A Fairness Agenda for the Bush Era A Fairness Agenda for the Bush Era
In the clash over tax cuts and social programs, much of what progressives need to do is defensive. But it would be a mistake not to float new ideas, too.
Publish or Speech Perishes Publish or Speech Perishes
In the words of the old folk song, "When will they ever learn?" David Horowitz, former radical who these days is in the business of promoting (1) neoconservatism and (2) David ...
Apr 5, 2001 / Victor Navasky
Pundits Who Predict the Future Are Always Wrong Pundits Who Predict the Future Are Always Wrong
A glance back to 1964 shows that predictions are always wrong and always political--and that the left's possibilities may be greater than they seem.
Apr 5, 2001 / Feature / Rick Perlstein
The Doctor Killers The Doctor Killers
The arrest in France of James Kopp, the accused assassin of Buffalo obstetrician Barnett Slepian, could not have come at a more awkward time for the Bush Administration. Bush inau...
Apr 5, 2001 / Bruce Shapiro
Making the Case in Albany Making the Case in Albany
While most of the 1,500 people who traveled to Albany from all over New York State last Tuesday endured freezing winds outside the legislature to tell stories of families torn ...
The Black Box The Black Box
OK, no Lifelines, no 50-50s, no Audience Participation if you want to be a millionaire: Name the first great African-American sitcom of the New Millennium... Correct! The 2000 pre...
Mar 30, 2001 / Books & the Arts / John Anderson
Rainbow School Colors Rainbow School Colors
On March 27, a federal district court struck down the University of Michigan Law School's affirmative action admissions plan, ruling that the school's interest in a diverse studen...
Mar 30, 2001 / David Cole
The Times v. Moyers The Times v. Moyers
On March 26, PBS carried something that has become increasingly rare in our media-besotted land: genuine journalism. The program was an explosive investigation by Bill Moyers and ...
Mar 30, 2001 / The Editors
Here Come the Judges Here Come the Judges
All signs point to an all-out drive by the Bush Administration to slot judicial conservatives into the eighty-nine current vacancies on the federal bench. The recent to-do about e...
Mar 30, 2001 / The Editors
The French Act Up The French Act Up
The election this March of an openly gay Mayor of Paris--the Socialist Bertrand Delanoë--would have been unthinkable just a few years ago. That's one reason the American edit...
Mar 30, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Doug Ireland