Educating Senator Frist
George W. Bush has declared that tort reform will be a major part of his forthcoming campaign.
Print Magazine
May 3, 2004 Issue
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Editorial
Election Matters
When George W. Bush asked Congress for the authority to attack Iraq, New York Congressman Amo Houghton voted no.
Taking Liberties
When the Supreme Court hears oral argument April 20 on the cases challenging the legality of the detentions at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, it will confront the most dra...
The UN Oil ‘Scandal’
The same political figures who engineered the current debacle in Iraq are now trying to blame the United Nations for more than $10.1 billion worth of oil revenue they cl...
Ashcroft Attacks
When faced with criticism, accuse. That seems to be Attorney General John Ashcroft's rule of political survival.
Iraq as Vietnam
It is a pity the major news media have not convened a commission of inquiry to examine their own mistakes and derelictions concerning the war in Iraq.
Prime-Time Fables
George W. Bush believes in the Easter Bunny--that is, those weapons of mass destruction.
The Haunted Archives
Who should control access to the archives of the 9/11 Commission after it closes up shop in August? The commission's records will go to the National Archives.
Nation Notes
GUGGENHEIM FOR GRACE: Grace Schulman, Nation poetry editor for the past thirty-two years, won a Guggenheim Fellowship to support work on a new book of poems.
Column
With God on His Side…
So, it was a holy war, a new crusade. No wonder George W. Bush could lie to Congress and the American public with such impunity while keeping the key members of his Cabinet in...
Unimagined Communities
This year is the tenth anniversary of the end of apartheid in South Africa, the fortieth anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the fiftieth anniversary of the Su...
The Two Parties of Empire
As one who regards Gerry Ford as our greatest President (least time served, least damage done, husband of Betty, plus Stevens as his contribution to the Supreme Court), I'...
Feature
Brown at 50
Prior to the landmark Supreme Court rulings in Brown v. Board of Education and Bolling v.
Books & the Arts
Why the Bubble Popped
This clutch of books offers an excellent retrospective on the recent stock-market crash, which wiped out $8.5 trillion in market value.
Wishful Thinking
In early 1966, Leonard Bernstein threw a birthday party for Dmitri Shostakovich in Lincoln Center's Philharmonic Hall.
Why Brown Still Matters
Fifty years ago, African-Americans and fellow progressives hailed Brown v. Board of Education as a conclusive turning point in the struggle for racial equality.
