California Demands Health Care For All (Again) California Demands Health Care For All (Again)
After a brief hiatus, I'm re-starting "Sweet Victories" as a weekly feature. Launched in the bleak aftermath of the 2004 elections, "SV" chronicles progressive wins--from legislat...
May 15, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Old Time Hypocrisy Hour The Old Time Hypocrisy Hour
The various and sundry Republican presidential contenders will be stumbling over one another tonight--as they debate in South Carolina--and in the days ahead to curry favor with t...
May 15, 2007 / John Nichols
Chalmers Johnson’s Journey Chalmers Johnson’s Journey
Way back in 1999, when I was still a Tomdispatch-less book editor, I read a proposal from Chalmers Johnson. He was, then, known mainly as a scholar of modern Japan, though years e...
May 15, 2007 / TomDispatch
The Simpsons Hit 400 The Simpsons Hit 400
Over eighteen seasons and three presidential eras, The Simpsons has paid badly animated homage to all that sucks in America.
May 15, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Simon Maxwell Apter
McNulty Packs Up McNulty Packs Up
I saw Paul McNulty, who announced yesterday that he was resigning as Deputy Attorney General, at the Dallas airport on Sunday. He was coming from a prosecutor conference at San Ant...
May 15, 2007 / Ari Berman
The Wolfowitz Report: How He and Riza Gamed the Bank The Wolfowitz Report: How He and Riza Gamed the Bank
World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz broke the rules and engaged in an actual conflict of interest when in 2005 he arranged for a rather generous salary boos...
May 15, 2007 / David Corn
Broadband Redlining Targets Rural America Broadband Redlining Targets Rural America
Will rural America become roadkill on the information superhighway?
May 14, 2007 / Feature / Steve Early
The Price of a Life The Price of a Life
Sure, the US government values the lives of innocents killed in combat. Just how much depends on whether they died in New York, Afghanistan or Iraq.
May 14, 2007 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt
Motives Behind Virginia Tech Massacre Found! Lit Profs to Blame Motives Behind Virginia Tech Massacre Found! Lit Profs to Blame
Virginia Tech's commencement exercises took place this week. Columnists across the country weighed in to consider the impact of last month's massacre on the surviving students, to ...
May 14, 2007 / Karen Houppert
Hagelberg! Bloomha! For ’08! Maybe Hagelberg! Bloomha! For ’08! Maybe
"This country is in trouble. The world is in trouble. And we need some new, fresh, independent ideas to lead this country forward." Sounds a like the opening line from a presiden...
May 14, 2007 / John Nichols