Politics

Death Watch Death Watch

When the history of this year's presidential campaign is written, the addiction of both Bush and Gore to the obsolete politics of capital punishment will rank high in the annals ...

Nov 2, 2000 / The Editors

Nader: Fast in the Stretch Nader: Fast in the Stretch

Ralph really ran. Against the record of his own faux campaign of 1996, against the expectations even of friends who said he lacked the candidate gene and against the calculations...

Nov 2, 2000 / John Nichols

America and the World: The End of Easy Dominance America and the World: The End of Easy Dominance

In the more trying period ahead, a modest internationalism would fare best.

Nov 2, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Sherle R. Schwenninger

From the ‘Burbs to the ‘Hood From the ‘Burbs to the ‘Hood

Activists are finding success solving social problems on a regional basis.

Nov 2, 2000 / Feature / Jay Walljasper

Al, You Should Try Taking Credit Where Credit’s Due Al, You Should Try Taking Credit Where Credit’s Due

I want to vote for Bill Clinton for President again, but that not being possible I had resigned myself to Al Gore. Surely, I thought, he would defend the Clinton Administration...

Oct 30, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer

In Fact… In Fact…

LIES AND DAMN LIES What's a political campaign without politicians calling each other liars? This one's been marked, however, at the presidential level, by strategic civility, a ...

Oct 26, 2000 / The Editors

In Our Orbit In Our Orbit

NO MIRTH IN THE BALANCE "Al Gore distills in his single person the disrepair of liberalism in America today, and almost every unalluring feature of the Democratic Party. He did ...

Oct 26, 2000 / Books & the Arts / The Editors

No MO Democrats? No MO Democrats?

The plane crash that took the life of Missouri Governor Mel Carnahan on October 16 appears to have been a disaster for the Democrats, not only in the Show Me state but nationally...

Oct 26, 2000 / Feature / Doug Ireland

‘Supreme Coort Follows th’ Iliction’ ‘Supreme Coort Follows th’ Iliction’

'Supreme Coort Follows th' Iliction' Missoula, Mont. Thank you for your Supreme Court issue, "Up for Grabs: The Supreme Court and the Election" [Oct. 9], wh...

Oct 26, 2000 / Ralph Nader and Our Readers

If Politics Got Real… If Politics Got Real…

If politics got real...the debate over costly prescription drugs would turn to more fundamental solutions like breaking up the pharmaceutical industry's patent monopolies, which ...

Oct 26, 2000 / William Greider

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