Comic Book Fans Go to the Polls Comic Book Fans Go to the Polls
Americans channeling their favorite superheroes and villains weigh in on who their political heroes will be in this year's election and why.
Aug 5, 2008 / Barely Political
Bush’s Time Horizon in Iraq Bush’s Time Horizon in Iraq
Everyone was baffled by the President's use of the term "time horizon" for withdrawal from Iraq. But when you consider the term's origin on Wall Street, it makes perfect, cynical s...
Aug 5, 2008 / Feature / Allen McDuffee
Is it Obama-Bayh? Is it Obama-Bayh?
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama arrives in Indiana at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday night and he will remain in the state until 3:30 p.m. Wednesday. The question of the day is...
Aug 5, 2008 / John Nichols
Lynching Advocate Toby Keith: Obama Acts White To Win Lynching Advocate Toby Keith: Obama Acts White To Win
Last week, I reported for the Huffington Post that country singer Toby Keith had performed a pro-lynching anthem on the Colbert Report, and would be playing the same song soon on ...
Aug 5, 2008 / Max Blumenthal
A Magic Moment for America A Magic Moment for America
The nomination of Barack Obama--so able intellectually, morally and spiritually--marks a magic moment for America, culminating the hopes of those who worked for a more perfect unio...
Aug 5, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Rev. Jesse L. Jackson
Stealth Assault on Reproductive Rights Stealth Assault on Reproductive Rights
When pro-choicers accuse anti-choicers of being anti-contraception they're often taken as crying wolf -- even though no anti-choice organization explicitly endorses birth contr...
Aug 4, 2008 / Katha Pollitt
Counter Terror With Justice Counter Terror With Justice
On June 12, the Supreme Court issued the landmark ruling Boumediene v. Bush, which affirmed that detainees at Guantanamo Bay are entitled to the Constitutional right of habeas cor...
Aug 4, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
Burgers or Biofuel? Burgers or Biofuel?
Biofuels have become the new villain in the climate change and food crisis debate. But America's consumption of meat is a bigger part of the problem than the cars and trucks we dr...
Aug 4, 2008 / Feature / Frances Cerra Whittelsey
Why He Fears the Fist: A Response to Jonah Goldberg Why He Fears the Fist: A Response to Jonah Goldberg
You can tell right away that Goldberg didn't read a book, an article, even a fortune cookie, about the 1968 Olympics before whipping out his laptop.
Aug 4, 2008 / Column / Dave Zirin