Taking Back the Faith Taking Back the Faith
Where are the progressive religious leaders who can fill the shoes of William Sloane Coffin?
Apr 9, 2006 / Feature / Dan Wakefield
Where’s ‘Real Security’? Where’s ‘Real Security’?
Instead of parroting the Republicans' "tough" approach to national security, Democratic candidates should distinguish themselves from the Bush Administration by, for starters, sett...
Apr 9, 2006 / Editorial / William D. Hartung
Inside Man Inside Man
In America at the Crossroads, Francis Fukuyama critiques the neoconservative movement and its disastrous defense of the Iraq War. But he remains fully committed to the unchecked us...
Apr 6, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Perry Anderson
A Considered Jurisprudential Analysis of the Guilty Plea by Yet Another Former Aide to Tom DeLay and DeLay’s Resignation Announcement Three Days Later A Considered Jurisprudential Analysis of the Guilty Plea by Yet Another Former Aide to Tom DeLay and DeLay’s Resignation Announcement Three Days Later
DeLay cut his losses when they were cut for him.
Apr 6, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin
What DeLay Left Behind What DeLay Left Behind
To repair the damage Tom DeLay left in his wake, the November elections must be a referendum on the political machine he created, which continues to drive this Congress.
Apr 6, 2006 / Editorial / John Nichols
Bringing God Into It Bringing God Into It
The secular left consistently disarms itself of what could be its most powerful weapon against the religious right: a spiritual vision of the world.
Apr 6, 2006 / Feature / Rabbi Michael Lerner
Looking for Salvation in All the Wrong Places Looking for Salvation in All the Wrong Places
Progressive religious leaders should be sensitive to the danger that unexamined God-based public policy presents, whether it comes from the right or the left.
Apr 6, 2006 / Feature / Frances Kissling
Rumsfeld Must Go Rumsfeld Must Go
Calls for the resignation of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld are growing louder. Here is a dossier on his critics, from A to Zinni.
Apr 5, 2006 / Feature / Simon Maxwell Apter
Robert Scheer: ‘Anti-Christian Conspirators’ Slay DeLay Robert Scheer: ‘Anti-Christian Conspirators’ Slay DeLay
Tom DeLay claims to see a vast anti-Christian conspiracy in the legal troubles that forced him out of the House--though his own sins would seem to be sufficient explanation.
Apr 5, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer
Anatomy of a Bad Law Anatomy of a Bad Law
Before the South Dakota legislature passed landmark legislation banning abortion, it commissioned an objective study of the issue. The result, a flawed and one-sided report, could ...
Mar 30, 2006 / Feature / Lauren Bans