An Opening on the Supreme Court An Opening on the Supreme Court
This morning, President Bush said he will make a quick decision on a nominee to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and issued a thinly veiled warning to th...
Jul 1, 2005 / Peter Rothberg
Not Dominion, But Liberty Not Dominion, But Liberty
As the 229th anniversary of the founding of the American experiment approached, President Bush provided a painful reminder of how far the United States has drifted from the ideals...
Jul 1, 2005 / John Nichols
Court Fight: It’s More Than Left vs. Right Court Fight: It’s More Than Left vs. Right
"A nation's success or failure in achieving democracy is judged in part by how well it responds to those at the bottom and the margins of the social order.... The very problems th...
Jul 1, 2005 / John Nichols
O’Connor Resigns; Ugliness To Come O’Connor Resigns; Ugliness To Come
I just posted the below comments at my blog at www.davidcorn.com. I am happy to share these first-reaction thoughts...
Jul 1, 2005 / David Corn
Sweet Victory: People Over Profits in Brazil Sweet Victory: People Over Profits in Brazil
Each day, while pharmaceutical companies prosper, 8,500 people in the global South die of AIDS. Thanks to strict intellectual property laws that keep drug prices sky-high, only 7 ...
Jul 1, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Profiles in Cowardice Profiles in Cowardice
Senate Democrats are preparing to take a dive on the issue they have righteously hammered for four years--the estate tax.
Jun 29, 2005 / William Greider
Shoot the Piano Player Shoot the Piano Player
Reviews of The Beat That My Heart Skipped, Me and You and Everyone We Know and other new films.
Jun 29, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
To the Wires Overhead To the Wires Overhead
This is the year
when the swallows did not come back
you have not noticed
Jun 29, 2005 / Books & the Arts / W.S. Merwin
To Being Late To Being Late
Again again you are
the right time after all
not according to
however we planned it
Jun 29, 2005 / Books & the Arts / W.S. Merwin
To the Margin To the Margin
Following the black
footprints the tracks
of words that have passed that way
before me I come
again and again to
your blank shore
Jun 29, 2005 / Books & the Arts / W.S. Merwin