‘Nation’ Notes

For the next three months, while she finishes a book of essays, Katha Pollitt will not be writing her "Subject to Debate" column. We eagerly anticipate her return in May. <...

The Editors

He’s Got a Little List

The Nation is pleased that so many of its contributors are included on a right-wing list of the most dangerous academics in America.

Richard Lingeman

The Better Choice in Ohio

Sherrod Brown is the right candidate to be the Democratic Senate nominee in Ohio because he has the support of grassroots voters whose energy is essential to win.

John Nichols

The March of Progress

A comparative list of how our cultural life has changed in the progression from the modern age to the postmodern.

Norman Mailer

Challenging Musharraf

Massive protests over the Muhammad cartoons add to the growing sense that Pakistani President-General Pervez Musharraf is losing control.

Graham Usher

Tortured Exceptionalism

Despite a recent federal district court ruling, the prohibition on torture knows no geographical boundaries and applies to all, no matter what passport they hold--even Americans.

David Cole

Leadership 101

The lesson in Harvard president Lawrence Summers's sudden demise is that his brand of neoliberalism works better on blackboards than in the real world.

The Editors

Handling Hamas

Rather than undermine Hamas, the Bush Administration should accept the results of the Palestinian election and pursue a policy of cautious engagement.

The Editors

A Fabric of Illegality

The White House practices the dark arts of trashing whistleblowers who exposed prisoner abuse at Guantánamo and the warrantless spying program, adding another layer of illeg...

The Editors

The Dubai Farce

What a farce: The Dubai Ports deal shows Bush is willing to trust the Arab-owned Dubai Ports to manage our harbors, even as he scapegoats them as culprits in his war on terror.

Robert Scheer

Free Trade Planet

The uproar over the Dubai Ports deal ignores the obvious consequences of the free trade that American politicians of both parties have pushed for decades. Like it or not, we have t...

Nicholas von Hoffman

Hard Times in the Big Easy

The American economy cannot function without migrant labor. The paradox is the country's political culture cannot function without scapegoating immigrants.

Gary Younge

Quail in War and Peace

Bobwhite quail have little to cheer about these days, their numbers depleted and habitats ravaged by hunters like the Vice President and his pals.

Alexander Cockburn

Cheney’s Hunting Accident…

Calvin Trillin

Letters

ABORTION: A HUMAN RIGHT

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