Politics

The View From Vermont The View From Vermont

Dr. Deborah Richter has advocated state-sponsored health insurance for every Vermonter, at nearly fifty Rotary Clubs plus chambers of commerce and boardrooms.

Oct 28, 2004 / Feature / Morton Mintz

Single-Payer: Good for Business Single-Payer: Good for Business

But corporate America isn't buying.

Oct 28, 2004 / Feature / Morton Mintz

Carlyle Covers Up Carlyle Covers Up

Less than twenty-four hours after The Nation disclosed that former Secretary of State James Baker and the Carlyle Group were involved in a secret deal to profit from Iraq's debt ...

Oct 28, 2004 / Column / Naomi Klein

Faith-based Journalism: The Refs Work Themselves Faith-based Journalism: The Refs Work Themselves

Even though we've lived with it for more than thirty years now, it's hard not to marvel at the effectiveness of the right's campaign to intimidate, cajole and complain their way ...

Oct 28, 2004 / Column / Eric Alterman

Voting Blocks Voting Blocks

Six more days till the election. As of this writing (October 27), nothing is certain. The election polls are bouncing around like yo-yos.

Oct 28, 2004 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Letter From Ground Zero Letter From Ground Zero

As the final week of the campaign season expires (this column goes to press on October 27), George W.

Oct 28, 2004 / Jonathan Schell

Bill Clinton Joins the Campaign Bill Clinton Joins the Campaign

The party knows he has some faults,
But what he has they need: That's schmaltz.
And what he doesn't look is French.
So Bubba's coming off the bench.

Oct 28, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Nader’s Flawed Calculus Nader’s Flawed Calculus

From the start of his independent campaign for the presidency early this year, Ralph Nader constantly argued that he would draw as many or more votes from Republican George W.

Oct 28, 2004 / John Nichols

Taking Liberties Taking Liberties

As I write, several days before the election, Congress's last-minute effort to enact the 9/11 Commission's recommendations appears to have stalled, largely because of disagreemen...

Oct 28, 2004 / David Cole

Antifeminists Hit Iraq Antifeminists Hit Iraq

As the right wing's antifeminist front, the sisters of the Independent Women's Forum have been such a hit in this country that they're now getting taxpayer money to take their ac...

Oct 28, 2004 / Laura Flanders and Laura Ross

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