“The President Has Effectively Gone AWOL” “The President Has Effectively Gone AWOL”
George Bush, the most ideologically-driven and politically calculating president in American history, wants Americans to believe that he has suddenly discovered a moral high groun...
May 2, 2007 / John Nichols
Thompson the Lobbyist Thompson the Lobbyist
David Sirota has a good post up about how the media is overlooking Fred Thompson's lucrative stint as a lobbyist. In a profile of the possible presidential candidate yesterday, the...
May 2, 2007 / Ari Berman
Tenet’s Treachery Tenet’s Treachery
Bush's chief spook knew the Administration's treachery on Iraq from the start. But he never revealed it to Congress or the public.
May 2, 2007 / Column / Robert Scheer
The Supergirl Syndrome The Supergirl Syndrome
The marketing-driven message of the perfect girl--smart, skinny, pretty, athletic and loved by all--is a model of perfection that's hard to live up to. Can't girls just be free to ...
May 1, 2007 / Feature / Lakshmi Chaudhry
A Dangerous Little Beehive? A Dangerous Little Beehive?
A Cuban children's troupe has performed around the globe but finds it almost impossible to enter the United States.
May 1, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Rosa Miriam Elizalde
Miami Vise Miami Vise
Cuban-American moderates are on the rise, but hard-liners still run the show.
May 1, 2007 / Feature / Max J. Castro
A New Stance Toward Havana A New Stance Toward Havana
The peaceful transfer of power in Cuba presents an opportunity for the US government to abandon its policy of perpetual hostility.
May 1, 2007 / Feature / Julia E. Sweig
Sacrificial Wolfie Sacrificial Wolfie
The World Bank was corrupt long before Paul Wolfowitz gave his girlfriend a raise.
May 1, 2007 / Column / Naomi Klein
Murdoch to Buy Wall Street Journal? Murdoch to Buy Wall Street Journal?
Not content with its conservative media empire, Rupert Murdoch's NewsCorp is making an ambitious bid to buy the Dow Jones Company and its prized product, the Wall Street Journal. N...
May 1, 2007 / Ari Berman
Sarko vs. Ségo in France Sarko vs. Ségo in France
French politics have been pushed to the right thanks in part to the neo-Fascist politician Jean-Marie Le Pen.
May 1, 2007 / André Schiffrin