Politics

Political Cross-Dressing Political Cross-Dressing

SEC chairman Harvey Pitt lurches from lapdog to bulldog, threatening CEOs with jail time if their corporate reports mislead. George Bush demands "top floor" accountability. Republ...

Jul 3, 2002 / Editorial / The Editors

Karl Rove’s Legal Tricks Karl Rove’s Legal Tricks

Packing the judiciary with right-wingers like Priscilla Owen.

Jul 3, 2002 / Feature / John Nichols

School’s Out School’s Out

When the New York City Board of Education called on public schools to bring back the Pledge of Allegiance in the wake of 9/11, my daughter, a freshman at Stuyvesant High, thoug...

Jul 3, 2002 / Column / Katha Pollitt

The Court’s Terrible Two The Court’s Terrible Two

Saving the worst for last, on the final day of the term the Supreme Court issued 5-to-4 rulings on school vouchers and drug testing that blow a huge hole in the wall of church-sta...

Jul 3, 2002 / Editorial / Herman Schwartz

On the Congressional Response to the ‘Under God’ Controversy On the Congressional Response to the ‘Under God’ Controversy

They pledge allegiance to the thought That every politician ought To take a stand that's foursquare for the Lord. They think if they say, "God is great! Don't separate him fr...

Jul 3, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Seeing Red Seeing Red

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Jul 3, 2002 / Editorial / R.O. Blechman

The Right Welfare Reform The Right Welfare Reform

It was bad enough that the Bush Administration co-opted the Children's Defense Fund slogan "Leave No Child Behind." Then the most famous former board member of CDF, Hillary Rodham...

Jul 3, 2002 / Editorial / Ruth Conniff

Paul Wellstone & the Greens Paul Wellstone & the Greens

Paul Wellstone & the Greens Northfield, Minn. I was shocked to open my Nation and read the ill-informed and superficial June 17 "Beat the Devil" column, "The Fut...

Jul 3, 2002 / Letters / Our Readers

The Road to Nowhere The Road to Nowhere

In reiterating his vision for the Middle East--two states living side by side in peace and security--George W. Bush failed to lay out a viable path for reaching this essential goa...

Jun 27, 2002 / Editorial / The Editors

‘The Enemy Within’ ‘The Enemy Within’

There are perfectly respectable reasons to disagree with, dislike or distrust Jesse Jackson. His flaws as a human being are pretty well-known at this point. Some feel his politics...

Jun 27, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Patricia J. Williams

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