Politics

Bringing God Into It Bringing God Into It

The secular left consistently disarms itself of what could be its most powerful weapon against the religious right: a spiritual vision of the world.

Apr 6, 2006 / Feature / Rabbi Michael Lerner

Looking for Salvation in All the Wrong Places Looking for Salvation in All the Wrong Places

Progressive religious leaders should be sensitive to the danger that unexamined God-based public policy presents, whether it comes from the right or the left.

Apr 6, 2006 / Feature / Frances Kissling

Rumsfeld Must Go Rumsfeld Must Go

Calls for the resignation of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld are growing louder. Here is a dossier on his critics, from A to Zinni.

Apr 5, 2006 / Feature / Simon Maxwell Apter

Robert Scheer: ‘Anti-Christian Conspirators’ Slay DeLay Robert Scheer: ‘Anti-Christian Conspirators’ Slay DeLay

Tom DeLay claims to see a vast anti-Christian conspiracy in the legal troubles that forced him out of the House--though his own sins would seem to be sufficient explanation.

Apr 5, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer

Anatomy of a Bad Law Anatomy of a Bad Law

Before the South Dakota legislature passed landmark legislation banning abortion, it commissioned an objective study of the issue. The result, a flawed and one-sided report, could ...

Mar 30, 2006 / Feature / Lauren Bans

The Devil Inside The Devil Inside

Falsehoods, fudges and outright lies have defined Ralph Reed's career. Tarnished by the Abramoff scandal, he's betting his political future on the tendency of the religious right t...

Mar 30, 2006 / Feature / Bob Moser

The President Is Not Smiling The President Is Not Smiling

Card is out, Bolten in. The Senate is stuck on immigration. And every day brings more bad news. Take care of this, will you, Josh?

Mar 28, 2006 / Feature / William Greider

Google’s Wi-Fi Privacy Ploy Google’s Wi-Fi Privacy Ploy

Google and other telecom giants are wooing cities with plans to create public Wi-Fi grids. But there's no such thing as a free digital lunch: The price we pay is a loss of online p...

Mar 24, 2006 / Feature / Jeffrey Chester

Who Is Killing New Orleans? Who Is Killing New Orleans?

Mayor-appointed commissions and experts, mostly white and Republican, propose to radically shrink and reshape a majority-black and Democratic city.

Mar 23, 2006 / Feature / Mike Davis

Why There’s No Strategy to End This War Why There’s No Strategy to End This War

When Democrats ignored Russ Feingold's motion to censure the President, they provided more evidence that there is no visible national strategy to end the war and bring the troops h...

Mar 23, 2006 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn

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