Bad Guys Bad Guys
I hesitate to get into an inter-magazine pissing match, but I just couldn't let this post by The New Republic's James Kirchick go unanswered. Kirchick takes aim at the Nation's la...
Apr 30, 2007 / The Nation
The New Cold War The New Cold War
Doesn't it feel like a new cold war out there? Condi Rice has taken off those dominatrix black boots and slipped into dark cold war terminology: "The idea that somehow 10 interc...
Apr 30, 2007 / The Nation
How Not to Withdraw from Iraq: The Democrats’ Plan How Not to Withdraw from Iraq: The Democrats’ Plan
Before you imagine that the Democrats' plan, just passed by Congress, would actually get U.S. troops out of Iraq, read the fine print. Let's be clear about what it is -- when i...
Apr 30, 2007 / The Nation
Reality Check Reality Check
Want a reality check on the implications of the Supreme Court verdict in Gonzales v. Carhart? Throwing out thirty years of legal precedent, the court declared that Congress has an...
Apr 27, 2007 / The Nation
Enough Mommy Wars and Manifestos Enough Mommy Wars and Manifestos
I'm not going to hold forth on Leslie Bennetts' new book, The Feminine Mistake, because I haven't read it (that hasn't stopped plenty of others in the blogosphere from weighing in...
Apr 26, 2007 / The Nation
Give ‘Em Hell, Harry Give ‘Em Hell, Harry
The Senate majority leader is being portrayed as an awkward duck who doesn't look the part and can't talk it either. Harry Reid, it's true, is given to saying the most inappropria...
Apr 26, 2007 / The Nation
Brits to Vote on Blairism (and Trash Collection) Brits to Vote on Blairism (and Trash Collection)
Britons go to the polls May 3 to vote in local elections that will have a sizeable impact on the way that Tony Blair's ten-year premiership ends. Blair, who has been Prime Ministe...
Apr 26, 2007 / The Nation
McCain: Gonzales Should Quit McCain: Gonzales Should Quit
How much appeal does an anti-Alberto Gonzales appeal have with grassroots Republicans? A lot, if John McCain's political calculus is to be trusted. On the day that the Arizona s...
Apr 26, 2007 / The Nation
Rush’s “Magic Negro” Routine Rush’s “Magic Negro” Routine
Rush Limbaugh has obviously learned nothing from the outrage and anger unleashed by Don Imus' unfortunate "nappy headed ho's" remark. Never one to shy away from unfunny "humor", L...
Apr 25, 2007 / The Nation
Mustansiriya U. and Virginia Tech Mustansiriya U. and Virginia Tech
Last January 16th, a car bomb blew up near an entrance to Mustansiriya University in Baghdad -- and then, as rescuers approached, a suicide bomber blew himself up in the crowd. I...
Apr 25, 2007 / The Nation