The Confusion The Confusion
After scenes of violence and a turbulence that would have passed into riot but for the repressive hand of the police, the National Convention of the Republican party came to a cl...
Aug 24, 2004 / The Editors
A Canvasser’s Journal A Canvasser’s Journal
Why canvassing sucks.
Aug 19, 2004 / Feature / Tom Gogola
Schwarzenegger’s Education Failures Schwarzenegger’s Education Failures
The Governor is setting two dangerous precedents for education in California.
Aug 19, 2004 / Feature / Shane Paul Goldmacher
Kerry Made a Bush League Error on Iraq Kerry Made a Bush League Error on Iraq
His refusal to recant his war vote plays into the President's hands.
Aug 17, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
The Danger of ‘Extremism’ The Danger of ‘Extremism’
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Aug 12, 2004 / The Editors
Global Fights Go Local Global Fights Go Local
Missouri Governor Bob Holden learned how volatile globalization issues have become when his Democratic primary challenger, Claire McCaskill, started banging away on him for offsh...
Aug 12, 2004 / Feature / John Nichols
Devolve This! Devolve This!
Progressives urgently need a strategy to take back the states from the GOP.
Aug 12, 2004 / Feature / Joel Rogers
Closing the ‘Religion Gap’ Closing the ‘Religion Gap’
Bringing more churchgoers into the fold poses a complex challenge for Democrats.
Aug 12, 2004 / Feature / Eyal Press
Bush, After Saying He’ll Cede Hollywood to the Democrats Because He Has the Regular People Behind Him, Sings a Song to That Effect, to the Tune of That Old Bush, After Saying He’ll Cede Hollywood to the Democrats Because He Has the Regular People Behind Him, Sings a Song to That Effect, to the Tune of That Old
Regular people, just plain working folks
Always stood out in my eyes.
I scorn all those people who drink wine instead
Of eating Frito pies.
Aug 12, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Sex, Lies and Politics Sex, Lies and Politics
Throwing a bone to its sex-obsessed religious base, the GOP has slipped an abstinence activist into its convention mix of mostly moderate speakers.
Aug 12, 2004 / Lara Riscol