A Values Voters Schism A Values Voters Schism
The Christian right is embroiled in an internal culture war, pitting true believers against pragmatists looking for a candidate to satisfy the antitax and neoconservative wings of ...
Oct 25, 2007 / Sarah Posner
Stop the Media Grab Stop the Media Grab
If FCC chairman Kevin Martin prevails, Americans will be stuck with one-size-fits-all media and a downsized democracy.
Oct 25, 2007 / The Editors
Maryland Judge: Some Domestic Violence Victims Like Being Hit Maryland Judge: Some Domestic Violence Victims Like Being Hit
Domestic violence cases are notoriously difficult to prosecute. But every once in a while, prosecutors get handed the tools for a conviction on a silver platter: An impartial eyew...
Oct 25, 2007 / Karen Houppert
Exchange Exchange
The Army Surgeon General and Joshua Kors discuss caring for wounded soldiers.
Oct 24, 2007 / Our Readers and Joshua Kors
Feingold Leadership Vs. Obama, Clinton Posturing Feingold Leadership Vs. Obama, Clinton Posturing
Russ Feingold stood on the floor of the Senate Wednesday to mark the passing of the fifth anniversary of President Bush's signing of the Congressional resolution that authorized h...
Oct 24, 2007 / John Nichols
If Gore Were Arrested… If Gore Were Arrested…
As carbon emissions raise the planetary temperature, environmental activists are asking Nobel laureate Al Gore to engage in civil disobedience protesting construction of coal-fired...
Oct 24, 2007 / Feature / Mark Hertsgaard
A Whistleblower’s Tale A Whistleblower’s Tale
Republican lawyer Jill Simpson was the absent star of Tuesday's House Judiciary Committee hearing on selective prosecution.
Oct 24, 2007 / Feature / Glynn Wilson
War Costs: Even Worse Than You Think War Costs: Even Worse Than You Think
The federal government will spend $2.4 trillion by 2017 for waging the "War on Terror" in Iraq and Afghanistan. This was the most mind-boggling statistic to come from the Congress...
Oct 24, 2007 / The Nation
Poem Windy and Continued Poem Windy and Continued
very cold. My small
and panicked last
kiss was like making
a noise to make sure
I was there
Oct 24, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Graham Foust
My Graham Foust My Graham Foust
Gone's the imposter. And gone's
his gawky cross. Gone's
his tweaked legacy's hit list--Hooray!--
and gone's his waste of song.
Oct 24, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Graham Foust