Obama Attacked for Being Right About Afghanistan Obama Attacked for Being Right About Afghanistan
The Republican National Committee has for some time now made itself the mouthpiece for extreme pro-war rhetoric, despite the fact that substantial numbers of Republicans – some ...
Aug 19, 2007 / John Nichols
The Real Lesson of the Padilla Conviction The Real Lesson of the Padilla Conviction
If it had followed the rule of law from the outset, the Bush Administration could have brought many terrorists to justice by now.
Aug 18, 2007 / David Cole
Reading Arendt in Caracas Reading Arendt in Caracas
A student movement influenced by Hannah Arendt is emerging in Venezuela. What do they think of the Bolivarian Revolution?
Aug 17, 2007 / Feature / Elisabeth Young-Bruehl
The Money Surge The Money Surge
In an effort to bolster the surge and tamp down violence in Iraq, the US military is buying off insurgents. But what happens if they don't stay bought?
Aug 17, 2007 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
The Enormous Cost of War The Enormous Cost of War
The National Priorities Project (NPP), a research organization that analyzes and clarifies federal data so that people can understand how their tax dollars are spent, continues to...
Aug 17, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Exxon vs. Reason Exxon vs. Reason
I've written before about efforts to force ExxonMobile to join the growing mainstream Big Oil acceptance of the need for renewable energy. Well, there have been some successes but...
Aug 17, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
The Worst House Speaker in American History The Worst House Speaker in American History
Dennis Hastert, who served eight years as the most lamentable Speaker of the House in the chamber's history, began a slow exit from the Congress Friday. It was on that day that th...
Aug 16, 2007 / John Nichols
An Act of Economic Madness An Act of Economic Madness
News stories just out report that the Bush administration is planning to designate Iran's entire Revolutionary Guard Corps a "specially designated global terrorist" in or...
Aug 16, 2007 / TomDispatch
Defending Dr. Tiller (Part 2) Defending Dr. Tiller (Part 2)
Last week after reading a post by Cara at Feministing I wrote about Dr. Tiller's case in Kansas and asked Nation readers to support him and his cause. (Thanks to the many of you w...
Aug 15, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
Sarko’s Gift to the Wealthy Sarko’s Gift to the Wealthy
France's new president has launched an assault on the welfare state.
Aug 15, 2007 / Feature / Jordan Stancil