Homer Simpson vs. Electronic Voting Homer Simpson vs. Electronic Voting
The Simpsons character encounters a corrupted electronic voting machine: 'This doesn't happen in America! Maybe in Ohio, but not in America!'
Oct 2, 2008 / YouTube
Iraq Facing New Civil War, Insurgency Iraq Facing New Civil War, Insurgency
What does the start of a new civil war in Iraq look like? It looks a lot like this: The Times reports today matter-of-factly on the pattern of assassinations of Sunni members of ...
Oct 2, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Out of Money for the Next War? Out of Money for the Next War?
Think of this as the month when Fannie and Freddie entered everyday speech as something other than friendly names, when Americans realized that WaMu wasn't an over-performing Orca ...
Oct 2, 2008 / TomDispatch
Obama’s Bailout Strategy Obama’s Bailout Strategy
Framing the financial crisis as a verdict on free-market fantasies, Obama can win with a mandate to end the war and build a better economy from the bottom up.
Oct 2, 2008 / Tom Hayden
Obama, McCain Join Senate Majority for Bailout Obama, McCain Join Senate Majority for Bailout
Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain pulled off the presidential campaign trail just long enough on Wednesday night to cast what both of these cautious contenders hop...
Oct 2, 2008 / John Nichols
On a Clear Day, I See Vladivostok On a Clear Day, I See Vladivostok
The song of a political visionary--with apologies to Alan Jay Lerner.
Oct 1, 2008 / Column / Calvin Trillin
China’s Quest for Moral Authority China’s Quest for Moral Authority
China is booming, but slouches toward the moral authority needed to inspire a modern, open and prosperous state. Does Confucius hold the key?
Oct 1, 2008 / Feature / Orville Schell
Justice, Bush-Style Justice, Bush-Style
GOP loyalists have taken over the Justice Department and retooled the civil rights division as a political weapon.
Oct 1, 2008 / Feature / Andrew Gumbel
Paul Newman Paul Newman
He was funny, he was thoughtful, he was committed and, in the end, he was a friend, period.
Oct 1, 2008 / Victor Navasky
Looking Backward Looking Backward
As America's second Gilded Age fissions around us, we can sense the zeitgeist shift. Are we staring into the abyss of 1929 or heading for a new New Deal?
Oct 1, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Steve Fraser