Politics

George Bush’s Approval Rating Sinks to 34 Percent George Bush’s Approval Rating Sinks to 34 Percent

Bush's low approval rating is irrelevant, considering who is still on his side.

Mar 9, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Will Greenspan Tell the Truth? Will Greenspan Tell the Truth?

A Greenspan memoir will do fine in the marketplace. It is the kind of Important Book daughters buy for father's birthday. In the unlikely event Greenspan tells the truth, it would ...

Mar 8, 2006 / Books & the Arts / William Greider

Mary Tillman: ‘The Administration Used Pat’ Mary Tillman: ‘The Administration Used Pat’

With the Pentagon's inspector general suggesting criminal negligence in the killing of former NFL star and Army Ranger Pat Tillman, it is time to demand Congressional hearings into...

Mar 8, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer

The Price of Inflation The Price of Inflation

Bush is using inflation to pay off the deficits incurred by his Administration, leaving future generations with more problems than just debt.

Mar 8, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman

Pledging Allegiance Pledging Allegiance

Todd Gitlin uses patriotism to wallop the radical left in The Intellectuals and the Flag.

Mar 2, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Lazare

With God on Our Side? With God on Our Side?

The right-wing hijacking of religion's public role in our political discourse is as undeniable as it is inappropriate, and represents one of liberalism's most serious problems.

Mar 2, 2006 / Column / Eric Alterman

Perfect Knowledge, Perfect Ignorance Perfect Knowledge, Perfect Ignorance

The Dubai flap is no surprise, considering Bush always promised to run America like a corporation--even if the corporation is Enron.

Mar 2, 2006 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

On the Uproar Over Allowing a Dubai Government Company to Run American Ports On the Uproar Over Allowing a Dubai Government Company to Run American Ports

Turnabout is fair play when it's the terror card you're playing.

Mar 2, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Bush in India: Just Not Welcome Bush in India: Just Not Welcome

Opposition to President Bush's visit to India was so intense that the only public space deemed acceptable for him to deliver a speech is a crumbling old fort that also houses the D...

Mar 1, 2006 / Feature / Arundhati Roy

Bloggers at the Gate Bloggers at the Gate

Jerome Armstrong and Markos Moulitsas Zúniga, a k a MyDD and Daily Kos, propose to revive the Democratic Party with a technology-driven "bloodless coup."

Feb 24, 2006 / Feature / Ari Melber

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