This Just In from Pat Robertson This Just In from Pat Robertson
Pat Robertson, that wise prognosticator you all know and love has a brand new prediction for his flock: millions of them will most likely die at the end of this new year. On his ...
Jan 3, 2007 / The Nation
Gays: Uncle Sam Wants You Gays: Uncle Sam Wants You
Welcome to 2007. Though the US death toll in Iraq just hit 3,000, President Bush remains adamant about sending a "surge" of up to 40,000 new troops to the region. But where will t...
Jan 2, 2007 / The Nation
‘Gruesome.’ ‘Barbaric.’ ‘Politicized.’ ‘Farcical.’ ‘Gruesome.’ ‘Barbaric.’ ‘Politicized.’ ‘Farcical.’
While much of U.S. media coverage of Saddam Hussein's execution has strained to echo the Bush administration's suggestion that "justice" was done, the international reaction to th...
Dec 31, 2006 / The Nation
A Show Trial and a Show Execution A Show Trial and a Show Execution
Convicted in a show trial that certainly appeared to have been timed tofinish on the eve of last month's US elections, Iraqi President SaddamHussein was hanged in a show execution...
Dec 30, 2006 / The Nation
Ford: Bush Made “Big Mistake” With Iraq War Ford: Bush Made “Big Mistake” With Iraq War
As the nation mourns the passing of former President Gerald Ford, President Bush has been appropriately respectful. Hopefully, however, the current occupant of the Oval Office's r...
Dec 28, 2006 / The Nation
Death of a Moderate Death of a Moderate
When I think about the passing of Gerald Ford several things come to mind: that unforgivable pardon of Nixon, his unfortunate participation on the Warren Commission, even Chevy Ch...
Dec 27, 2006 / The Nation
The Accidental President The Accidental President
On August 9, 1974, amid the turbulence of the Watergate moment, Gerald R. Ford found himself in the extraordinary circumstance of assuming the presidency of the United States with...
Dec 27, 2006 / The Nation
Campus Informer, December 20, 2006 Campus Informer, December 20, 2006
Whites-only scholarship, hunger strike ends, leprechaun woes, and more news from schools across the country.
Dec 26, 2006 / The Nation
Commanding Women: Feminist Linda Hirshman on women in the workplace Commanding Women: Feminist Linda Hirshman on women in the workplace
Feminist Linda Hirshman on women in the workplace.
Dec 26, 2006 / The Nation
Diversity or Equality? A Talk With Walter Benn Michaels Diversity or Equality? A Talk With Walter Benn Michaels
Walter Benn Michaels: Diversity is no cure-all.
Dec 26, 2006 / The Nation