Break Up Cheney’s Cabal Break Up Cheney’s Cabal
If the United States is to extricate itself from the Iraq debacle, the first step is to break up the cabal of Bush Administration officials who have led the nation to war.
Nov 18, 2005 / Feature / Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith
Cornbread and Roses Cornbread and Roses
With his campaign to eradicate poverty in America, John Edwards has shed his Clinton Lite image. But to truly redefine the Democratic party and win the 2008 presidency, he has a lo...
Bringing Down the Bully Bringing Down the Bully
The lesson of the defeat in California of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's referendum revolution is this: The American people will not forever be fooled. The negative message of the Re...
Nov 10, 2005 / Feature / Robert Scheer
Germ Boys and Yes Men Germ Boys and Yes Men
Stewart Simonson is a former Amtrak corporate attorney with zero medical experience. So why is he in charge of emergency health and bioterrorism in the federal government?
Nov 9, 2005 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill
Chávez and Maradona Lead Massive Rebuke of Bush Chávez and Maradona Lead Massive Rebuke of Bush
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and Argentine soccer hero Diego Maradona led thousands in a massive rebuke of George W. Bush, his trade policies and his neoconservative age...
Nov 5, 2005 / Feature / Jordana Timerman
Intolerable Cruelty Intolerable Cruelty
If the US is to prevail in the war on terror, we must do it by distinguishing ourselves from the enemy. Torture and degrading treatment are as morally evil as terrorism, because th...
Nov 3, 2005 / David Cole
Abramoff’s Last Stand Abramoff’s Last Stand
Senator John McCain's latest Senate inquiry into über-lobbyist Jack Abramoff strikes deep in the corrupt heart of the Bush Administration.
Nov 3, 2005 / Feature / Ari Berman
Did Cheney Know Plame Was Undercover? Did Cheney Know Plame Was Undercover?
The indictment of I. Lewis Libby indictment casts Vice President Dick Cheney in a key role in the CIA leak investigation: It suggests Cheney had reason to suspect Valerie Wilson wa...
Oct 31, 2005 / Feature / David Corn
Lessons From the Miers Debacle Lessons From the Miers Debacle
What have Bush and his allies learned from this sorry epidode? Intellectual substance matters. Executive privilege is not absolute. Roe v. Wade is a bear trap for the GOP.
Oct 28, 2005 / Bruce Shapiro
Another Miracle From Bill Frist Another Miracle From Bill Frist
The doctor who proved himself a master of distant diagosis has one more trick up his sleeve.
Oct 27, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Calvin Trillin