A Clinton Spy Scandal? A Clinton Spy Scandal?
When news of the Bush Administration's warrantless wiretapping program became public, Senator Hillary Clinton called the eavesdropping "strange" and "far-fetched.&qu...
Jul 6, 2007 / Ari Berman
Reclaiming Sports Reclaiming Sports
Political struggle and its relation to sports is a question not of the past but of the future.
Jul 6, 2007 / Feature / Dave Zirin
Weird Religion, Anglican Edition Weird Religion, Anglican Edition
According to two senior Church of England bishops, recent terrible floods in the UK are expressions of God's wrath at excess consumption -- or possibly excess gayfriendliness...
Jul 5, 2007 / Katha Pollitt
Creating a Foundation Creating a Foundation
Co-written by Emily Greenhouse For the last few years students have been steadily debunking the old saw that young people are politically apathetic. Young people might not be nea...
Jul 5, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
Independence Day for Libby Independence Day for Libby
Liberated from having to serve time for his crime, he shares a perch with Bush and Cheney, somewhere high above the law.
Jul 4, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer
Tom Paine’s 4th of July Advice for Congress Tom Paine’s 4th of July Advice for Congress
The Fourth of July ought surely, and above all else, to be a celebration of Tom Paine's resolve. As the American colonies moved tentatively toward the fateful declaration of inde...
Jul 4, 2007 / John Nichols
Five for the Fourth Five for the Fourth
As my boss and Nation editor and publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel wrote in Editor's Cut, The Nation's "definition of patriotism is fighting to make sure your country lives up to it...
Jul 3, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
The Most Patriotic Act of All The Most Patriotic Act of All
The Nation has always marched to a different drummer, opposing US involvement in the Spanish-American War and World War I and the Vietnam War, while giving all-out support to the ...
Jul 3, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sweet Victory: True Patriots Sweet Victory: True Patriots
There are those who think of patriotism as synonymous with theunthinking jingoism and the love-it-or leave-it platitudes so oftenheard in right-wing talk radio circles. But of cour...
Jul 3, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Bush: Pardon for Libby Remains on the Table Bush: Pardon for Libby Remains on the Table
Prospective Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson and a few others on the extreme fringe of the lawless right have complained that George Bush was insufficiently generous...
Jul 3, 2007 / John Nichols