Sectarian Extremists Versus Jefferson Sectarian Extremists Versus Jefferson
Sectarian extremists invaded the U.S. Senate chamber Thursday, chanting "There's only one true God" and denouncing religious pluralism as an "abomination." The...
Jul 13, 2007 / John Nichols
A Small Measure of Sanity (Continued) A Small Measure of Sanity (Continued)
As Walter Pincus reported in the Washington Post last week, Senate Democrats plan to follow the House lead in "reducing funds" for the insidious Bush plan for a European-based mi...
Jul 13, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Congress Moves Toward Contempt Citation Congress Moves Toward Contempt Citation
"Are congressional subpoenas to be honored or are they optional?" House Judiciary Committee chair John Conyers asked Thursday. It was a rhetorical question. Conyers, who has ser...
Jul 13, 2007 / John Nichols
Happy Birthday, George McGovern Happy Birthday, George McGovern
As he observes his eighty-fifth birthday, here's a tribute to 'the most decent man in the US Senate,' who has left his mark on politics and on the American people.
Jul 12, 2007 / Rep. Jim McGovern
Healthcare vs. the Profit Principle Healthcare vs. the Profit Principle
Sure we have a healthcare system in America. The trouble is, it's designed not to make people healthy but to make money.
Jul 12, 2007 / Barbara Ehrenreich
Artists Pursue the Disappeared Artists Pursue the Disappeared
With greater efficiency than the slow efforts for truth and justice, a traveling art exhibition bears witness to the victims of Argentina's "dirty war."
Jul 12, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Marian Schlotterbeck
Boys (and Girls) of Summer Boys (and Girls) of Summer
Live Free or Die Hard is boot camp for slackers. Knocked Up takes measure of the inadequate man.
Jul 12, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
My Life My Life
Is made of the banging
Shock-absorbers
And hydrosulphuric stench,
And the boiling, stinking, panting
Factory line
Jul 12, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Henia Karmel
Sanger vs. Sanger Sanger vs. Sanger
Demonized for decades by ideological foes on the right and left, the mother of the birth control movement is finally able to speak for herself.
Jul 12, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow
Kings of the Road Kings of the Road
Two big literary anniversaries: Jack London's forgotten gem The Road turns 100, and Jack Kerouac's On the Road hits 50.
Jul 12, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Jonah Raskin