Beginning of the End Beginning of the End
The Iraq Study Group report comes too late for the 600,000 people who died in carnage that is likely to worsen. It won't satisfy the antiwar movement because it sets no timetable f...
Nov 7, 2006 / Feature / Bob Dreyfuss
The ‘Off-Year Primary’ The ‘Off-Year Primary’
As presidential hopefuls from both parties press their advantage on the platform of the 2006 midterm election, the winners are...
Nov 6, 2006 / Editorial / John Nichols
HRC: Can’t Get No Respect HRC: Can’t Get No Respect
If people keep making sexist attacks against Hillary Clinton, I may just have to vote for her. That means you, Elizabeth Edwards!
Nov 6, 2006 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Memo to Kerry: Criticize, Don’t Apologize Memo to Kerry: Criticize, Don’t Apologize
John Kerry should stop being nice about the Deserter in Chief. He should be reminding voters that the President who has sent more than 3,000 US soldiers and allies and untold thous...
Nov 3, 2006 / Feature / Ian Williams
Bring Democracy Home Bring Democracy Home
To repair our broken voting system, declare Election Day a holiday, establish national election standards and require reliable voting machines and a paper trail.
Nov 3, 2006 / Editorial / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Gutting of the Civil Service The Gutting of the Civil Service
The Bush Administration has so politicized government agencies that an entire culture of civil service professionals is being replaced by conservative political operatives loyal on...
Nov 2, 2006 / Feature / Dan Zegart
The Message of Campaign 2006 The Message of Campaign 2006
As things stand in organized politics today, a purely formal protest against what the GOP has done to America is the most we can hope for.
Nov 2, 2006 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn
Driving Planned Parenthood Driving Planned Parenthood
Cecile Richards, Planned Parenthood's new president, leads an organization searching for new national strategies, as a crucial vote in South Dakota tests its grassroots clout.
Nov 2, 2006 / Feature / Jennifer Baumgardner
Rick Santorum’s Beastly Politics Rick Santorum’s Beastly Politics
Dogged by a history of crude responses to abortion, euthanasia and gay marriage, Pennsylvania Republican Senator Rick Santorum is trailing his Democratic foe. But a cadre of influe...
Nov 1, 2006 / Feature / Max Blumenthal
What Bush Has Wrought What Bush Has Wrought
We are now led by a false warrior who acts the simpleton, while playing to his version of what Middle America wants. To stop the madness, on November 7 voters must soundly repudiat...
Nov 1, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Robert Scheer