Whither the WTO Whither the WTO
The announcement from Geneva that the "Doha Round" negotiations for another global trade agreement is in "collapse" lacked high drama since impending failure was already clear to ...
Jul 26, 2006 / The Nation
Beyond Same-Sex Marriage Beyond Same-Sex Marriage
Minutes after I posted, the Washington Supreme Court issued its decision. Essentially, it went the way of New York State and tossed the issue back to the legislature. Here's the r...
Jul 26, 2006 / The Nation
Bill Moyers for President? Absolutely! Bill Moyers for President? Absolutely!
Molly Ivins is trying to get Democrats excited about the prospect of running Bill Moyers for president. "Dear desperate Democrats," the nation's most widely-read liberal newspape...
Jul 25, 2006 / John Nichols
Web, Lieberman and the Netroots Web, Lieberman and the Netroots
As progressive bloggers seek the ouster of Joe Lieberman, they have recruited "Reagan Democrat" Jim Webb to challenge George Allen in Virginia. What does this say about netroots De...
Jul 25, 2006 / Feature / Ari Melber
The Madness of King George The Madness of King George
Today, a bipartisan American Bar Association task force released its report challenging George Bush's flagrant misuse of signing statements to circumvent the constitutional separa...
Jul 25, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
How to Help in Lebanon How to Help in Lebanon
Researchers for Human Rights Watch, the New York-based non-governmental organization, say they have compiled details on the deaths of more than a quarter of the roughly 400 Leban...
Jul 24, 2006 / Peter Rothberg
Suggestions for Condi Suggestions for Condi
In recent years, as too many elected representatives and so-called experts rushed to support the Bush Administration's foreign policy misadventures, former Carter Administration N...
Jul 24, 2006 / The Nation
A New Openness A New Openness
"It has to be said: there has been nothing in our time like the Bush Administration's obsession with secrecy….It's an old story: the greater the secrecy, the deeper the corrupti...
Jul 24, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Condoleezza “False Promise” Rice Condoleezza “False Promise” Rice
As Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice goes through the charade of meeting with international leaders to discuss the crisis in the Middle East – while showing her true sentiment...
Jul 22, 2006 / John Nichols
The Swift Boating of Sherrod Brown The Swift Boating of Sherrod Brown
Rove Rule #1: When in doubt, exploit 9-11 and swift boat the hell outof your opponent. In his latest advertisement, a desperate Ohio Senator Mike Dewine has adopted this most bas...
Jul 21, 2006 / The Nation