The Soon-to-be-Forgotten Andrew Card The Soon-to-be-Forgotten Andrew Card
After Karen Hughes stepped down as a counselor to the president in 2002, White House chief of staff Andy Card, in a rare moment of candor, told Esquire: "She's leaving when the pr...
Mar 28, 2006 / John Nichols
Card Folds, and Bush Draws to the Inside Card Folds, and Bush Draws to the Inside
The White House doesn't seem to understand the meaning of the term "fresh blood." It usually refers to new blood that is introduced into an anemic entity--n...
Mar 28, 2006 / David Corn
So Much for Straight Talk So Much for Straight Talk
So much for "straight talk." If you needed any more proof that the maverick John McCain will run as the ultimate insider come 2008, scroll down. McCain, February 28, 200...
Mar 28, 2006 / Ari Berman
Breakthrough on Immigration Reform Breakthrough on Immigration Reform
As immigrant protests continued to ripple through the country on Monday--22,000 students walking out of classes just in LA County--the Republican-dominated Senate Judiciary Committ...
Mar 28, 2006 / Adam Howard
I for Infantalization I for Infantalization
You would think that V for Vendetta, a movie jam-packed with post-9/11 themes, deserved a serious response. Instead, some of the most prominent media outlets have chosen to insult ...
Mar 27, 2006 / Adam Howard
Science Fact or Science Fiction? Science Fact or Science Fiction?
Climate change is real, and its impact is potentially devastating to our way of life. So why do the news media have such a hard time telling the straight story?
Mar 27, 2006 / Feature / Bryan Farrell
A New Downing Street Memo A New Downing Street Memo
The British government memo on Iraq, reported in today's New York Times, is perhaps even more important than the Downing Street memo. The five-page memo--of a January 31, 2003 Ova...
Mar 27, 2006 / Adam Howard
Bernard-Henri Levy Live! Bernard-Henri Levy Live!
On behalf of all the angry Nation readers who protested Bernard-Henri Levy's "Letter to the American Left," I wish I had had a pie -- or at least Levy antagonist and pie-...
Mar 27, 2006 / Richard Kim
Don’t We Need a New Political Language? Don’t We Need a New Political Language?
A condensed version of this post, titled Had it With Hitler, was published today by the Washington Post. Here's a modest proposal for improving national political discussion. L...
Mar 27, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Kids Are Alright The Kids Are Alright
How many young people turn away from low-paying but vital professions because they can't earn enough to pay back their student loans? How many potential social workers, public int...
Mar 26, 2006 / Peter Rothberg