Putting Science in the Dock Putting Science in the Dock
Judges' ability to discriminate against expert witnesses has ended up empowering large corporations.
Mar 12, 2007 / Feature / Barry Yeoman
Judge Not? Judge Not?
The case of a severely disabled 9-year-old girl whose parents subjected her to a series of nonessential surgeries raises troubling questions about medical ethics and public policy.
Mar 12, 2007 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Bush Amigo’s Para Pals Bush Amigo’s Para Pals
Revelations of Colombian government collusion with paramilitary thugs ought to put the damper on President Bush's Latin American tour.
Mar 12, 2007 / Liliana Segura
Will Dems Channel Rove to Sell Iraq Withdrawal? Will Dems Channel Rove to Sell Iraq Withdrawal?
Democrats in Congress have finally settled on a binding timeline to withdraw troops from Iraq by late 2008, which President Bush threatened to veto. This weekend Speaker Pelosi re...
Mar 12, 2007 / The Nation
The New Rumsfeld The New Rumsfeld
Alberto Gonzales is the new Donald Rumsfeld. Up until President Bush replaced his defense secretary a day after the midterm elections, Rummy was synonymous with the arrogance, se...
Mar 12, 2007 / The Nation
How Our Soldiers Became Hostages How Our Soldiers Became Hostages
You would have to start any brief "support our troops" history with the dismal end of the Vietnam War and a consensus that the antiwar movement had been particularly self-destruct...
Mar 12, 2007 / The Nation
Not Silent Anymore Not Silent Anymore
In 2000, the Surgeon General released a report describing "the silent epidemic of oral diseases" affecting mainly the poor due to lack of access to dental care. Two weeks ago, th...
Mar 11, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Honoring Our Rock and Roll Tom Paine Honoring Our Rock and Roll Tom Paine
"O ye that love mankind! Ye that dare oppose, not only the tyranny, but the tyrant, stand forth!" -- Tom Paine "I can relate to Thomas Paine. When he wrote Common Sense, he was ...
Mar 11, 2007 / John Nichols
George McGovern to Cheney: Resign George McGovern to Cheney: Resign
George McGovern has a word for Vice President Dick Cheney: "Resign." Responding to Tuesday's conviction of Cheney's former chief-of-staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, on charges of...
Mar 10, 2007 / John Nichols
The Turkish Myth The Turkish Myth
Everybody is familiar with the wave of misinformation, misinterpretation, and actual falsification which swept the Allied countries during the recent World War.
Mar 9, 2007 / Feature / Arthur Moss and Florence Gilliam