The Costs of War (Continued) The Costs of War (Continued)
Last week, Congress authorized another $70 billion for Afghanistan and Iraq in 2007, with additional increases through 2009. According to the National Priorities Project (NPP), $...
Oct 4, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Tipping Point? Tipping Point?
Sometimes, the proximate cause of an unraveling, even an implosion, may catch everyone by surprise. This week the "tipping point" (to borrow a Bush administration phrase from the...
Oct 4, 2006 / The Nation
Hastert Lies Again, Gets Caught Again Hastert Lies Again, Gets Caught Again
This whole Denny Hastert scandal is moving beyond parody. Apparently, the Speaker of the House thinks that no one who actually follows the news listens to conservative talk radio...
Oct 4, 2006 / The Nation
Low-Key Leader for High-Anxiety Times Low-Key Leader for High-Anxiety Times
South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon now has a virtual lock on succeeding Kofi Annan as UN Secretary General. Does he have what it takes to be a mediator between Bush's Washin...
Oct 3, 2006 / Feature / Ian Williams
Don’t Try This While Voting Don’t Try This While Voting
Richard, what will it take to convince you that Mark Foley is well within the range of a deranged pedophile, deserving of the full scorn he is now receiving? How about if I told ...
Oct 3, 2006 / The Nation
Foley Days Foley Days
Let's see, in the last week the National Intelligence Estimate concluded that the Iraq War has become a jihadist "cause celebre" that only fuels terrorism and anti-Americanism. Th...
Oct 3, 2006 / The Nation
Gas Pump Politics Gas Pump Politics
Will Democrats lose 50,000 votes every time the price of gasoline drops? If so, don't blame the GOP (they don't have that much power). Blame instead the greed of US consumers.
Oct 3, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Woodward’s Book and the CIA/Plame Leak Case Woodward’s Book and the CIA/Plame Leak Case
Here's an interesting scene from Bob Woodward's new book. It's the summer of 2004 and George Tenet has resigned as CIA chief:
[White House chief ...
Oct 3, 2006 / David Corn
The House Republican Leadership Scandal The House Republican Leadership Scandal
The Mark Foley Scandal is over. The Florida Republican congressman who sent "Do I make you horny?" messages to teenage pages has resigned his seat and gone into rehab. He needed h...
Oct 3, 2006 / John Nichols
Flustered Bush Misses Air Force One Flight Flustered Bush Misses Air Force One Flight
The President narrowly missed his Air Force One flight to Boise after arriving just moments after the plane's doors had closed.
Oct 3, 2006 / The Nation