Karl Rove Escapes Prosecution Karl Rove Escapes Prosecution
Early this morning, Robert Luskin, Karl Rove's lawyer, told reporters that special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald had sent him a letter stating that Rove would ...
Jun 13, 2006 / David Corn
Bush in Baghdad: “Mission Accomplished” Bush in Baghdad: “Mission Accomplished”
President Bush's surprise trip to Baghdad provides the perfectopportunity for him to claim victory and announce the withdrawal of allUS forces from Iraq. He could find the r...
Jun 13, 2006 / The Nation
Hillary Deflated Hillary Deflated
Keep an eye on John Edwards. As our own Bob Moser reported last year, the former Veep nominee has been aggressively courting the Democratic base, through his anti-poverty initia...
Jun 13, 2006 / The Nation
Heat Wave Heat Wave
As the planet warms and global catastrophe beckons, what changes are we willing to make to adjust to a brave new world? Tim Flannery and Elizabeth Kolbert seek answers in two provo...
Jun 13, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Peter Canby
Stolen Secrets Stolen Secrets
Allow me to be hysterical for a second. The Bush Administration has set a new bar for secrecy. So you think they'd be a little better at protecting sensitive information. A few w...
Jun 12, 2006 / The Nation
Nightmare Scenario Nightmare Scenario
Exhausted and overused American forces could become so unglued that staying in Iraq may well become impossible. Then what?
Jun 12, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
‘Red, White and Screwed’ ‘Red, White and Screwed’
If you haven't been living on Mars these last years, you know Lewis Black as the caustic, bile-spewing, savagely funny stand-up comic, actor and Daily Show commentator. He's the o...
Jun 12, 2006 / The Nation
Peter Beinart and the Beltway Crusaders Peter Beinart and the Beltway Crusaders
As Robert Borosage, co-Director of the Campaign for America'sFuture, argues in The Nation's current issue, "the current rage in center-right Democratic circles is to resuscit...
Jun 12, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Murtha vs. Hoyer Murtha vs. Hoyer
When the House of Representatives voted Thursday on the question of whether to allow old media companies to colonize and control the internet, the two men who would like to be maj...
Jun 10, 2006 / John Nichols
A Thirst for West Bank Water A Thirst for West Bank Water
Israel's "convergence" plan will maintain control over most of Palestine's water supply--dimming hopes for peace and a viable Palestinian state.
Jun 9, 2006 / Feature / Fareed Taamallah