Betty Friedan, 1921-2006 Betty Friedan, 1921-2006
Betty Friedan lived a big life and wrote a big book that helped change our world, in every way, for the better.
Feb 9, 2006 / Column / Katha Pollitt
How Not to Spot a Terrorist How Not to Spot a Terrorist
The NSA's use of artificial intelligence for "data-mining" surveillance is not only constitutionally illegal, but a technological fantasy. Why aren't the Democrats challenging it?
Feb 9, 2006 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Government’s the Problem Government’s the Problem
Complicated drug plans are the result of promises fulfilled.
Feb 9, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Pension? What Pension? Pension? What Pension?
The stampede is on in corporate America to freeze or pare back pension benefits. And that will leave most of us out in the cold.
Feb 8, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Bush’s War on the Poor Bush’s War on the Poor
George W. Bush's irrational governance has wrought yet another outrage: The Administration's $2.77-trillion budget request.
Feb 8, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer
Lies About Blowjobs, Bad. Wars? Not So Much. Lies About Blowjobs, Bad. Wars? Not So Much.
Despite his lies and incompetence, Bush remains more popular with elite media than Clinton or any other political leader who sought to save us from the Iraq catastrophe. Why won't ...
Feb 2, 2006 / Column / Eric Alterman
All the King’s Horses… All the King’s Horses…
Worry about the CIA's new Open Source Center, which aims to piece together all sorts of unclassified information to create a broad picture of where trouble is likely to arise.
Feb 2, 2006 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
I Dreamt That George W. Bush Adopted James Frey’s 3-Step Program–Denial, Larry King and Oprah–To Get to the Truth About the War in Iraq I Dreamt That George W. Bush Adopted James Frey’s 3-Step Program–Denial, Larry King and Oprah–To Get to the Truth About the War in Iraq
Maybe Oprah can get the truth out of Bush--just don't try to screen her questions.
Feb 2, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Enron’s Enablers Enron’s Enablers
As the Enron trial unfolds, it's depressing that Phil and Wendy Gramm, the company's political enablers, are going unpunished and uncriticized.
Feb 1, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer
SpongeBob SquarePants, Health Risk SpongeBob SquarePants, Health Risk
The Center for Science in the Public Interest is suing Kellogg and Viacom for using cartoon characters to brainwash kids into consuming mass amounts of junk food.
Jan 31, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman