Are We There Yet?: A Liberal Votes in California

Who knew provisional voting could be a teaching moment?

Annabelle Gurwitch

The Shooting of Jose Ramos Horta

If Timor-Leste's President doesn't survive the assassination attempt, his soul will get a good laugh at outlasting Suharto, who killed a third of his people.

Allan Nairn

Guatemalans Seek Redress in Spanish Court

As Americans consider who to choose as their next President, Guatemalan Mayans seek justice for Reagan-era atrocities.

Allan Nairn

Undoing the Bush Legacy

No matter who becomes the next President, the clammy fingers of Bush and Cheney will be wrapped around vital national policies. It's up to Congress to break their grip.

Aziz Huq

Florida and Michigan: Vote Again

To avoid convention disaster, the DNC should reset caucuses and primaries in Florida and Michigan.

Tom Hayden

From Guernica to Iraq

There's an escalating air war in Iraq; why don't American media consider it serious news?

Tom Engelhardt

McCain vs. GOP Taliban

McCain's march toward the Republican nomination is the year's most improbable journey.

John Nichols

Noted.

Electoral math, post Super Tuesday; Richard Honaker's judicial activism; mobilizing for Obama.

The Editors

California Dreaming

The Golden State's lesson for Clinton and Obama is that they each need to craft a more daring politics of transcendence.

Lakshmi Chaudhry

Obama’s Promise

He offers the best chance to redefine the center of American politics and forge a new progressive majority.

The Editors

Vice President Rice?

If John McCain picks Condoleezza Rice as his running mate, Democrats should be afraid. Very afraid.

Nicholas von Hoffman

Big Oil’s Banner Year

They're reaping the profits, we're paying the price.

Robert Scheer

Energy Lessons from South Africa

South Africa's growth rate is outstripping its ability to generate electricity. There's a message here for us.

Nicholas von Hoffman

‘Love Me, I’m a Liberal’

Thanks to a cowed media, scaremongering is the only remaining area of conservative competence.

Eric Alterman

Metamorphosis

Robert Grossman

Movin’ On Up

Now that we've crested the mountaintop, let's have some politically incorrect dreams.

Patricia J. Williams

Mitt Romney, the Power-Point Moneybag, Will Stay in the Race

Calvin Trillin

Letters

'Ebony and Ivory'?

Laguna Woods, Calif.

Stuart Klawans and Our Readers and Peter Gizzi