The Age of Reaganism The Age of Reaganism
Not since the era of the late junior Senator from Wisconsin has an American political figure given this country an eponymous ism.
Jun 7, 2004 / Feature / Andrew Kopkind
Some of Our Best Friends Are Authoritarians Some of Our Best Friends Are Authoritarians
The Reagan Administration has made faint efforts to fake an attitude toward human rights; it has made no effort to implement a policy. Let's look at the record.
Jun 7, 2004 / Feature / Patricia Derian
Reagan’s Cowboy Capitalism Reagan’s Cowboy Capitalism
With firmness and style, President Reagan has commandeered the rhetorical high ground by his "program for economic recovery." The phrases and concepts of Reaganomics--get governm...
Jun 7, 2004 / Feature / Mark Green
Ronald Reagan and the Imperial Presidency Ronald Reagan and the Imperial Presidency
On October 19, stung by President Jimmy Carter's charges that he might involve the United States in a nuclear war if elected President, Ronald Reagan made a television address in...
Jun 7, 2004 / Feature / Ronnie Dugger
Under the Banner of the ‘War’ on Terror Under the Banner of the ‘War’ on Terror
A political slogan is not a strategy for national defense.
Jun 3, 2004 / Feature / William Greider
The Maxwell Affair The Maxwell Affair
Last November Foreign Affairs, the prestigious journal of the Council on Foreign Relations, published a review of The Pinochet File: A Declassified Dossier on Atrocity and Accoun...
Jun 3, 2004 / Editorial / Scott Sherman
Election Matters Election Matters
On the day Senator John Kerry gave a Big Speech on national security, Win Without War--a coalition of forty-two antiwar organizations--called for the Administration to set a spec...
Jun 3, 2004 / Editorial / David Corn
Time to Leave Time to Leave
We have paid a heavy price for the Bush Administration's unnecessary and illegal invasion of Iraq: more than 800 American soldiers dead; more than 4,500 wounded or maimed; and $1...
Jun 3, 2004 / Editorial / The Editors
Kerry’s Dance Kerry’s Dance
It may have the ring of cliché, but America's next presidential election will be among the most crucial events in contemporary history.
Jun 3, 2004 / Column / Eric Alterman
What Are They Reading? What Are They Reading?
"If Bush gets re-elected, I'm moving to Canada!" Most of us who've vowed this, at one time or another, won't actually make good on our word.
Jun 2, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Kate Levin