Specter’s Spectre Specter’s Spectre
For the first time in two decades, the U.S. Senate on Wednesday begins debate on the way overdue issue of comprehensive immigration reform. The Senate Judiciary Committee now has u...
Mar 7, 2006 / Adam Howard
As South Dakota Goes… As South Dakota Goes…
When South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds signed legislation that effectively bans abortion in his state, the director of the militantly anti-choice Christian Defense Coalition announ...
Mar 7, 2006 / Adam Howard
Bad Day in the Bad Lands Bad Day in the Bad Lands
South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds has signed the state abortion ban, which bars all abortions without exception except to preserve the life of the mother. Doctors who violate the l...
Mar 6, 2006 / Adam Howard
The Dubai Ports Deal The Dubai Ports Deal
Defenders of the Dubai ports deal argue that rejecting it would be an insult to the Arab world. But if you look at it from a different angle, maybe we'd actually be doing our new f...
Mar 6, 2006 / Adam Howard
Springsteen Does Seeger Springsteen Does Seeger
The best entertainment news of the weekend had nothing to do with the Oscars (though kudos to George Clooney, who picked up a statuette as best supporting a...
Mar 6, 2006 / David Corn
Crash: Worst Movie of the Year Crash: Worst Movie of the Year
As a film studies major I've been trained to sit through any cinematic experience -- from Andy Warhol's 8-hour long Empire (yes, 8 consecutive hours of the Empire State Building in...
Mar 6, 2006 / Richard Kim
The Man Who Changed the World Throws a Party The Man Who Changed the World Throws a Party
There is much one could say about Mikhail Gorbachev. He is the man who changed the world. He ended the Cold War. He tried to abolish nuclear weapons--believing fervently that if we...
Mar 5, 2006 / Adam Howard
Yahoo’s Dirty Secret Yahoo’s Dirty Secret
The branding experts did a good job with Yahoo!. Everything about the Internet giant evokes a groovy vibe--from the name itself to the company's bright purple colors, wacky font a...
Mar 4, 2006 / Peter Rothberg
Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire
Cheaters never win, my mom said. And it looks like she was right. This week the fur flew when senior associate editor Nick Sylvester was suspended from his gig at the Village Voi...
Mar 3, 2006 / Adam Howard
Sweet Victory: The States are Sick of Waiting Sweet Victory: The States are Sick of Waiting
Co-written by Sam Graham-Felsen. The federal minimum wage has been stuck at $5.15 per hour for over eight and a half years. If Congress fails to pass an increase by December of t...
Mar 3, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel