A school of fish swims peacefully in the ocean. Out of sight, a net is spread beneath it. At the edges of…
For half a century we have been arguing about “the Vietnam War.” Is it possible that we didn’t know what we were…
The Obama administration has come up with a remarkable justification for going to war against Libya without the congressional approval required by…
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With each year that passes, nuclear weapons provide their possessors with less safety while provoking more danger. Possession of nuclear arms provokes…
If the nuclear powers wish to be safe from nuclear weapons, they must surrender their own. With each year that passes, nuclear…
Enter his small office at the Nation Institute only if you don’t mind experiencing a slightly vertiginous feeling. Books are everywhere —…
The journey to the martial law just imposed on Pakistan by its self-appointed president, the dictator Pervez Musharraf, began in Washington on…
Repetition Anyone who wants to write about the constitutional crisis unfolding in the United States today faces a peculiar problem at the…
[This column will appear in the March 6th issue of the Nation.] This column will be my last “Letter From Ground Zero.”…
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