Pat Tillman, Our Hero Pat Tillman, Our Hero
War hero and former NFL star Pat Tillman was not the GI Joe icon created by Pentagon spinmeisters. He was a fiercely independent thinker convinced that the war in Iraq was illegal....
Oct 6, 2005 / Dave Zirin
Time to Fix the System Time to Fix the System
Tom DeLay's indictments open the door for Congress to overhaul current lobbying laws and fix the broken system of campaign finance, redistricting and electoral laws that foster mis...
Oct 6, 2005 / The Editors
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