The Pro-Torture Pact The Pro-Torture Pact
Democrats chose to outsource their policy on military tribunals to John McCain. And McCain did what he's done best the last year: capitulate to Bush. "Senators Snatch Defeat From...
Sep 22, 2006 / The Nation
War Signals? War Signals?
As a strike group of six US Naval vessels prepares to deploy to the Persian Gulf, wary critics of the Bush Administration and some members of the military are raising flags that an...
Sep 21, 2006 / Feature / Dave Lindorff
The Pope’s Monopoly on Reason The Pope’s Monopoly on Reason
Pope Benedict XVI's controversial speech is indeed a call for dialogue among all religions. But what kind of dialogue is possible if the Pope believes his ideas are "rational" and ...
Sep 21, 2006 / Tarif Khalidi and Muhammad Ali Khalidi
United Professionals, Unite! United Professionals, Unite!
In 2002, Barbara Ehrenreich and Thomas Geoghegan wrote in The Nation, "The underlying reason for organized labor's decline is that our labor laws do not let people join unions, fr...
Sep 21, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Drop the Debt Drop the Debt
I'm in hearty agreement with Sam's post about Harvard and Princeton's decision to eliminate early admissions. It's a good move, but in reality will effect a handful of low-to-mid-...
Sep 21, 2006 / The Nation
A Just Response A Just Response
The most effective response to terrorism involves nonmilitary actions in cooperation with the global community and within a framework of domestic and international law.
Sep 21, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Fidel Lives Fidel Lives
Few Americans, especially those in government, know much about Cuba. And nowhere is that more evident than in the coverage of Fidel Castro's illness and the transition of power.
Sep 21, 2006 / Feature / Ned Sublette
Single-Issue Solipsism Single-Issue Solipsism
NARAL ProChoice America wants its sisters in Connecticut to support Joe Lieberman. Are they out of their minds?
Sep 21, 2006 / Column / Katha Pollitt
From Flying Saucers to 9/11 From Flying Saucers to 9/11
The world is in tumult, but in the heart of Empire, the level of creative political energy runs flat along the bottom of the graph.
Sep 21, 2006 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
George W. Bush and Some Republican Senators Discuss the Geneva Conventions George W. Bush and Some Republican Senators Discuss the Geneva Conventions
The Decider takes on that bothersome Constitution and that meddling Congress.
Sep 21, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin