February 27, 2008: ‘National Review’ Editor William F. Buckley Dies February 27, 2008: ‘National Review’ Editor William F. Buckley Dies
In one of the great hatchet jobs of Nation history, Robert Sherrill argued that even in the prime of his clipboard-enabled antics, Buckley was already “quite dead.”
Feb 27, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
February 26, 1919: The Grand Canyon Becomes a National Park February 26, 1919: The Grand Canyon Becomes a National Park
A Nation correspondent traveled to the canyon in 1893 and told readers back East what he saw.
Feb 26, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
February 25, 1956: Khrushchev Denounces the Stalinist ‘Personality Cult’ February 25, 1956: Khrushchev Denounces the Stalinist ‘Personality Cult’
The fear-besotted US was “in danger once again” The Nation warned, “of being left alone at the station as Lenin’s locomotive of history goes racing toward t...
Feb 25, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
February 24, 1946: Juan Peron Is Elected President of Argentina February 24, 1946: Juan Peron Is Elected President of Argentina
The Nation wrote about the “South American Hitler” who was “providing safe haven for a band of international bankers, munitions makers, cartel directors, and war-mongers.”
Feb 24, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
We Used to Convict American Torturers, So Why Not Today? We Used to Convict American Torturers, So Why Not Today?
The United States in the twenty-first century has not even attained the relatively enlightened moral standards of the war in the Philippines.
Feb 23, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and Back Issues
February 23, 1821: John Keats Dies February 23, 1821: John Keats Dies
Mark Van Doren wrote 100 years later about the poet's "plunges and dips and quivers of syntax."
Feb 23, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
February 22, 1732: George Washington Is Born February 22, 1732: George Washington Is Born
Recalling “the small and cheerful world” into which Washington was born… well, maybe if you were rich, male and white.
Feb 22, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
February 20, 2005: Hunter S. Thompson Dies February 20, 2005: Hunter S. Thompson Dies
The Nation gave Thompson his first big break in journalism in 1965.
Feb 20, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
February 21, 1972: Nixon Goes to China February 21, 1972: Nixon Goes to China
The Nation had a few questions about Nixon’s change of mind: Why, how and when?
Feb 20, 2015 / Richard Kreitner and The Almanac
February 19, 1942: FDR Orders the Internment of the Japanese February 19, 1942: FDR Orders the Internment of the Japanese
The Nation applauded the government’s “commendable energy and realism.” Eek!
Feb 19, 2015 / The Almanac and Richard Kreitner