Oversight Begins Oversight Begins
Last month, President Bush and His Congress snuck a provision into a military authorization bill that would put an end to the good work of the Special Inspector General for Iraq R...
Nov 14, 2006 / The Nation
Murtha: “Iraq Is Crucial” Murtha: “Iraq Is Crucial”
If the election for House Majority Leader becomes a referendum on corruption, Jack Murtha loses, despite his opponent Steny Hoyer's numerous ties to K Street lobbyists. That's wh...
Nov 14, 2006 / The Nation
Democracy Promotion Now (continued) Democracy Promotion Now (continued)
Recently I wrote of the need for an expansive agenda of Democracy promotion here at home to strengthen and repair our broken electoral system. The urgency of one critical element...
Nov 13, 2006 / The Nation
Conservative Dissonance Conservative Dissonance
Republicans are drawing an odd lesson from Tuesday's defeat: they weren't conservative enough. Conservatives abandoned their small-government principles, a growing consensus alle...
Nov 13, 2006 / The Nation
A Presidential Vote for Torture A Presidential Vote for Torture
Last Wednesday, the President held a news conference in the wake of that election thumpin' in which he announced the sacking of Donald Rumsfeld, made (strained) jokes, pledged him...
Nov 13, 2006 / The Nation
Pelosi Backs Murtha Pelosi Backs Murtha
When Nancy Pelosi becomes Speaker of the House, Democrats will have to fill the position of majority leader. The complex contest pits Pennsylvania Democrat John Murtha, who has be...
Nov 13, 2006 / The Nation
Whither the Rainbow in the Blue Wave? Whither the Rainbow in the Blue Wave?
In the midst of Democratic victories on Tuesday, a series of anti-immigrant initiatives passed. In Arizona, voters defeated the worst anti-immigrant hardliners, such as Minuteman ...
Nov 11, 2006 / The Nation
Listening to a Veteran Listening to a Veteran
Next week, one of the greatest war heroes to ever serve in Congress will return to Washington to discuss how the U.S. should extract itself from the quagmire in Iraq. Former Sen....
Nov 11, 2006 / The Nation
Ellen Willis, 1941-2006 Ellen Willis, 1941-2006
Friends and colleagues remember Ellen Willis, political essayist, journalist, rock critic and valued contributor to The Nation, who died November 9.
Nov 11, 2006 / The Nation
All About the War? All About the War?
Rahm Emanuel, the hard-charging recent head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, isn't usually a profile in contrition. But yesterday Emanuel admitted it was a mist...
Nov 10, 2006 / The Nation