The Ballad of Harvey Pitt The Ballad of Harvey Pitt
(With apologies, once again, to Stephen Sondheim and his demon barber)
Nov 7, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Gray Day in California Gray Day in California
The Republican wave that swept the country seemed to crash and recede right at the California border, but only barely.
Nov 7, 2002 / Editorial / Marc Cooper
Going Down the Road Going Down the Road
How quickly the joy fades.
Nov 7, 2002 / Editorial / Jim Hightower
Wanted: A Few Good Girls Wanted: A Few Good Girls
Right-wing foundation seeks eligible young women for meaningful, long-term relationship.
Nov 7, 2002 / Feature / Karen Houppert
The Education of Jessica Rivera The Education of Jessica Rivera
Trading in their books for buckets, welfare recipients learn "responsibility."
Nov 7, 2002 / Feature / Kim Phillips-Fein
Just Say ‘I Do’ Just Say ‘I Do’
As Congress squabbles over how and whether to revamp the welfare law, one thing is clear: The Bush Administration has marriage on the mind. The Administration has already promi...
Nov 7, 2002 / Feature / Sharon Lerner
Rampaging Republicans Rampaging Republicans
The President, let's understand, won a historic victory by committing politics--shrewd, aggressive, old-fashioned, take-no-prisoners politics--while the opposition party did th...
Nov 6, 2002 / Editorial / The Editors
Failed Midterms Failed Midterms
George W. Bush may have lost the 2000 election, but he won the 2002 election--with a good deal of help from Democrats, who took a dream scenario and turned it into a political ...
Nov 6, 2002 / Editorial / John Nichols