Ashcroft’s Brand of Justice Ashcroft’s Brand of Justice
John Ashcroft took office swearing on a stack of Bibles--on three of them, actually, one for each of his children--to run "a professional Justice Department that is free from poli...
Feb 6, 2001 / The Editors
Dear Alan: Butt Out Dear Alan: Butt Out
Political cross-dressing by the Democrats ended on January 25 in Washington when their erstwhile conservative patron, Alan Greenspan, abruptly jilted them. Under Bill Clinton's t...
Feb 1, 2001 / The Editors
In Fact… In Fact…
NAME THE PRESIDENT CONTEST Face it: Just saying the words President Bush causes many of our readers to gag. Typical is Lois Phillips Hudson, who writes: "Though I might mumble t...
Feb 1, 2001 / The Editors
Bush’s True Colors Bush’s True Colors
Throughout the last campaign, while liberal Democrats warned that Bush was much more reactionary than he pretended to be, Naderites argued that Democrats were much less progressi...
Jan 26, 2001 / The Editors
In Fact… In Fact…
AGAINST FORGETTING George W. Bush's inauguration went less smoothly than the GOP would have liked, as thousands of activists filled the streets of Washington to protest Bush's disp...
Jan 26, 2001 / The Editors
Pomp and Shame Pomp and Shame
The ascendency of George W. Bush to the presidency exposes stark dissatisfaction in the United States.
Jan 18, 2001 / The Editors
Beyond Chavez Beyond Chavez
Linda Chavez's withdrawal as George W. Bush's nominee for Labor Secretary after mounting evidence that she violated the law by employing an illegal immigrant and then tried to hi...
Jan 11, 2001 / The Editors
Getting the Money Out Getting the Money Out
The emerging fight over the McCain-Feingold campaign finance bill, which Senator John McCain has promised to bring up right after George W. Bush's installation as President, has ...
Jan 11, 2001 / The Editors
Dude, Where’s My Klawans? Dude, Where’s My Klawans?
Commenting on the German film Run Lola Run two years ago, The Nation's redoubtable film critic, Stuart Klawans, quoted a character speaking nominally of soccer: "The ball is round...
Jan 5, 2001 / Books & the Arts / The Editors
In Our Orbit In Our Orbit
TROOPS IN THE STREETS Nation contributing editor and radio host Marc Cooper was tossed out of the California State University system for antiwar activities in 1971 by executive ...
Jan 5, 2001 / Books & the Arts / The Editors