Are US Wars Fueling Domestic Terrorist Threats? Are US Wars Fueling Domestic Terrorist Threats?
Are the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan creating a domestic terrorist threat? The potential disaster of a Nigerian man attempting to blow up a US airliner on Christmas day forces us t...
Dec 28, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
New Year’s Resolution for Congress: Get Smart About Iran New Year’s Resolution for Congress: Get Smart About Iran
After finally "getting to 60" and securing a Christmas Eve vote for health-care reform legislation, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid should have been heading home to celebrate. ...
Dec 27, 2009 / John Nichols
Of War, Peace and the Distant Memory of a Christmas Truce Of War, Peace and the Distant Memory of a Christmas Truce
This has been a year of war, not peace, when a president elected to end conflicts instead expanded the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan. So as it closes we would do well to recall a...
Dec 24, 2009 / John Nichols
Health Bill Passes As “Party of No” Exits for Xmas Partying Health Bill Passes As “Party of No” Exits for Xmas Partying
In the end, only one thing was more concerning to Republican opponents of healthcare reform than blocking action by the Senate: the threat of an interruption in their travel plans...
Dec 24, 2009 / John Nichols
Slacker Holiday Week Slacker Holiday Week
My new Nation column is called "Focus on Israel" and it's on Israeli cinema, here and it's I wrote a short plug for Chip Taylor on the Beast, here And here again is ...
Dec 23, 2009 / Eric Alterman
Christmas Comes Early for Insurance Companies Christmas Comes Early for Insurance Companies
While good children will wait until December 25 to open their presents, Christmas has come early for the bad CEOS of soon-to-be-much-richer insurance companies. Insurance-industr...
Dec 23, 2009 / John Nichols
More Ways to Give! More Ways to Give!
One very irate reader complains in the bletters section that Palestine is missing from my donations column. MADRE, which partners with sister organizations around the world, supp...
Dec 23, 2009 / Katha Pollitt
Sanders Strengthens Senate Health Bill Sanders Strengthens Senate Health Bill
It's been a rough week for democracy and genuine healthcare reform.
Dec 22, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
TV on the Internet TV on the Internet
A quick post to say that I'll be on the year (and decade!) in review edition of GRIT TV with Laura Flanders on Wednesday at 12:30. The panel so far is me, Mark Green and Esther Arm...
Dec 22, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Pakistan’s Trump Card Pakistan’s Trump Card
The Pakistani army may or may not decide to take power once again in Islamabad. Off and on, for decades, Pakistan has been ruled by its military, usually with American support or ...
Dec 22, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss