Crisis as Opportunity Crisis as Opportunity
The softening economy, foreclosures, bank write-offs, the swooning dollar and stock market are intruding on the politics of 2008. Do the candidates have a clue?
Nov 15, 2007 / The Editors
Immigrant Drivers License Plan Unravels Immigrant Drivers License Plan Unravels
New York State Governor Eliot Spitzer had a good idea about how to issue driver's licenses to undocumented workers. Too bad he caved.
Nov 14, 2007 / Andrea Batista Schlesinger and Amy Traub
Writers Strike, Silence Falls Writers Strike, Silence Falls
As the screenwriters strike enters its second week, take a moment to appreciate those without whom late night comics are struck mute, movies are left unmade and on TV, there's no...
Nov 12, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Barbara Ehrenreich
Nation Notes Nation Notes
Farewell, David Corn, and best of luck in your new venture. Welcome, Christopher Hayes to The Nation's Washington bureau.
Nov 8, 2007 / The Editors
Reading Lincoln in Pakistan Reading Lincoln in Pakistan
Pervez Musharraf wraps himself in Lincoln's mantle, but no one is fooled.
Nov 8, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner
All Cowboys Out Now All Cowboys Out Now
Firms like Blackwater operate in a demand-based industry, and it is this demand that must be cut off.
Nov 8, 2007 / Jeremy Scahill
Noted. Noted.
Peter Rothberg on extremist judges, Peter C. Baker on Radiohead.
Nov 8, 2007 / Books & the Arts / The Editors
Musharraf’s Emergency Musharraf’s Emergency
If the United States is so keen on spreading democracy and fighting radical Islamists, why does it continue to back a leader who has suspended the Constitution and gone to war with...
Nov 8, 2007 / Graham Usher
Voting for Torture Voting for Torture
By approving Michael Mukasey's nomination for Attorney General despite his evasions on waterboarding, the Senate has led us all across a dangerous line.
Nov 8, 2007 / The Editors
The Colbert Rapport The Colbert Rapport
Like other prank campaigns, Stephen Colbert's bid for President promised brilliant satire. It's a shame he's called it quits.
Nov 7, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Larry Bogad