The Hindsight Factor

Will America's nuclear waste repository ever open, and, more important: should it?

When it comes to Guantánamo, the most pressing problem is not how to "store" dangerous prisoners; it is the fate of those who are innocent.

A plotted sequence of events to build domestic U.S. support for a possible strike against Iran over its "meddling" in Iraq has hit some snags.

John NicholsIn a passionate speech in Michigan Wednesday, John Edwards endorsed Barack Obama's candidacy and dealt a blow to Hillary Clinton's campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Robert ScheerThose confessions elicited from Gitmo detainees are proving legally worthless--and an enduring indictment of the moral bankruptcy of George W. Bush.

John Nichols Travis Childers scores a stunning upset and Democrats grab another GOP seat in the House. The Republican ran against Obama. The Democrat ran against Bush/Cheney and won.

Zephyr Teachout An eyewitness account of Bill Clinton's speech in Newport, Oregon yesterday.

Katie Gaughan via Campus Progress A year after the shootings at Virginia Tech, policy-makers are pursuing measures that might sacrifice student privacy for a superficial feeling of safety.

Travel writer Henry Alford hopped aboard a recent Nation Cruise to Alaska and reviewed it for the New York Times.

BILL MCKIBBEN The planet has reached a tipping point, as atmospheric carbon dioxide spikes to 385 parts per million. If we can roll it back to 350, we may still live and thrive.

Dinner with Rev. Jesse Jackson. An intimate acoustic concert with Jackson Browne. Cocktails with Katrina vanden Heuvel. What's going on? The eleventh Nation Cruise sets sail for the Caribbean December 14.

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