King George W.: James Madison’s Nightmare King George W.: James Madison’s Nightmare
This is the belllicose imperial presidency the authors of our Constitution warned us about.
Jul 18, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Robert Scheer
Don’t Fence in the Web! Don’t Fence in the Web!
The genius of the Internet, from the distant moment of its inception to the present day, has been its tendency toward openness, freedom and equality. On the great frontier of digit...
Jul 18, 2007 / John Nichols
Scaife to Bush: Withdraw from Iraq Scaife to Bush: Withdraw from Iraq
The conservative movement has cracked apart. If any more evidencewas needed, check out Editor & Publisher's website for an articleabout Richard Mellon Scaife's newspaper and it...
Jul 17, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Riot and Reunion: Forty Years Later Riot and Reunion: Forty Years Later
In the summer of 1967, Plainfield, New Jersey, and scores of other US cities exploded in racial violence. Forty years later, the impact is still palpable.
Jul 17, 2007 / Feature / Peter Dreier
The Dark Force The Dark Force
When John McCain was running his insurgent campaign against George W. Bush in 2000, he frequently compared himself to "Luke Skywalker trying to get out of the Death Star." But the...
Jul 17, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Deconstructing the Benchmarks Deconstructing the Benchmarks
Last week the Bush Administration announced that the Iraqi government had made "satisfactory" progress on just 8 of the 18 benchmarks the Administration and Congress set ...
Jul 17, 2007 / Ari Berman
The Surgeon General’s Commissars The Surgeon General’s Commissars
The testimony of three former Surgeons General offers more proof of how the Bush Administration's corps of inept political operatives subverts our system of checks and balances.
Jul 17, 2007 / Stanley I. Kutler
The Case to Impeach the President The Case to Impeach the President
The Nation's John Nichols discusses the case for impeaching President Bush with conservative constitutional scholar Bruce Fein, in this excerpt from the July 13 edition of Bill Moy...
Jul 17, 2007 / Press Room
Harry Reid Finally Starts to Fight Smart Harry Reid Finally Starts to Fight Smart
Harry Reid is finally coming to the realization reached months ago by the American people: That Democrats in Congress have been played for suckers by the Bush White House and its ...
Jul 17, 2007 / John Nichols
Unjust Execution Delayed Unjust Execution Delayed
Guest post by Liliana Segura. Liliana is a member of the Campaign to End the Death Penalty and has written on the death penalty for The Nation and other publications. UPDATE: This...
Jul 16, 2007 / Ari Berman