Frank Church and the Abyss of Warrantless Wiretapping Frank Church and the Abyss of Warrantless Wiretapping
Thirty years ago, on April 26, 1976, the United States Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities, delivered its final report...
Apr 26, 2006 / John Nichols
Another Republican Ditches Bush Another Republican Ditches Bush
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher was Jack Abramoff's best friend in Congress. The two were so close that Rohrabacher was the only member of Congress to sign a letter asking a federal judge t...
Apr 25, 2006 / The Nation
White House Shuffle White House Shuffle
After a week spent manhandling the Chinese President and kicking ScottMcClellan to the curb, The Decider finally got around to downsizing his brain. Karl Rove is giving up his pol...
Apr 25, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Nuclear Madness Nuclear Madness
First the Bush Administration undermines the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) by supplying India with nuclear technology, then it flirts with the use of tactical nuclear wea...
Apr 25, 2006 / The Nation
Bush Enters Border Fray Bush Enters Border Fray
With the Senate coming back from its recess, will it now pick up from where it left off two weeks ago and finally get around to passing comprehensive immigration reform? Under pr...
Apr 25, 2006 / The Nation
Springsteen Rocks Pete Seeger and the Folk Tradition Springsteen Rocks Pete Seeger and the Folk Tradition
It's as if Bruce Springsteen rounded up the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, gospel legend Clara Ward, and Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys, took them to an ...
Apr 25, 2006 / David Corn
Attack of the Generals Attack of the Generals
It's helpful that six retired generals are calling for Rumsfeld's head. But it would be easier to dislodge him if more Democrats in Congress joined the fray.
Apr 25, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Does the Washington Post Read Its Own Business Columnist? Does the Washington Post Read Its Own Business Columnist?
Maybe it was Exxon's CEO raking in $144,573 a day in compensation that moved mainstream media outlets to look more closely at the way corporations are shredding their social contr...
Apr 24, 2006 / The Nation
Key House Panel Votes to Kill Community TV Key House Panel Votes to Kill Community TV
A key House committee--with the support of many Democrats--has approved a measure that eliminates the last remaining government policy insuring local oversight on communications ...
Apr 24, 2006 / Feature / Jeffrey Chester
When Will James Dobson See The Light? When Will James Dobson See The Light?
In her smart Los Angeles Times op-ed, "E-Gitator" Laurie David (as she was dubbed in a lavish spread in Vanity Fair's current "Green Issue,") observes that "the issue of global wa...
Apr 23, 2006 / The Nation