Oil Tycoons Grilled on Windfall Profits Oil Tycoons Grilled on Windfall Profits
Top oil execs were asked numerous questions at a Senate hearing on spectacular profits earned in the wake of tropical storms. But they had no real answers about how to ease the bur...
Nov 10, 2005 / Feature / Ari Berman
Germ Boys and Yes Men Germ Boys and Yes Men
Stewart Simonson is a former Amtrak corporate attorney with zero medical experience. So why is he in charge of emergency health and bioterrorism in the federal government?
Nov 9, 2005 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill
The GOP Takes a Beating The GOP Takes a Beating
As Democrats gloat over two gubernatorial wins and the defeat in California of Gov. Arnold's intiatives, the GOP approaches off-year elections weighed down by Bush's baggage.
Nov 9, 2005 / Feature / Eric Alterman
This Time, Rove’s Tactics Failed This Time, Rove’s Tactics Failed
Democrats celebrate electoral victories in Virginia, New Jersey and California, they shouldn't waste time gloating. They need to find effective candidates like Tim Kaine and Jon Co...
Nov 9, 2005 / Feature / David Corn
Lying with Intelligence Lying with Intelligence
A newly declassified Defense Intelligence Agency document discrediting reports of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq disproves the Bush Administration's claim that they went to w...
Nov 8, 2005 / Column / Robert Scheer
Gas Price Gouging or Business as Usual? Gas Price Gouging or Business as Usual?
As the Senate opens hearings this week calling energy execs to account for their windfall profits on gasoline and natural gas, the question must be asked: Is this price gouging or ...
Nov 7, 2005 / Feature / Nicholas von Hoffman
Chávez and Maradona Lead Massive Rebuke of Bush Chávez and Maradona Lead Massive Rebuke of Bush
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and Argentine soccer hero Diego Maradona led thousands in a massive rebuke of George W. Bush, his trade policies and his neoconservative age...
Nov 5, 2005 / Feature / Jordana Timerman
Can We Talk? Can We Talk?
Liberals need to find a means to bridge the gap between Americans' belief in liberal solutions and their willingness to trust liberals to enact them.
Nov 3, 2005 / Column / Eric Alterman
Genes, Genius, Genies Genes, Genius, Genies
The right has ushered in a moment of cult celebrity for the pre-born. But let's not be seduced by this idea of personhood. Remember the poor and not-so-perfect post-born children ...
Nov 3, 2005 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Scooter Libby: A Republican Nursery Rhyme Scooter Libby: A Republican Nursery Rhyme
Catching small fry, letting the big fish go.
Nov 3, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Calvin Trillin