A Step for Voting Reform A Step for Voting Reform
Something good for American democracy happened on January 6.
Jan 13, 2005 / Editorial / The Editors
None So Blind None So Blind
A triumphant George W. Bush, emboldened by finally being elected to office, will inaugurate his second term on January 20.
Jan 13, 2005 / Editorial / The Editors
Dr. Dean Calling Dr. Dean Calling
Howard Dean elbowed his way into the 2005 contest for the chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee with the same unbridled energy, litany of ideas big and small and outs...
Jan 12, 2005 / Editorial / John Nichols
Is Al Qaeda Just a Bush Boogeyman? Is Al Qaeda Just a Bush Boogeyman?
A BBC film challenges many articles of faith in the so-called war on terror.
Jan 11, 2005 / Column / Robert Scheer
Infinite Jest Infinite Jest
This past March, on the closing day of an international literary conference held in Krakow, Poland, an elderly woman stood up before hundreds of scholars and admirers gathered to...
Jan 6, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Benjamin Paloff
And Justice for All And Justice for All
Affirmative action, in theory, is a matter of distributive justice, which is why liberals and progressives tend to look benevolently on it while conservatives and libertarians co...
Jan 6, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Michael Bérubé
Kicking the Grant Habit Kicking the Grant Habit
Hello. My name is Michael and I'm a grantaholic.
Jan 6, 2005 / Feature / Michael H. Shuman
Profits for Justice Profits for Justice
It's time to pay for the revolution ourselves.
Jan 6, 2005 / Feature / Michael H. Shuman and Merrian Fuller
Bittersweet Bomblets Bittersweet Bomblets
I was listening to Morning Edition on December 30, and up came one of those end-of-the-year heart-warmers that's supposed to make you feel there's hope for this old world yet.
Jan 6, 2005 / Column / Katha Pollitt
The Pen of Swift, the Brush of Bosch… as Usual The Pen of Swift, the Brush of Bosch… as Usual
The new year promises a rich manure of hypocrisy and bad faith.
Jan 6, 2005 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn