Madame President: Why the new female president at Harvard is an exception to the rule Madame President: Why the new female president at Harvard is an exception to the rule
Why the new female president at Harvard is an exception to the rule.
Feb 26, 2007 / The Nation
Loan, Bait, and Switch: The downsides to President Bush’s plan to expand Pell Grants Loan, Bait, and Switch: The downsides to President Bush’s plan to expand Pell Grants
The downsides to President Bush's plan to expand Pell Grants.
Feb 26, 2007 / The Nation
Oscar Postmortem: What About Iraq? Oscar Postmortem: What About Iraq?
It's great that the problem of global warming was all the rage at last night's Academy Awards. An Inconvenient Truth deservedly won best documentary, Melissa Etheridge's song from...
Feb 26, 2007 / The Nation
Talking Points for the Next War Talking Points for the Next War
At 10:16 PM on March 19, 2003, after copious military preparations in the Persian Gulf region and beyond, after months of diplomatic maneuvers at the United Nations, after a drumb...
Feb 26, 2007 / The Nation
Libby: No Mistrial, Yet Libby: No Mistrial, Yet
U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton, on Monday morning, dismissed a juror in the trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby after determining that the juror had been exposed to media cove...
Feb 26, 2007 / The Nation
Open Congress Open Congress
As a political reporter, you often have occassion to attempt to find specific language in a bill, or figure out who's co-sponsored a piece of legislation, or what the status of an...
Feb 26, 2007 / The Nation
Lessons From a Swing State Lessons From a Swing State
The editors of the documentary Swing State Ohio share lessons learned and offer food for thought for 2008.
Feb 24, 2007 / The Nation
Gina’s Story Gina’s Story
As a student of color from a working class background in a liberal arts environment, Gina is just one of many women working to bridge two very different worlds.
Feb 24, 2007 / The Nation
Time to Micromanage the War Time to Micromanage the War
Congressional Republicans are planting a trap for Democrats by accusing them of trying to micromanage the war in Iraq by deciding how additional billions of dollars be spent. It's...
Feb 23, 2007 / The Nation
PJ O’Rourke Does Adam Smith PJ O’Rourke Does Adam Smith
Yesterday I was invited to attend a fundraiser for the CATO Institute with special guest PJ O'Rourke who is on a book tour for his new book, which is a pretty ingenious idea. He b...
Feb 23, 2007 / The Nation