A Whole New Ball Game A Whole New Ball Game
Major League Baseball owners may gripe, but the World Baseball Classic provides a glimpse of an alternative future for our national pastime.
Mar 15, 2006 / Column / Dave Zirin
Another Cover-Up? Another Cover-Up?
The patient reader can find much to entertain and enlighten in theNew York Times, if one searches diligently. I came acrossthis pearl today, entitled "Editors' Note." &...
Mar 15, 2006 / Adam Howard
Bloggers Join Fray on Political Ads Bloggers Join Fray on Political Ads
As the House considers two bills to regulate political speech on the Internet, the liberal Daily Kos and conservative Red State blogs are bedfellows, supporting a flawed GOP-sponso...
Mar 15, 2006 / Feature / Celia Viggo Wexler
Improvised Explosive Delusions Improvised Explosive Delusions
As Bush continues to insist the US is bringing peace and freedom to Iraq, his latest plan to quell the insurgency spends billions more to stem the use of improvised explosive devic...
Mar 15, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer
Denny Hastert’s Very Long, Very Bad Day Denny Hastert’s Very Long, Very Bad Day
Watch the news out of House Speaker Dennis Hastert's office today. It may well be the site of the best the debate about the continued funding of the U.S. occupation of Iraq. Anti-...
Mar 15, 2006 / Adam Howard
From NATO to Nation From NATO to Nation
One thing I've always found perplexing is Wesley Clark's continued high-standing amongst the progressive blogosphere. For months he's consistently either won or placed second in th...
Mar 15, 2006 / Ari Berman
These Folks Know About Ethics These Folks Know About Ethics
Bill Clinton certainly had his flaws as a President. He was a militant free trader, who used all of his political skills to win support for the North American Free Trade Agreement...
Mar 15, 2006 / John Nichols
Lap Dogs of the Press Lap Dogs of the Press
During the run-up to the Iraq War, the nation's leading print and broadcast media could have saved lives if they questioned the Administration's pronouncements. Instead, they were ...
Mar 15, 2006 / Feature / Helen Thomas
Feingold Day Two: The Dems Fold Feingold Day Two: The Dems Fold
Last night I raised some strategic questions about Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold's move to formally censure President Bush. On the conclusion of Day Two of this drama, I have mor...
Mar 15, 2006 / Adam Howard
A Peculiar Politician A Peculiar Politician
Senator Russell Feingold should be praised for calling on the Senate to censure the President for breaking the law and lying about his domestic spying program. Instead, he's mocked...
Mar 14, 2006 / William Greider