Failing the Test Failing the Test
President Bush was correct when he said that not since the cold war has the nation been so tested. But the test lies not in the terror threat but in his Administration's incompeten...
Sep 13, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer
Pondering Peretz Pondering Peretz
The long-time finacier and reinging poo-bah of The New Republic, Marty Peretz, has formally entered the blogosphere with a dramtic ... thud. Dubbing his site The Spine, Peretz o...
Sep 13, 2006 / The Nation
Following Wellstone Following Wellstone
Press reports on the primary victory of Minnesota Democratic U.S. House candidate Keith Ellison make note of the fact that he is now likely to become the first Muslim elected to C...
Sep 13, 2006 / John Nichols
Iraq for Sale Iraq for Sale
The Bush administration's approach to Iraq reconstruction is about the same as its approach to everything else – greed, cronyism and corruption. Now, an important new document...
Sep 12, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The US vs. John Lennon The US vs. John Lennon
The new documentary "The U.S. vs. John Lennon," now playing nationwide, tells the story of Lennon's transformation from loveable moptop to anti-war activist, and reco...
Sep 12, 2006 / Jon Wiener
Ford’s Fate Ford’s Fate
When it comes to winning back the Senate, Rep. Harold Ford Jr. of Tennessee is beginning to look like the Democrats' make-or-break candidate--and that might not be such a good th...
Sep 12, 2006 / The Nation
The Real Tragedy The Real Tragedy
Five years after the attack, Americans are impatient and angry about what has been done in their name. Our national tragedy is not September 11 but the war in Iraq, an agony that p...
Sep 12, 2006 / Eric Weinberger
Left on K? Left on K?
If Democrats regain the House or Senate in November, will the lobbyist-industrial complex known as K Street turn left or lose business? The answer: yes, a little, but no, not muc...
Sep 12, 2006 / The Nation
Bushwa by the Numbers Bushwa by the Numbers
Call President Bush (and his speechwriters) linguistically resolute, but five years later whatever has changed in our world, nothing much has changed in the fearful world of Bushw...
Sep 12, 2006 / The Nation
Pushing Democrats in an Antiwar Direction Pushing Democrats in an Antiwar Direction
There are plenty of anti-war Democrats running in today's primary elections in states across the country. There are even a few anti-war Republicans -- mostnotably Rhode Island Sen...
Sep 12, 2006 / John Nichols