October 25, 2004 Issue

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Feature

Voting for the First Time

A conversation with Utah Phillips.
Carolyn Crane
Postcard From Kabul

The Afghan presidential election was plagued with fraud and technical errors.
Christian Parenti
‘Radical to the Root’

A talk with David Cobb, the Green Party’s presidential candidate.
William Greider
Rocking the Youth Vote–From 1972 to 2004

Lennon spoke out then, as Springsteen speaks out now.
Jon Wiener
When Presidents Lie

Official dishonesty is never worthwhile.
Eric Alterman
The Right Wing’s Drive for ‘Tort Reform’

Thanks to damage caps and other measures, victims are often unable to sue.
Dan Zegart

Editorial

Nation Notes

Washington editor David Corn has been named a fellow in the “Security and Liberty in the Post-9/11 Era” reporting program of the Institute for Justice and Journalism at the USC Annenberg School.
The Editors
Potemkin Government

The longer the Bush Administration is in office, the clearer it becomes that it has a disordered relationship not just with one aspect of the world or another, such as the war in Iraq or the budg
Jonathan Schell
Union Makes Its Bed

On September 29 in San Francisco, 4,000 hotel employees–all members of the newly merged union UNITE HERE–walked out on strike or were locked out of their workplaces after their contracts expire
Peter Dreier and Kelly Candaele
Still Blair’s Party

D.D. Guttenplan would like to thank Glenda Jackson MP for her assistance in gaining admission to the Labour Party Conference.
D.D. Guttenplan
Visualize Kerry Winning

Robert Grossman
The Happy Warrior

William Greider interviews David Cobb this week in a web-only feature.
William Greider
Springsteen for Change

A culture war’s going on. The 2004 election does not merely pit red states against blue states; it places the cultural community against the Bush establishment.
David Corn
Election Matters

In his 1988 song “Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards,” British troubadour Billy Bragg promised, “The Revolution is just a T-shirt away.” It’s taken a while, but the 2004 election could prove Bra
John Nichols
The Forgotten Issue

In The Nation‘s October 9, 2000, special report on the Supreme Court, Tom Wicker wrote, “No issue is more vital…repeat, no issue is more important than the makeup of the next Supr
The Editors
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Column

Kerry a Bleeding Heart? Hardly

Thank you, George W. Bush, for trying to assure me that John Kerry is a liberal. Wish it were so.
Robert Scheer
Bush’s Court Picks: Be Afraid. Very Afraid.

Democrats haven’t made much of what would happen to the courts should Bush win a second term.
Katha Pollitt
‘There Are No Innocents’

An oppressive and beleaguered empire, a terrorist international, a storm raging in the world press about torture, right-wing Christians on the march against moral decline and the collapse of fami
Alexander Cockburn
On the President’s Boast That He Knew Osama Bin Laden Rather Than Saddam Hussein Was Behind 9/1

That’s excellent. So tell us: Why did you
For months imply the opposite was true?
And why does Cheney (Nanny Dick) still flog
Calvin Trillin

Books & the Arts

Picking Up the Pieces

Brian Wilson began recording his masterpiece, Smile, in 1966; the project collapsed a year later, unfinished.
Douglas Wolk
Office Politics

As one of those pathetic evolutionary throwbacks who has never used e-mail or the Internet, and has hardly ever handled a mobile phone, I can approach this book with all the supreme disinterested
Terry Eagleton
Rhythm Nation

Since Fidel Castro’s brief fainting spell during a speech in June 2001, Miami, Havana and Washington have been caldrons of feverish speculation on his succession and the politics of a post-Castro
Ann Louise Bardach
Liberal Hawk Down

This essay is adapted from Anatol Lieven’s next book, America Right or Wrong: An Anatomy of American Nationalism, to be published this month by Oxford University Press.
Anatol Lieven
When Presidents Lie

Official dishonesty is never worthwhile.
Eric Alterman
‘There Are No Innocents’

An oppressive and beleaguered empire, a terrorist international, a storm raging in the world press about torture, right-wing Christians on the march against moral decline and the collapse of fami
Alexander Cockburn
Springsteen for Change

A culture war’s going on. The 2004 election does not merely pit red states against blue states; it places the cultural community against the Bush establishment.
David Corn
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Re-Stealing the Election?

A landslide of letters overwhelmed our mailbox in response to Ronnie Dugger’s August 16/23 Our Readers and Ronnie Dugger

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October 25, 2004 Issue

Feature

A conversation with Utah Phillips.

The Afghan presidential election was plagued with fraud and technical errors.

A talk with David Cobb, the Green Party’s presidential candidate.

Lennon spoke out then, as Springsteen speaks out now.

Official dishonesty is never worthwhile.

Thanks to damage caps and other measures, victims are often unable to sue.

Editorial

Washington editor David Corn has been named a fellow in the “Security and Liberty in the Post-9/11 Era” reporting program of the Institute for Justice and Journalism at the USC Annenberg School.

The longer the Bush Administration is in office, the clearer it becomes that it has a disordered relationship not just with one aspect of the world or another, such as the war in Iraq or the budg

On September 29 in San Francisco, 4,000 hotel employees–all members of the newly merged union UNITE HERE–walked out on strike or were locked out of their workplaces after their contracts expire

D.D. Guttenplan would like to thank Glenda Jackson MP for her assistance in gaining admission to the Labour Party Conference.

William Greider interviews David Cobb this week in a web-only feature.

A culture war’s going on. The 2004 election does not merely pit red states against blue states; it places the cultural community against the Bush establishment.

In his 1988 song “Waiting for the Great Leap Forwards,” British troubadour Billy Bragg promised, “The Revolution is just a T-shirt away.” It’s taken a while, but the 2004 election could prove Bra

In The Nation‘s October 9, 2000, special report on the Supreme Court, Tom Wicker wrote, “No issue is more vital…repeat, no issue is more important than the makeup of the next Supr

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Column

Thank you, George W. Bush, for trying to assure me that John Kerry is a liberal. Wish it were so.

Democrats haven’t made much of what would happen to the courts should Bush win a second term.

An oppressive and beleaguered empire, a terrorist international, a storm raging in the world press about torture, right-wing Christians on the march against moral decline and the collapse of fami

That’s excellent. So tell us: Why did you For months imply the opposite was true? And why does Cheney (Nanny Dick) still flog

Books & the Arts

Brian Wilson began recording his masterpiece, Smile, in 1966; the project collapsed a year later, unfinished.

As one of those pathetic evolutionary throwbacks who has never used e-mail or the Internet, and has hardly ever handled a mobile phone, I can approach this book with all the supreme disinterested

Since Fidel Castro’s brief fainting spell during a speech in June 2001, Miami, Havana and Washington have been caldrons of feverish speculation on his succession and the politics of a post-Castro

This essay is adapted from Anatol Lieven’s next book, America Right or Wrong: An Anatomy of American Nationalism, to be published this month by Oxford University Press.

Official dishonesty is never worthwhile.

An oppressive and beleaguered empire, a terrorist international, a storm raging in the world press about torture, right-wing Christians on the march against moral decline and the collapse of fami

A culture war’s going on. The 2004 election does not merely pit red states against blue states; it places the cultural community against the Bush establishment.

The stakes are higher now than ever. Get The Nation in your inbox.

Letters

A landslide of letters overwhelmed our mailbox in response to Ronnie Dugger’s August 16/23 Our Readers and Ronnie Dugger

That’s excellent. So tell us: Why did you
For months imply the opposite was true?
And why does Cheney (Nanny Dick) still flog