Opinion - The Nation

The Nation -- Over the past two months since this year's Winter Soldier event, a parade of luminaries has gone before Congress to testify about the Iraq War: distinguished generals, cabinet secretaries and various think-tank dignitaries. One group, however, has been conspicuously absent from the conversation: soldiers.

The Nation -- The Commander-in-Chief is now the Smearer-in-Chief. In Israel to celebrate the country's 60th birthday, President Bush chose to debase the event with the defamatory suggestion, made before the Israeli Knesset, that Barack Obama would appease terrorists by talking to Syria and Iran.

The Nation -- Two things:

The Nation -- Edwards, it is hoped, will bring the "working class" vote to Obama.

The Nation -- At a talk at New America this afternoon, Grover Norquist hit upon one of my abiding obsessions in politics, the difference between what issues people respond to in polls and what they actually vote on.

The Nation -- When tens of thousands of people staged demonstrations in Mexico last year to protest a 60 percent increase in the price of tortillas, many analysts pointed to biofuel as the culprit.

The Nation -- Two long years ago, veteran political reporter Thomas Edsall published Building Red America:

The Nation -- One of the oddest aspects of this extremely odd extended primary has been the entire press corps to indulge its fantasies of victory long after they lost any basis in reality.

The Nation -- Rush Limbaugh and some myopic Democrats would have us believe that most if not all Republicans who have been voting in Democratic primaries are "dittoheads" implementing the radio host's "Operation Chaos." Limbaugh has promoted his scheme for months, encouraging GOP listeners to re-register and vote in Democratic contests for the presumably weaker candidate, Hillary Clinton.

The Nation -- Some things to read this morning:

The Nation -- Co-written by Dinelle Lucchesi.

The Nation -- In last week's lede editorial, the editors wrote:

The Nation -- The other J Street founder Jeremy Ben-Ami takes to the pages to the Washington Post to itemize 5 Myths on Who's Really Pro-Israel.

The Nation -- Last month, Congressional Quarterly reported that there was little doubt that the government--under John Yoo's 2003 memo--had approved the use of mind-altering drugs to weaken the resistance of terrorist suspects during interrogation.

The Nation -- Not since a Republican president named Richard Nixon was trying to explain away the Watergate scandal has the Grand Old Party been on such a losing streak in special elections for congressional seats vacated by Republican incumbents.

The Nation -- "It's not over until the lady in the pantsuit says it is."

The Nation -- A lot of people wrongly believe Barack Obama is a Muslim. As I documented in a cover story for the magazine, this is largely due to a viral internet rumor that's been spread via email.

The Nation -- One of the few national politicians willing to speak unflinchingly about how the so-called "robust" U.S. economy has failed vast swaths of America, last month, Sen.

The Nation -- Oh man. How awesome are Josh Marhsall's readers?