Is Israel Good for the Jews? Is Israel Good for the Jews?
An American Jewish identity that centers on unconditional defense of Israel is not healthy--for either American Jews or Israel.
Aug 5, 2006 / Feature / Norman Birnbaum
Three Cheers for Harry Three Cheers for Harry
The familiar hallmark of Republican politics is what I call "roll-call slander." The party of Jesse Helms and Newt Gingrich, Lee Atwater and Karl Rove, pioneered the use of ridicu...
Aug 4, 2006 / The Nation
DeLay, Coulter, Kristol Defend Lieberman DeLay, Coulter, Kristol Defend Lieberman
The polls show Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman is falling far behind anti-war challenger Ned Lamont as the state's August 8 Democratic primary approaches. But it's not all bad ...
Aug 4, 2006 / John Nichols
AIPAC’s Hold AIPAC’s Hold
The Congressional reaction to Hezbollah's attack on Israel and Israel's bombing of Lebanon provide the latest example of the lobby's grip on US foreign policy.
Aug 4, 2006 / Feature / Ari Berman
The Left Gets Real The Left Gets Real
Is the coziness of progressives and foreign policy realists a strategic alliance or a sign that the conservative co-optation of "human rights" has disillusioned the left?
Aug 4, 2006 / Feature / Eyal Press
Women’s Health Crisis Women’s Health Crisis
If the Bush administration had any sense of commitment to the protection of endangered species it might consider adding "science" to its list. After thwarting stem cell research ...
Aug 3, 2006 / The Nation
Poll: Lamont Leads Lieberman by 13 Points Poll: Lamont Leads Lieberman by 13 Points
I was doing a radio interview this morning on the Connecticut Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate -- roughly the 50th in recent days -- with Jay Marvin, whose show on KKZN-AM i...
Aug 3, 2006 / The Nation
Beyond Petitions Beyond Petitions
It's 93 degrees outside my apartment window -- positively Nordic (it was 100 yesterday). This week, after years of resisting -- because of the expense, and the environmental impac...
Aug 3, 2006 / The Nation
It’s the War, Dummy It’s the War, Dummy
Ned Lamont keeps climbing. And Joe Lieberman keeps sinking. A new Quinnipiac University poll shows Lamont leading Lieberman by 13 points, 54 to 41 percent among likely Democratic ...
Aug 3, 2006 / The Nation
Dreams Deferred in Lebanon Dreams Deferred in Lebanon
The wounds of the country's long civil war and Israeli occupation were gradually healing. That fragile recovery now lies buried under the rubble of renewed fighting.
Aug 2, 2006 / Feature / Annia Ciezadlo