Sticky Situations with Tony Blair Sticky Situations with Tony Blair
Reports are that Rupert Murdoch plans to offer Tony Blair a prominent position in his media empire when Bush's poodle steps down as prime minister or Gordon Brown finally stages a...
Aug 2, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Donkey Dysfunction Donkey Dysfunction
It's always nice to be validated by the Washington Post. A month ago I wrote a feature article for The Nation inquiring whether Democrats, particularly the DNC, had a sufficient ...
Aug 2, 2006 / The Nation
Israel’s Dependency on the Drug of Militarism Israel’s Dependency on the Drug of Militarism
The Jewish state's diehard supporters in the White House, Congress and the media seem unable to understand Israel can't bomb its way to security.
Aug 2, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer
The Wedding Crasher The Wedding Crasher
Since www.beyondmarriage.org launched last week, there's been surging interest in our statement and ideas. The New York Times' Anemona Hartocollis mentioned it in a long story, "F...
Aug 1, 2006 / The Nation
Long, Hot Summer for Wal-Mart Long, Hot Summer for Wal-Mart
Anti-Wal-Mart activism is pushing some Democrats to speak out against the company's exploitative practices. While Leslie Dach and many other Democratic operatives are collecting f...
Aug 1, 2006 / The Nation
Strange Bedfellows in Iraq and Lebanon Strange Bedfellows in Iraq and Lebanon
Here's an ironic scenario: as Israel fights a proxy war against Hezbollah, the United States is propping up an Iraqi government that helped create the Lebanese militants. David C...
Aug 1, 2006 / The Nation
Dems on Iraq: Still Vague, Out of Touch Dems on Iraq: Still Vague, Out of Touch
From the Baby Steps Department where Democratic leaders plot policy comes a letter to President Bush signed by the opposition party's Congressional leadership, as well as a number...
Aug 1, 2006 / John Nichols
Political Blackmail Political Blackmail
"Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees, to deprive the poor of their rights and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people…." Thus spok...
Jul 31, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Neverending Saga of Phase II The Neverending Saga of Phase II
Why is it taking the Senate intelligence committee forty times longer to examine how the Bush administration used--or misused--the prewar intelligence on Ir...
Jul 31, 2006 / David Corn
Bush Postpones 2008 Election Bush Postpones 2008 Election
In a news brief from the future, Bush continues to do whatever it takes to protect us from terror.
Jul 31, 2006 / Stephen Gillers