By Joe Conason 1/15/07 12:00am

When Bush Asks, Democrats Must Say No

On the eve of George W. Bush’s latest attempt to rally the dispirited and angry nation in support of the prolonged conflict in Iraq, the question before Congress is starkly simple: What are the people’s representatives obliged to do about the bad judgment and bad faith of this President?

Mr. Bush’s bad judgment will be Read More

By Staff 10/12/06 2:44pm

What (Not) to Make of 600,000 Deaths in Iraq

A study by public-health researchers at Johns Hopkins says that estimates of deaths in Iraq since we did that nation the great service of bringing them democracy are way low, that the likelihood is 600,000 have died. Though they say the number could be as low as 400,000 and as high as 800,000.

The study Read More