With the Party of Dobson With the Party of Dobson
At the unofficial GOP midterm convention, Focus on the Family delivered election-day marching orders to the faithful, praising GOP hopefuls and hurling jeremiads against liberals, ...
Sep 27, 2006 / Feature / Max Blumenthal
Bin Laden ‘Not Our Priority’ Bin Laden ‘Not Our Priority’
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"I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don't care. It's not that important. It's not our priority."
Sep 27, 2006 / The Nation
Snapshot of a Plutocracy Snapshot of a Plutocracy
Every person on this year's Forbes 400 list of America's richest people is a billionaire, who collectively possess about $1.25 trillion. Imagine how many Congressmen that will buy.
Sep 26, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Foot-Long Hot Dog in Mouth Disease Foot-Long Hot Dog in Mouth Disease
Even by dysfunctional family reunion standards, last week's UN Summit was a blowout. There were the Presidents of Iran and the United States avoiding each other like estranged cou...
Sep 26, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Get Me Rewrite Get Me Rewrite
Bill Clinton maintains that the mainstream media has misrepresented his record on fighting terror. But it will take a generation to meaningfully assess his effectiveness.
Sep 26, 2006 / Mark Updegrove
Bow to the King Bow to the King
Just as Senators McCain/Graham/Warner largely capitulated to Bush on torture, another group of dissident GOP Senators are bowing to the Administration on another critical national...
Sep 26, 2006 / The Nation
Screamin’ at the Machine Screamin’ at the Machine
We should be cheering at sports events and screaming at politicians. But these days, it's vice versa. Now that ESPN's Screamin' Stephen A. Smith is acting like a pundit, things cou...
Sep 26, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Dave Zirin
They Just Don’t Get It They Just Don’t Get It
Republicans have sunk to a new low in their campaign to retain control of the House and Senate in 2006. They've apparently decided to claim the image and stature of Dr. Martin Lut...
Sep 26, 2006 / The Nation
Corn Versus Hitchens: On Niger, Plame and WMDs Corn Versus Hitchens: On Niger, Plame and WMDs
A version of this was first posted at my blog at www.davidcorn.com....
I told readers of my regular bl...
Sep 26, 2006 / David Corn
A Distinct Lack of Intelligence A Distinct Lack of Intelligence
If George W. Bush took the latest National Intelligence Estimate seriously, he would end the ineffectual "war on terror" model and treat terrorism as a pathology to be clinically ...
Sep 26, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer