Progressive Opinion

Limiting The President's Power

thenation.com — The opening salvos in this war over executive authority will be the questions the Judiciary Committee puts to Alito.

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The Lesson Of Sago

To prevent future tragedies, corporate executives must believe there are consequences to ignoring worker safety. more »

Friends In Russian Places: Your Letters

How to measure prosperity; DeLay's Russian cohorts; untangling immigration: Readers react in this week's letters. more »

Scoring A Drug Fix

Democrats could profit politically from the disastrous Medicare drug benefit—by fixing it. more »

Iraq: Game Over

The victory of the Shiite religious bloc means the big winner in the Iraqi elections is Iran. Next stop: civil war. more »

Iraq's Tipping Point

Whatever the outcome of Iraq's elections, we have a pretty good idea of what the future holds. more »

America's Gulag Problem

Congress is about to pass a bill that cuts off the only real route out of the Guantanamo mess. more »

McCain's Defining Moment

Torture helped Bush implement a policy of unchecked aggression. Torture may help McCain end it. more »

What Iraqi Forces?

The debate over Iraq hinges on the capability of "Iraqi forces." But the new constitution has no federal internal force. more »

Polluter Playtime

Sure, the Bush administration enforces clear air laws—when they don't trouble big polluters. more »