War-Torn Mideast Seeks Solace In Religion War-Torn Mideast Seeks Solace In Religion
Who knew?
Jul 30, 2006 / The Nation
Funk Congress at an Impasse Funk Congress at an Impasse
GetUplicans deadlock with GetDownocrats.
Jul 30, 2006 / The Nation
Democrats for Demagoguery Democrats for Demagoguery
I think it's time to start a new political party: Democrats for Demagoguery. I'll give you three examples of why. First there was the Dubai ports scandal. Sure, the uproar was ...
Jul 27, 2006 / The Nation
Whither the WTO Whither the WTO
The announcement from Geneva that the "Doha Round" negotiations for another global trade agreement is in "collapse" lacked high drama since impending failure was already clear to ...
Jul 26, 2006 / The Nation
Beyond Same-Sex Marriage Beyond Same-Sex Marriage
Minutes after I posted, the Washington Supreme Court issued its decision. Essentially, it went the way of New York State and tossed the issue back to the legislature. Here's the r...
Jul 26, 2006 / The Nation
Suggestions for Condi Suggestions for Condi
In recent years, as too many elected representatives and so-called experts rushed to support the Bush Administration's foreign policy misadventures, former Carter Administration N...
Jul 24, 2006 / The Nation
The Swift Boating of Sherrod Brown The Swift Boating of Sherrod Brown
Rove Rule #1: When in doubt, exploit 9-11 and swift boat the hell outof your opponent. In his latest advertisement, a desperate Ohio Senator Mike Dewine has adopted this most bas...
Jul 21, 2006 / The Nation
Bush and the NAACP Bush and the NAACP
President Bush finally got around to speaking to an annual convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Thursday, and he did a reasonably good job ...
Jul 21, 2006 / The Nation
Lamont Over Lieberman Lamont Over Lieberman
Joe is down. And for the first time in his eighteen year Senate career, he may be going down. A new Quinnipiac University poll released today finds Ned Lamont holding a 51 to 47 ...
Jul 20, 2006 / The Nation
Iraqi Oil Theft Drives Up Reconstruction Costs Iraqi Oil Theft Drives Up Reconstruction Costs
According to James Jeffrey of the State Department's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, at $21.9 billion the Iraqi reconstruction program is "the largest since the Marshall Plan." I...
Jul 19, 2006 / The Nation