‘Red, White and Screwed’ ‘Red, White and Screwed’
If you haven't been living on Mars these last years, you know Lewis Black as the caustic, bile-spewing, savagely funny stand-up comic, actor and Daily Show commentator. He's the o...
Jun 12, 2006 / The Nation
Reconciliation and Remembrance Reconciliation and Remembrance
Thirty years ago, Institute for Policy Studies colleagues Ronni Karpen Moffitt and Orlando Letelier were assassinated by agents of the Chilean government. "None of us," IPS co-fou...
Jun 9, 2006 / The Nation
Is There a Gay in the House? Is There a Gay in the House?
I dutifully sat through 85 minutes of C-SPAN's live coverage of the Senate's debate on same-sex marriage before my TV mysteriously clicked over to the French Open on ESPN. They we...
Jun 7, 2006 / The Nation
Think Red Thoughts Think Red Thoughts
Apropos of my last post about Francine Busby's special election loss, National Journal's Hotline blog has a good summary of where some of the most competitive House races will be ...
Jun 7, 2006 / The Nation
With Enemies Like These With Enemies Like These
The best thing to ever happen to gay rights in the country is Bill Frist's decision to introduce a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. Everyone knows this is a lame atte...
Jun 7, 2006 / The Nation
After Busby: Almost is Not Enough After Busby: Almost is Not Enough
Democrats keep talking about moral victories this election cycle. But to take back the Congress in 2006, they'll need to convert symbolic wins into actual ones. In a normal elect...
Jun 7, 2006 / The Nation
Quarantine the Religious Right Quarantine the Religious Right
Happy 6/6/06! Congrats to Ann Coulter for releasing her book on this Satanic date. And speaking of superstitious madness, as long as we're putting dangerous public health threats ...
Jun 7, 2006 / The Nation
Parlez Vous DeLay? Parlez Vous DeLay?
We knew Tom DeLay was leaving Congress this week. But we didn't think he'd be so French about it. Yes, tonight Texas Republicans will be toasting their former majority leader at ...
Jun 6, 2006 / The Nation
Defending the Constitution (Continued) Defending the Constitution (Continued)
Kudos to the American Bar Association for creating a bipartisan "all-star legal panel" to investigate President Bush's penchant for signing statements that assert his right to ig...
Jun 6, 2006 / The Nation
Flying the Corporate Skies Flying the Corporate Skies
A top official in the Bush Administration, David Safavian, is on trial right now for lying about a golfing trip to Scotland taken by a lawmaker, Rep. Bob Ney, and funded by a lobb...
Jun 6, 2006 / The Nation