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‘C-List Celebrity Killer’ Leaves Police Enthusiastically Guessing Who’s Next ‘C-List Celebrity Killer’ Leaves Police Enthusiastically Guessing Who’s Next

Following Thursday's gruesome discovery of the remains of former Blossom star Joey Lawrence, law enforcement officials are feverishly speculating on the identity of the killer's ne...

Nov 5, 2006 / The Nation

Rumsfeld: ‘My Half-Assed Job Here Is Done’ Rumsfeld: ‘My Half-Assed Job Here Is Done’

November 8, 2006 WASHINGTON, DC--After nearly six years of much-publicized service as Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld announced his resignation Wednesday afternoon, ...

Nov 5, 2006 / The Nation

The Death of the “Values Voter” The Death of the “Values Voter”

Since the New Jersey Supreme Court issued its ruling on same-sex unions, Bush and the religious right have amped up their gay-baiting rhetoric in a last ditch effort to turn out s...

Nov 5, 2006 / The Nation

A Referendum on Rumsfeld A Referendum on Rumsfeld

George Bush brought it upon himself. He could have seen out the 2006 campaign season without discussing the fact that no one – with the exception of some joker who rode out the...

Nov 5, 2006 / The Nation

Neo Culpa Neo Culpa

As I left work yesterday, on the eve of this referendum on the Bush Administration's failed, disastrous policies--especially the neocon-led invasion of Iraq, I got a PR email blas...

Nov 4, 2006 / The Nation

Soldiers Get Political Soldiers Get Political

Vote Vets, a coalition of soldiers who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, have produced three of the best and most powerful tv ads of this political season. These ads show how prof...

Nov 3, 2006 / The Nation

Another GOP Sex Scandal Another GOP Sex Scandal

It's becoming to difficult to keep track of all the Republican sex scandals these days. The latest "moral values" offender is Reverend Ted Haggard, head of the 14,000-member New L...

Nov 3, 2006 / The Nation

Shut ‘Em Up Shut ‘Em Up

Shut 'em up – that's the tried-and-true policy of the Bush gang when it comes to people whose views contradict their own. Scientists want to speak out on global warming? Mu...

Nov 2, 2006 / The Nation

Extraordinary Rendition, Deluxe Extraordinary Rendition, Deluxe

The evil nature of our enemies has, it turns out, certain advantages -- at least when secret imprisonment and torture are at stake. The Bush administration has proved adamantly un...

Nov 2, 2006 / The Nation

Bullish Democrats Bullish Democrats

Senator Chuck Schumer, chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), held a press conference with reporters this afternoon and was absolutely bullish about the ...

Nov 2, 2006 / The Nation

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