Crony Constitutionalism Crony Constitutionalism
Democrats have a chance to stand up for competence, civil liberties and the integrity of the Supreme Court by challenging Harriet Miers's lack of credentials and blocking Bush from...
Oct 6, 2005 / The Editors
A Cheer for McCain? A Cheer for McCain?
Folks outside the Beltway often wonder why reporters--even those of a liberal bent--have a fondness for John McCain. Yeah, he's a warmonger in that he's bee...
Oct 6, 2005 / David Corn
Pop Goes the Real Estate Bubble Pop Goes the Real Estate Bubble
Stocks crash and housing prices tend to go down with a whisper. But a disturbing number of signs now point to a sudden burst of the real estate bubble.
Oct 5, 2005 / Feature / Nicholas von Hoffman
Gitmo’s Shame Gitmo’s Shame
You would hardly know it from watching the news or reading the papers, but there's a two-month-old hunger strike going on at Guantánamo Bay. After more than three years of intern...
Oct 5, 2005 / Peter Rothberg
‘Are You Going to Provide $5 Million for The Nation?’ ‘Are You Going to Provide $5 Million for The Nation?’
In a scathing report issued on September 30, the Government Accountability Office's investigators said the Bush Administration had broken the law by using taxpayer dollars to diss...
Oct 4, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Action-Figure Governator The Action-Figure Governator
Faced with an historic opportunity to give gay couples equal protection under the law, Arnold Schwarzenegger proved he was made of bendable plastic.
Oct 4, 2005 / Column / Robert Scheer
Darwin and God Darwin and God
Darwin's discoveries about evolution never argued against the existence of God. And the theory of "intelligent design" is a dangerous attempt to undermine science and justify a lit...
Oct 4, 2005 / Dr. Marc Siegel
Bill Bennett’s Abortion Fantasies Bill Bennett’s Abortion Fantasies
What's really shocking about Bill Bennett's public fantasies of reducing crime by aborting black babies is the ease with which conservative critics cast lawlessness in racial terms...
Oct 4, 2005 / Mark Sorkin