Valet of the Shadow of Death Valet of the Shadow of Death
Welcome to our treasured island
seized from the tribe
of enemy combatants
who nursed us through
the winter of 1642.
Nov 7, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Elizabeth Willis
Dial “Dem” For Immunity? Dial “Dem” For Immunity?
With the Senate Judiciary Committee scheduled to mark-up the FISA Amendments Act tomorrow, a movement against immunity for telecoms hasn't translated into legislative promises by...
Nov 7, 2007 / The Nation
Letters Letters
Readers react--positively and negatively--to design changes in the print edition of The Nation.
Nov 7, 2007 / Our Readers
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
Our Man in Pakistan Our Man in Pakistan
Gen. Pervez Musharraf turns out to be just another crummy dictator. But he's our dictator--using the $10 billion in US aid to jail judges and lawyers, and give shelter Al Qaeda and...
Nov 7, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer
Dowd v Clinton, Chapter 3465 Dowd v Clinton, Chapter 3465
Is Maureen Dowd obsessed with Hillary Clinton or what? Last week, she complained that Hillary spoke "girlfriend to girlfriend" to women voters while refusing to share the pain...
Nov 7, 2007 / Katha Pollitt
Who Lost Pakistan? Who Lost Pakistan?
How often can the Bush Administration be caught off guard by the consequences of its own actions? Endlessly, it seems.
Nov 6, 2007 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt
House Puts Impeachment On, Then Off, The Table House Puts Impeachment On, Then Off, The Table
The move by Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich to open a House debate on the question of whether to impeach Vice President Cheney turned into a imbroglio for the Democratic leadershi...
Nov 6, 2007 / John Nichols
It Is Time For “A National Inquest” It Is Time For “A National Inquest”
In May of 1972, when then-President Richard Nixon was riding as high as he ever would politically, anti-war activists attempted to place an advertisement in The New York Times urg...
Nov 6, 2007 / John Nichols
Will Rogers: The Bunkless Candidate Will Rogers: The Bunkless Candidate
"WHATEVER the other fellow don't do, we will." Thus refreshingly Will Rogers, the bunkless candidate for President, begins his campaign. It is, of course, a dangerous doctrine, b...
Nov 6, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Dorothy Van Doren