Next step -- fix this or just forget the secret ballot?

This isn't vote caging, this is total voting transparency. This would be one of the only times when I would say transparency is unwanted, unhelpful, and should be illegal. By matching public records in Ohio, a privacy activist has been able to see how particular individuals...

Bolton: I'm 'very worried' for Israel

"Bolton: I'm 'very worried' for Israel By DAVID HOROVITZ Print Subscribe E-mail Toolbar Talkbacks for this article: 256 Sanctions and diplomacy have failed and it may be too late for internal opposition to oust the Islamist regime, leaving only military intervention to...

A Darkening In the North: Kurdistan was a bright spot in Iraq, but it looks s...

"June 18, 2007 Issue - Iraq's kurdish north has offered a heartening contrast to an otherwise blood-soaked country. Its polity works; its economy thrives. But the reports last week of a Turkish military incursion, in pursuit of Kurdish rebels, is an eruption of only one of...

Exit From Iraq Should Be Through Iran by Gen (Ret) William Odom

"Exit From Iraq Should Be Through Iran Linking forces with Iran could minimize the costs of withdrawal from Iraq William E. Odom YaleGlobal, 29 May 2007 Wrong direction: A US war flotilla enters the Persian Gulf to pressure Iran, but diplomacy may be more effective to bring...

The White House Besieged by Patrick Seale

"Challenged and ridiculed at home and abroad, U.S. President George W. Bush is facing difficult times. To say that he is a ‘lame duck’ president does not adequately convey the depth of his predicament as friends desert him and foes gather for the kill. He is widely seen...

The Nation Editorial: Senator Inevitable

"editorial | posted March 8, 2007 (March 26, 2007 issue) Senator Inevitable William Greider  Considering the formidable advantages Hillary Clinton has assembled for 2008, why should anyone feel sorry for her? Because the Senator is in a trap, and many of her assets have...

Sex and spirituality: the new predicament

"What a predicament - sex and spirituality! This is a tough nut to crack, and I wonder if anybody has really cracked it satisfactorily, even after thousands of years. Of course, if we want to be free, it's not sex itself that is the problem, but our relationship to it. The...