Scary Halloween Treats Scary Halloween Treats
It has probably been many years since you were truly scared on Halloween. But what's genuinely frightening is chocolate. Not because it makes you fat -- or is "sinful", a weird ps...
Oct 9, 2006 / The Nation
The Drip, Drip, Drip of the Foley-Hastert Scandal The Drip, Drip, Drip of the Foley-Hastert Scandal
I appeared on ABC News This Week yesterday, as a member of its roundtable. (You can get a podcast of the show Oct 9, 2006 / David Corn
“Speaker, Others Must Go” “Speaker, Others Must Go”
Dennis Hastert may still be Speaker of the House, after the Washington Times and other conservatives called on him to resign last week. But his job is not exactly secure, either. ...
Oct 9, 2006 / The Nation
No Blank Checks on Torture No Blank Checks on Torture
As the fight against the Administration's policies on torture and the terror detainees shifts to the Supreme Court, there is reason to be confident that the Justices will again rei...
Oct 9, 2006 / Feature / Jonathan Hafetz
Repainting Statehouses Blue Repainting Statehouses Blue
If current trends hold, Democratic governors will soon be popping up all over the country, and with them comes a greater opportunity to challenge the Bush Administration.
Oct 9, 2006 / Feature / John Nichols
Woodward, Revised Woodward, Revised
Bob Woodward is late to the party: His new book, State of Denial, catches up to the story of the Iraq debacle that other journalists have been reporting for years.
Oct 9, 2006 / David Corn
In Russia, a Courageous Voice Is Silenced In Russia, a Courageous Voice Is Silenced
Russia and the world have lost a great and courageous journalist. Thekilling of Anna Politkovskaya on October 7 is horrifying and shocking,but not unexpected. As Oleg Panfilov, wh...
Oct 8, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Virginia’s Rumbling Rebels Virginia’s Rumbling Rebels
As Senator George Allen's faux-populist campaign devolves into a series of racial embarrassments, Virginia Democrat Jim Webb's unlikely campaign is surging, thanks in large part to...
Cultural Famine: A Cycle Cultural Famine: A Cycle
Famine is at its worst when people waste away and die. But there is another kind of famine: the death of the human soul--the emptiness and senseless cynicism in this country that h...
Oct 8, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Walter Mosley
Sanctioning Lawlessness Sanctioning Lawlessness
What's more important to Congress: America's standing in the world and the rule of law, or partisan advantage in the midterm elections?
Oct 8, 2006 / David Cole