / George Scialabba