Stengelgate Stengelgate
In an unusual move for a Sunday talk show pundit, this week Time Managing Editor Rick Stengel publicly replied to criticism of inaccurate statements he made about the prosecutor p...
Mar 29, 2007 / The Nation
Making Mitch Pay Making Mitch Pay
Because of procedural rules, it usually takes 60 votes to pass even nominally controversial pieces of legislation in the US Senate. Democrats only have 50 votes, give or take Joe ...
Mar 29, 2007 / The Nation
Sampson: Gonzales Not Telling Whole Truth Sampson: Gonzales Not Telling Whole Truth
Kyle Sampson resigned as a loyal servant. Now the former chief of staff to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is taking issue with some of the key statements his boss has recently ...
Mar 29, 2007 / The Nation
Buddying Up to Wal-Mart Buddying Up to Wal-Mart
Last week, in a remarkable interview with the American Prospect magazine's Ezra Klein, SEIU president Andy Stern, normally one of the more articulate leaders of the American labor...
Mar 29, 2007 / The Nation
WSJ Discovers Globalization’s Downside WSJ Discovers Globalization’s Downside
This just in from today's Wall Street Journal: "Pain From Free Trade Spurs Second Thoughts." Can you believe it? A "downer" story on globalization from the mother church of free-m...
Mar 28, 2007 / The Nation
Iraq Deadline: An Extraordinary Political Moment Iraq Deadline: An Extraordinary Political Moment
Take a deep breath. The nation has arrived at an extraordinary political moment. The Congress is about to instruct the President he should withdraw from the ongoing war. Yes, I kn...
Mar 28, 2007 / The Nation
The Other Surge The Other Surge
The carnage in Iraq continues, but what did anyone expect? Roadside bombs (IEDs) take their deadly almost daily toll on U.S. troops in and around Baghdad (and adjoining provinces...
Mar 28, 2007 / The Nation
Pinkerton’s Men Pinkerton’s Men
The Nation says that Pinkerton's mercenary police force is "the greatest disgrace that has befallen the United States." That was putting it mildly.
Mar 27, 2007 / Feature / The Nation
Public to Dems: Investigate Onward! Public to Dems: Investigate Onward!
Pontificators of conventional wisdom in Washington have been warning Democrats not to overreach in their probe of why 8 US Attorneys were unexpectedly fired last December. "It see...
Mar 27, 2007 / The Nation
No Special Rights No Special Rights
Nonbinding this and that, deadline lah-di-dah, Bush/Cheney are going to ignore the mandate of the midterm elections and every pressure from Congress on Iraq, because Bush/Cheney k...
Mar 26, 2007 / The Nation