Are Voters Ready to Dump Lieberman? Are Voters Ready to Dump Lieberman?
Evidence is mounting that Connecticut Democrats are dismayed by Senator Joseph Lieberman's support of President Bush and the Iraq War, giving impetus to assertions that voters are ...
Jan 11, 2006 / Feature / Emily Biuso
Shame of the Once-Young Republicans Shame of the Once-Young Republicans
What irony that Jack Abramoff and other once-young Republicans, who hectored their elders about defending the nation's taxpayers and security forces, should now be accused of deepl...
Jan 11, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer
Credibility Gap Credibility Gap
A significant credibility gap opened between Samuel Alito's radical judicial record and his self-portrayal as an open-minded jurist before the Senate Judiciary Committee on his se...
Jan 11, 2006 / Feature / Bruce Shapiro
Biography as Destiny Biography as Destiny
On his first day of testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Samuel Alito was purely political, focusing on his blue-collar roots and the accomplishments of his immigrant f...
Jan 10, 2006 / Feature / Bruce Shapiro
The Limits of Power: Questions for Alito The Limits of Power: Questions for Alito
Revelations of the Bush Administration's domestic spying program have sharply shifted the focus of Samuel Alito's Supreme Court confirmation hearings from domestic and social issue...
Jan 6, 2006 / Feature / Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith
Do the Crime, Do No Time Do the Crime, Do No Time
There ought to be a law about bribery in America, but there isn't--not a real one. Bribery is so central to our political culture that it's virtually impossible that any politician...
Jan 6, 2006 / Editorial / Nicholas von Hoffman
The President’s Measured Response to Criticism of His Secret Domestic Spying Operation The President’s Measured Response to Criticism of His Secret Domestic Spying Operation
Since I am Commander in Chief, My powers to spy or debrief Are limitless. That's my belief. So go somewhere else with your beef.
Jan 5, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Jack Gordon Jack Gordon
Jack Gordon, "the unabashedly liberal conscience of Florida's State Senate," was chosen majority leader at a time when his politics should have made him an anathema. His fight agai...
Jan 5, 2006 / Editorial / Molly Ivins
Ruling Class Warriors Ruling Class Warriors
House Republicans rammed through a budget bill in December that cuts $40 billion from domestic programs. Is there anyone of conscience in the Senate to defeat this?
Jan 5, 2006 / Editorial / Eyal Press
The Case Against Alito The Case Against Alito
Samuel Alito would swing the Supreme Court to a right-wing authoritarianism that is out of step with the public and the Constitution.
Jan 5, 2006 / Editorial / The Editors