Only Pictures? Only Pictures?
Two prominent cartoon artists discuss their perspective on the worldwide protests over the Muhammad cartoons.
Feb 20, 2006 / Joe Sacco and Art Spiegelman
Happiness Means… Being At That Stones Concert In Rio Happiness Means… Being At That Stones Concert In Rio
There's this Pew report out about happiness. (Don't you think that the very idea of quantifying happiness threatens it?) The report explains how happiness correlates with religiosi...
Feb 20, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
California Going Indie? California Going Indie?
"California voters are shedding their identification with the two major political parties so rapidly that if current trends continue, independent voters could outnumber Democr...
Feb 20, 2006 / Marc Cooper
Listen to Fritz Listen to Fritz
Former South Carolina Senator Ernest Frederick "Fritz" Hollings came to the Senate in 1966 and retired in 2004, at the age of 82. Still sharp and spirited, he knows bette...
Feb 20, 2006 / Ari Berman
By the Numbers By the Numbers
After I blogged yesterday about the shameful fact that the richest country in the world has a minimum wage that 1) hasn't budged since 1997 and 2) leaves hardworking people and fam...
Feb 18, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
More Support for Impeachment Inquiry More Support for Impeachment Inquiry
The list of House members who have signed on as cosponsors of U.S. Representative John Conyers' resolution calling for the establishment of select committee that would examine whet...
Feb 18, 2006 / John Nichols
Scooter Libby’s Graymail Scooter Libby’s Graymail
I just posted this at www.davidcorn.com....
Last week, I Feb 17, 2006 / David Corn
Sweet Victory: Preschool for All Sweet Victory: Preschool for All
Co-written by Sam Graham-Felsen.
It is universally acknowledged that preschool plays a critical role in the educational and social development of children. proposed in his new state budget a provision that would grant all three and four year-olds access to preschool, regardless of income. While Oklahoma, Georgia and Florida currently offer pre-k to four year-olds, Illinois would become the first state to provide genuinely universal preschool in the country's history.
Feb 17, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Shame of The Nation The Shame of The Nation
The shame of the nation is revealed in this week's NewsFlash from the Economic Policy Institute. "Without a wage hike," EPI reports, "this year will usher in the gre...
Feb 17, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Dick Should’ve Enlisted Dick Should’ve Enlisted
The best zinger of the week on Dick Cheney's now infamous hunting accident came not from Jon Stewart or any of the late night comics but courtesy of Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel: If ...
Feb 17, 2006 / Ari Berman