Wisconsin Towns Vote for Withdrawal Wisconsin Towns Vote for Withdrawal
In November 2004, the village of Luxemburg, Wisconsin, voted to re-elect George W. Bush by a hefty margin of 701 to 431. Always a GOP stronghold, the community voted for other Rep...
Apr 5, 2006 / John Nichols
Rumsfeld Must Go Rumsfeld Must Go
Calls for the resignation of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld are growing louder. Here is a dossier on his critics, from A to Zinni.
Apr 5, 2006 / Feature / Simon Maxwell Apter
“Confidence Can Accomplish Anything” “Confidence Can Accomplish Anything”
"Confidence can accomplish anything." That's what Maryland's ecstatic coach Brenda Frese told a reporter at the end of one of the greatest games in women's college basketball hist...
Apr 5, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Robert Scheer: ‘Anti-Christian Conspirators’ Slay DeLay Robert Scheer: ‘Anti-Christian Conspirators’ Slay DeLay
Tom DeLay claims to see a vast anti-Christian conspiracy in the legal troubles that forced him out of the House--though his own sins would seem to be sufficient explanation.
Apr 5, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer
Two Years Too Late Two Years Too Late
I'm glad John Kerry finally has a coherent position on the war in Iraq. He's against it, and he wants US troops to leave. I just wish he would have said so two years ago, when it m...
Apr 5, 2006 / Ari Berman
Scott Ritter Rips Peace Movement Scott Ritter Rips Peace Movement
Former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter, now an ardent anti-war campaigner, has let loose a blistering broadside against the rest of the peace movement. Calling it near "tota...
Apr 5, 2006 / Adam Howard
Why Didn’t DeLay Delay? Why Didn’t DeLay Delay?
Did Tom DeLay decide to step down abruptly because he thought he would lose a tough re-election fight? Or did he decide to jump ship before his party returned to minority status? ...
Apr 4, 2006 / Ari Berman
The Empire Strikes Back The Empire Strikes Back
I've long thought that the anti-war left makes a mountain out of a moron when they bend over backwards to praise right-wing ideologues who now criticize the Iraq war. Still, it's b...
Apr 4, 2006 / Richard Kim
Hammered Hammered
When he was making his name in American politics, as then-House Speaker Newt Gingrich's political enforcer, Tom DeLay was confronted by fellow Republicans who urged him to embrace...
Apr 4, 2006 / John Nichols
Charon Asetoyer: A True Alternative Charon Asetoyer: A True Alternative
Last February, South Dakota lawmakers approved the nation's most restrictive ban on abortion, setting the stage for new legal challenges that its supporters hope will lead to an o...
Apr 4, 2006 / Peter Rothberg