Pinochet Death Watch Pinochet Death Watch
Who's going to definitively catch former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet first? The slow, grinding wheels of earthly justice or the swift ruthlessness of the Grim Reaper? Just ...
Dec 4, 2006 / The Nation
Nancy Pelosi and Impeachment Nancy Pelosi and Impeachment
This coming Tuesday, in San Francisco, the official canvass of the results of the November 7 election must be completed and those results will be certified. On that day, this wil...
Dec 3, 2006 / The Nation
Malachi Ritscher R. I. P. Malachi Ritscher R. I. P.
The Iraq war has produced too many tragedies to count. And in the spectrum of them, from innocent children killed by errant fire, cluster bombs or car bombs, to American soldiers ...
Dec 1, 2006 / The Nation
New Leadership in AIDS Fight New Leadership in AIDS Fight
"This year, on World AIDS Day, we are reminded of the rapidly rising rate of HIV/AIDS and its devastating impact on communities around the world. The global AIDS epidemic has clai...
Dec 1, 2006 / The Nation
Out of Iraq By ’08? Out of Iraq By ’08?
A front page story in the Washington Post today declares: "Iraq Panel to Urge Pullout Of Combat Troops by '08." The headline makes it sound like all US troops will be withdrawn f...
Dec 1, 2006 / The Nation
Same Old Same Old Same Old Same Old
House Speaker-to-be Nancy Pelosi ought to find a quiet place where shecan sit down and recount the election. She was not chosen by her friendsin Silicon Valley or by the friendly ...
Nov 30, 2006 / The Nation
The Baker Cop-Out The Baker Cop-Out
After months of speculation, the Iraq Study Group, led by James Baker and Lee Hamilton, is preparing to release its much-hyped report on American policy toward Iraq. According t...
Nov 30, 2006 / The Nation
Card Check and Inequality Card Check and Inequality
Mickey Kaus, in his inimitable permalink-free way takes a shot (kind of) at the Democrats' stated plan for attacking the growing inequality in America, a phenomenon which has fina...
Nov 30, 2006 / The Nation
Two Cheers for Senator Webb Two Cheers for Senator Webb
In today's Washington Post columnist George Will lectures Virginia's newest Senator for his boorishness. His evidence? Wednesday's Post report that at a recent White House recepti...
Nov 30, 2006 / The Nation
The Lessons of Iraq, Gates-style The Lessons of Iraq, Gates-style
Robert M. Gates, the man slated to fill the "stuff happens" combat boots of Donald Rumsfeld at the Pentagon, offered his first cautious pass at the lessons of the Iraq War this we...
Nov 30, 2006 / The Nation