Feingold Leadership Vs. Obama, Clinton Posturing Feingold Leadership Vs. Obama, Clinton Posturing
Russ Feingold stood on the floor of the Senate Wednesday to mark the passing of the fifth anniversary of President Bush's signing of the Congressional resolution that authorized h...
Oct 24, 2007 / John Nichols
If Gore Were Arrested… If Gore Were Arrested…
As carbon emissions raise the planetary temperature, environmental activists are asking Nobel laureate Al Gore to engage in civil disobedience protesting construction of coal-fired...
Oct 24, 2007 / Feature / Mark Hertsgaard
A Whistleblower’s Tale A Whistleblower’s Tale
Republican lawyer Jill Simpson was the absent star of Tuesday's House Judiciary Committee hearing on selective prosecution.
Oct 24, 2007 / Feature / Glynn Wilson
War Costs: Even Worse Than You Think War Costs: Even Worse Than You Think
The federal government will spend $2.4 trillion by 2017 for waging the "War on Terror" in Iraq and Afghanistan. This was the most mind-boggling statistic to come from the Congress...
Oct 24, 2007 / The Nation
Poem Windy and Continued Poem Windy and Continued
very cold. My small
and panicked last
kiss was like making
a noise to make sure
I was there
Oct 24, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Graham Foust
My Graham Foust My Graham Foust
Gone's the imposter. And gone's
his gawky cross. Gone's
his tweaked legacy's hit list--Hooray!--
and gone's his waste of song.
Oct 24, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Graham Foust
The Post Office vs. the Founding Fathers The Post Office vs. the Founding Fathers
On July 15, the postal rates for America's most important political magazines, both left and right, increased by twenty to thirty percent after the Postal Regulatory Commission (P...
Oct 24, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
Bush on Cuba Bush on Cuba
President Bush's belligerent speech on Cuba signals that he intends to continue his Administration's delusional crusade for regime change--despite the self-inflicted wounds of the...
Oct 24, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Hillary Day at the Nixon Library Hillary Day at the Nixon Library
"Hillary's fear of humiliation, her fear of secrets being revealed, absolutely permeates her life," Carl Bernstein told a packed auditorium at the Nixon Library in Yorba ...
Oct 24, 2007 / Jon Wiener
America’s Empty Pockets America’s Empty Pockets
The President is determined to bankrupt the nation, morally and financially. And who in Congress has the will to stop him?
Oct 24, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer