The President Alone in the Dark The President Alone in the Dark
On January 2, there was a strange piece of news buried in a back paragraph of a front-page New York Times story by the reportorial team of David E. Sanger, Michael R. Gordon, and ...
Jan 13, 2007 / The Nation
To Surge or Not to Surge To Surge or Not to Surge
Protesters respond to Lieberman and McCain's calls for more troops.
Jan 12, 2007 / The Nation
Reproductive Rights Without Borders Reproductive Rights Without Borders
Progressive action on reproductive rights should extend beyond the US.
Jan 12, 2007 / The Nation
Five Minutes With: David Kuo Five Minutes With: David Kuo
Ralph Reed's former right-hand man is now calling on fellow Evangelical Christians to take a break from politics.
Jan 12, 2007 / The Nation
Antiwar Tide Surging Nationwide Antiwar Tide Surging Nationwide
The bottom really does seem to be falling out of US public support forthe Bush War in Iraq. Today's papers, as expertly digested by DanFroomkin here , show the degree to wh...
Jan 12, 2007 / The Nation
Murtha’s Plan to Stop Bush Murtha’s Plan to Stop Bush
At a hearing on Iraq today convened by the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Congressman Jack Murtha offered a preview of how he plans to rein in the Bush Administration, from the...
Jan 12, 2007 / The Nation
Word Count Word Count
In our country, Wednesday night's "surge" was mainly a surge of words, twenty-minutes worth, 2,898 of them. In the build-up to the speech, as almost every last detail of it was l...
Jan 12, 2007 / The Nation
No party for the (Democratic) Party in ’08? No party for the (Democratic) Party in ’08?
Pity the poor Democrats. They never get any respect. Even after their historic return from twelve years in the minority desert, no one wants to throw them a presidential party. ...
Jan 11, 2007 / The Nation
Newsflash: Americans Still Oppose Iraq War Newsflash: Americans Still Oppose Iraq War
"The first thing we have to gauge is the reaction of the American people tonight and tomorrow," Senator Jack Reed, the Democrats' point person on the war in Iraq, said yesterday. ...
Jan 11, 2007 / The Nation
Iranian Hostage Crisis Redux Iranian Hostage Crisis Redux
In 1979, the new theocratic government in Iran intiated an international crisis when it allowed a group of students to blatantly violate international norms by invading the US emb...
Jan 11, 2007 / The Nation