Mercenary Jackpot Mercenary Jackpot
As the United States decries the private militias of Lebanon and Iraq, GOP-connected, privately owned global mercenary firms receive blank checks and little oversight.
Aug 10, 2006 / Editorial / Jeremy Scahill
Ned Lamont’s Digital Constituency Ned Lamont’s Digital Constituency
Liberal bloggers were just one aspect of a sophisticated netroots strategy that led Ned Lamont to victory. Lamont must now leverage his digital constituency to force Joe Lieberman ...
Aug 9, 2006 / Feature / Ari Melber
Say Goodnight, Joe Say Goodnight, Joe
Without a motivated base, fundraising capacity or resonant message, Joe Lieberman is now in free-fall, lacking the strength and credibility to run as an independent.
Aug 9, 2006 / Feature / Bruce Shapiro
Why We Don’t Know Our Enemy Why We Don’t Know Our Enemy
Hysteria over the barbarians at the gate has destroyed republics from Rome to Germany. A new book explains why Bush's post-September 11 America may meet a similar fate.
Aug 9, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer
Lieberman Digs In Lieberman Digs In
In New Haven, Joe Lieberman dismissed questions about a possible independent run if he is defeated in today's primary by antiwar candidate Ned Lamont and declared if re-elected to ...
Aug 8, 2006 / Feature / Ari Melber
The Left Gets Real The Left Gets Real
Is the coziness of progressives and foreign policy realists a strategic alliance or a sign that the conservative co-optation of "human rights" has disillusioned the left?
Aug 4, 2006 / Feature / Eyal Press
Bush Postpones 2008 Election Bush Postpones 2008 Election
In a news brief from the future, Bush continues to do whatever it takes to protect us from terror.
Jul 31, 2006 / Editorial / Stephen Gillers
A Fight for the Party’s Soul A Fight for the Party’s Soul
The Lamont/Lieberman Democratic primary race is a referendum not only on the Iraq War but on a new vision for the Democratic Party.
Jul 27, 2006 / Feature / John Nichols
Too Late for Empire Too Late for Empire
Thirty years after Watergate, we again face a constitutional crisis at home and a misconceived war abroad. The United States will remain a helpless giant until we finally learn tha...
Jul 27, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Jonathan Schell
Reading the Reed Rout Reading the Reed Rout
Two Republican primaries in the Deep South expose potentially serious cracks in the party's religious-right foundation.