Letters Letters
Responses to articles by Katha Pollitt, Joaquín Villalobos, Jon Wiener, Charles Glass and David Yaffe.
Jul 11, 2007 / Our Readers
Key Republican Snowe Backs Withdrawal Plan Key Republican Snowe Backs Withdrawal Plan
As the most sensible moderate member of the Senate Republican Caucus, Maine's Olympia Snowe should have been on board long ago for a strict timeline to bring the troops home from t...
Jul 11, 2007 / John Nichols
Blame Canada Blame Canada
Blame Canada The increasingly isolated President is under siege from allsides. From the right, Republican senators are jumping off hisIraqi bandwagon faster than Leo DiCaprio on t...
Jul 11, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Bush’s Pakistan Paradox Bush’s Pakistan Paradox
He invaded Iraq, which had no connection to WMDs or terrorist threats against the US, while coddling the military junta in Pakistan, which was guilty on both counts. Go figure.
Jul 11, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer
Landlord to the Planet Landlord to the Planet
As the editor of Chalmers Johnson's Blowback Trilogy for the American Empire Project, I was struck by an oddity when the second volume, The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy,...
Jul 11, 2007 / TomDispatch
Michael Moore v. CNN Michael Moore v. CNN
The frequently ridiculous Dr. Sanjay Gupta and the always ridiculous Wolf Blitzer tried to take apart filmmaker Michael Moore case against the failed U.S. health care system this w...
Jul 11, 2007 / John Nichols
A “Family Values” Headache for Senate GOP A “Family Values” Headache for Senate GOP
Republicans are already facing a lot of trouble going into the 2008 competition for control of the Senate. And, now, they've got a prostitution problem -- invloving Louisiana Sena...
Jul 11, 2007 / John Nichols
A Blast from Vitter’s Past A Blast from Vitter’s Past
In the fall of 1998, David Vitter felt compelled to weigh in on the national debate over the possible impeachment of President Bill Clinton for lying about ...
Jul 11, 2007 / David Corn
21st Century S.E.X. Ed 21st Century S.E.X. Ed
Scarleteen's founder on her holistic, inclusive approach to teaching teens about the birds and the bees.
Jul 10, 2007 / The Nation
Lebanon’s Bloody Summer Lebanon’s Bloody Summer
Rocked by violence and sectarian hatred, Lebanon faces its presidential elections in paralysis, bound to a political system that's no longer viable and stymied over what kind of co...
Jul 10, 2007 / Feature / Mohamad Bazzi