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‘There is no deadline for talks, okay?’ ‘There is no deadline for talks, okay?’

Those who follow this space know that I've been harping on the idea of avoiding a deadline for talks with Iran. There's no question that Israel, its allies, and various hawkish g...

May 14, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss

The Fabrications of Jay S. Bybee The Fabrications of Jay S. Bybee

The author of the infamous memo has been invited to testify before a Senate committee. This is the beginning of the unraveling.

May 14, 2009 / Feature / Martin Garbus

Obama and Congress Obama and Congress

Via Yglesias, Michael Scherer has a very good piece in Time about Obama's approach to congressional relations: Obama is emerging, on the other hand, as a President who convenes ...

May 14, 2009 / Chris Hayes

Inside the Obama-Notre Dame Debate Inside the Obama-Notre Dame Debate

Will Roman Catholicism be swept into the rising tide of religious fundamentalism?

May 14, 2009 / Feature / James Carroll

House Backs Obama’s Afghan Surge, Amid Calls for Exit Strategy House Backs Obama’s Afghan Surge, Amid Calls for Exit Strategy

"Sometimes great presidents make mistakes," declared Massachusetts Congressman Jim McGovern as he announced his intention to vote against $97 billion in "emergency&q...

May 14, 2009 / John Nichols

The Sacco and Vanzetti Cases The Sacco and Vanzetti Cases

Sacco and Vanzetti are being tried for highway robbery and murder, but the real charge is radicalism.

May 14, 2009 / Feature / Elizabeth Glendower Evans

Thoughts on the H-Bomb Thoughts on the H-Bomb

Now that the US has exploded its first hydrogen bomb, a negotiated peace with the Soviet Union is more important than ever.

May 14, 2009 / The Editors

Welch-McCarthy: Summing Up the Hearings Welch-McCarthy: Summing Up the Hearings

Before a nationally televised audience, attorney Joseph Welch utters the seven words that stick a pin in McCarthy's balloon: "Have you no sense of decency, sir?"

May 14, 2009 / Feature / H. H. Wilson

Slide Show: The Nation at War Slide Show: The Nation at War

From the Civil War and D-Day to Iraq and Afghanistan, images of military conflicts and efforts to create a lasting peace.

May 14, 2009 / Photo Essay / The Nation

Let’s Make Every Vote Count Let’s Make Every Vote Count

This is one of a series of posts on electoral reform and just democracy. You can read the first post in the series here. Quick: When did we elect the President last year? If you...

May 14, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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