The Unforgotten Election The Unforgotten Election
The 2000 presidential election debacle showed that the country needs electoral reform, but there's only silence from both sides of the aisle.
Nov 1, 2001 / The Editors
Cleaning Up Elections Cleaning Up Elections
The Shays-Meehan bill would help reform campaign financing--but there is a much better solution.
Sep 6, 2001 / The Editors
Passing the Buck in Florida Passing the Buck in Florida
Joseph Heller would have had a field day with the hearings of the US Commission on Civil Rights in Tallahassee last week.
Jul 9, 2001 / John Lantigua
Making Waves Making Waves
Thomas Jefferson was not anticipating a summer holiday when he told Lafayette that "the boisterous sea of liberty indeed is never without a wave." In Philadelphia, where Jefferson...
Jun 28, 2001 / The Editors
Florida Revisited Florida Revisited
With each new look at the November election in Florida, the argument of the Bush Five on the Supreme Court--that manual recounts would lead to the unequal treatment of voters--app...
Jun 7, 2001 / The Editors
How the GOP Gamed the System in Florida How the GOP Gamed the System in Florida
As thousands of blacks registered, the state threw many others off the rolls.
Apr 12, 2001 / Feature / John Lantigua
On Butterfly Wings On Butterfly Wings
This is going to be yet one more article on the never-ending recount-a-rama in Florida. But first a flashback to a pre-Election Day campaign moment: It's October. George W.
Apr 5, 2001 / Feature / David Corn
Deconstructing the Election Deconstructing the Election
The history which bears and determines us has the form of a war rather than that of a language: relations of power, not relations of meaning. ...
Mar 8, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Win McCormack
Pardons in Perspective Pardons in Perspective
We learned a few things from Dan Burton's hearings into the Clinton pardons. We learned that Bill Clinton's pardon of billionaire expatriate Marc Rich was no last-minute rush job.
Mar 6, 2001 / The Editors
The Florida Fog The Florida Fog
The truth is out there--perhaps. During the postelection turmoil in Florida, Al Gore advocates prophesied that after the inauguration, journalists would descend on the disputed ba...
Mar 1, 2001 / David Corn