Opinion - The Nation

The Nation -- A little while back, The Nation ran a huge, full page ad from Fox News in the magazine. But when we tried to run an ad for The Nation on Fox News, Murdoch's gang turned us down.

The Nation -- Major League Baseball's All-Star game is supposed to be a breezy exhibition of the sport's brightest stars. It's also a place for baseball's corporate patrons to be wined, dined and reassured about the current state of the game.

The Nation -- The other night Dan Rather was back in center ring.

The Nation -- "There is always a charge that socialism does not fit human nature. We've encountered that for a long time. Maybe that's true. But can't people be educated? Can't people learn to cooperate with each other? Surely that must be our goal, because the alternative is redolent with war and poverty and all the ills of the world."

The Nation -- Here are highlights from a June 26, 2006, conversation between former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin and The Nation's National Affairs Correspondent, William Greider.

The Nation -- The Supreme Court's 2005-06 term--the first to feature the newly confirmed Chief Justice, John Roberts Jr.

The Nation -- For millions of Americans, liberal and conservative, the battles over Bush Administration policies, from the war in Iraq to the shape of the federal tax code, revolve around questions of political ideology or partisan preferences.

The Nation -- Less than a year after its disengagement from Gaza, Israel has become deeply re-engaged, in a sharp escalation of fighting that could ignite a third intifada.

The Nation -- "You people obviously still don't get it, but you will soon," wrote right-wing blogger Jerry Hurtubise in an irate letter to the Columbia Journalism Review, sounding the death knell of the mainstream press. "It's over, you clowns. Now, when you lie, we will report it, every time."

The Nation -- On Wednesday in Washington, I attended the second annual National Student Conference held by Campus Progress, an organization featured in "The New Face of the Campus Left."

The Nation -- It was a dark and slimy film--and yet, as it wound its way slowly into the third hour, it undeniably lit people up. Looking around the movie house, you could see instant-message screens glowing everywhere, as a bored preview audience distracted itself from Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.

The Nation -- Who in their right mind thought Al Gore could become a fashion statement?

The Nation -- Let's celebrate this gathering--of people of moxie, passion and conviction.

The Nation -- The Bush Administration claims they always treated prisoners in the war on terror "humanely."

The Nation -- Robert Novak finally speaks--in a way.

The Nation -- What you learn in American government 101 still rings true: we live in a system of three co-equal branches. The Bush Administration, for perhaps the first time in six years, got the message today.

The Nation -- "I will tell you that there won't be any corporate considerations. No earnings per share issues, No worries about advertisers and what they might think." Okay, you probably think these are lines from a recent Nation editorial or Bill Moyers' latest speech.

The Nation -- No, the above title is not a reference to how many vacation days I've taken this year. Twenty-three days is how long the Senate plans to be in legislative session this year.

The Nation -- Berlin