The Ambassador, the Iraqi, and the Penguin The Ambassador, the Iraqi, and the Penguin

An ambassador--his name happens to be Timothy Carney--an Iraqi, and a penguin walk into a bar. The bartender asks how the Iraqi will ever possibly pay for his drink. The ambassa...

Mar 14, 2007 / The Nation

The Last Anniversary? The Last Anniversary?

March 19 update:Click here to read hundreds of reports on this past weekend's antiwar events. Monday marks the fourth anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq. The carnage and wast...

Mar 14, 2007 / Peter Rothberg

Connecting the Dots Connecting the Dots

Over at TAPPED, Ezra Klein proposes the following maxim as a means of understanding the Bush administration: "Bush's Razor: Given a possible universe of explanations for a particu...

Mar 14, 2007 / The Nation

Hubris in High Places Hubris in High Places

The scandal action in Washington is intense, almost too much to properly savor. That squirrely little right-winger at the Justice Department who was arranging a mass execution fo...

Mar 14, 2007 / The Nation

Obama: Palestinians Matter, Too Obama: Palestinians Matter, Too

Barack Obama did the unthinkable recently: he had the audacity to mention the Palestinians. "Nobody is suffering more than the Palestinian people," Obama told voters in Iowa on S...

Mar 14, 2007 / The Nation

Cheney, Cornered Cheney, Cornered

As dangerous as any cornered animal, Dick Cheney now stands revealed as a man of deep corruption.

Mar 14, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer

Stop the Madness Stop the Madness

The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) --nearly one-third of the Democratic Caucus with 71 members--has challenged a Bush budget that would continue to drain our treasury thro...

Mar 13, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

AIPAC Disses Pelosi AIPAC Disses Pelosi

House Minority Leader John Boehner got a standing ovation when he voiced his continued support for the war in Iraq at AIPAC's annual conference today. When his counterpart, Speake...

Mar 13, 2007 / The Nation

Edwards Wins the Gonzales Primary Edwards Wins the Gonzales Primary

UPDATE: This just in from ABC News: "In an exclusive interview to air Wednesday morning, March 14, on "Good Morning America," Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y...