Comments of the Week: December 16, 2011 Comments of the Week: December 16, 2011
Each week we post a run-down of the best of our reader comments with the hopes of highlighting some of your most valuable insights and encouraging more pe...
Dec 19, 2011 / Sarah Arnold
Jon Wiener’s Five Best Political Books of 2011 Jon Wiener’s Five Best Political Books of 2011
The Nation's Jon Wiener weighs in with a personal list of the year's best political books.
Dec 19, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Dave Zirin: What’s Political About Tim Tebow’s Religious Beliefs? Dave Zirin: What’s Political About Tim Tebow’s Religious Beliefs?
The NFL’s reaction to Tebow’s Christianity has confirmed the hypocrisy of the league’s right-wing politics.
Dec 19, 2011 / Press Room
Regarding Christopher Regarding Christopher
Hitchens could be a moral bully and a black-and-white thinker, but as a vivid presence he will long be remembered.
Dec 19, 2011 / Katha Pollitt
The Four Occupations of Planet Earth The Four Occupations of Planet Earth
How the occupied became the occupiers.
Dec 19, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt
Dennis Ross: Obama and the Iran ‘Military Option’ Dennis Ross: Obama and the Iran ‘Military Option’
Former White House adviser rattles the saber.
Dec 19, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss
Caucuses Will Still Lack Absentee Voting Caucuses Will Still Lack Absentee Voting
Republican caucuses, including the influential first in the nation contest in Iowa, will disenfranchise the disabled and members of the military.
Dec 19, 2011 / Ben Adler
Wisconsin Recall Calculus: $5M Distant Dollars v. 500,000 Citizens Wisconsin Recall Calculus: $5M Distant Dollars v. 500,000 Citizens
Governor Walker thinks his money can beat a recall. He’s wrong.
Dec 19, 2011 / John Nichols
Occupy Harvard Moves to Next Phase of Action Occupy Harvard Moves to Next Phase of Action
Occupy Harvard will consolidate the footprint of its original encampment to a winterized geodesic dome—provided by Occupy supporters at MIT—serving as a hub of activity...
Dec 18, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation
Remembering Vaclav Havel Remembering Vaclav Havel
In this short clip, Lou Reed and Havel talk about music’s relationship to the politics of social change.
Dec 18, 2011 / Peter Rothberg