Letters Letters
MCCAIN TORTURE BILL A BUST
Washington, DC
Jan 12, 2006 / Mark Weisbrot, Our Readers, and Lila Azam Zanganeh
Alito Testimony Swings Pro-Choice GOPers — Against Him Alito Testimony Swings Pro-Choice GOPers — Against Him
Confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominees should always be about more than the abortion debate. And the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on the nomination of Judge Samue...
Jan 12, 2006 / John Nichols
Girls Against Boys? Girls Against Boys?
Women now outnumber men at colleges and universities, but higher education has not become the fluffy pink playpen of feminism that some conservatives envision.
Jan 12, 2006 / Column / Katha Pollitt
The FBI and Edward Said The FBI and Edward Said
The FBI was probably tapping Edward Said's phone right up until the day he died. Details are emerging of a surveillance effort that extended for nearly thirty years.
Jan 12, 2006 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
A Member of Congress Tries to Recall Jack Abramoff A Member of Congress Tries to Recall Jack Abramoff
Testing a Congressman's memory of the former super-lobbyist: Good old what's-his-name...but me? I hardly knew him.
Jan 12, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin
In Fact… In Fact…
Remembering Frank Wilkinson, American hero; full disclosure on Jack Abramoff; Dave Letterman confronts Bill O'Reilly; a new baby for Nation contributing editors Liza Featherstone a...
Jan 12, 2006 / The Editors
Palestinian Dilemmas Palestinian Dilemmas
Will Palestinians be compelled to live by Ariel Sharon's repressive vision or will they compel Israel to accept genuine self-determination for the Palestinian people?
Jan 12, 2006 / Mouin Rabbani
Israel After Sharon Israel After Sharon
Suddenly, the Sharon era is over. And Sharon's centrist Kadima Party may emerge as the dominant force after the March 28 elections.
Jan 12, 2006 / Hillel Schenker
Newt’s New Con Newt’s New Con
No voice rings as hollow as Newt Gingrich's on the GOP culture of corruption. Incredibly, the media are swallowing his story.
Jan 12, 2006 / David Sirota
Kickback Mountain Kickback Mountain
Cleaning up Congress after the Abramoff scandal involves far more than limits on gifts and perks. It requires barring the 'legalized bribery' of major campaign contributions.
Jan 12, 2006 / The Editors