Deregulate the Duopoly Deregulate the Duopoly
As rain dances used to serve certain primitive tribes and scripture still serves true believers, the two-party system serves as the religion of the political class. Never mind th...
Nov 16, 2000 / Theodore J. Lowi
Relax, Enjoy the Ride; Democracy Is Doing OK Relax, Enjoy the Ride; Democracy Is Doing OK
When George W. Bush spokesman James A. Baker III termed the fight over the Florida vote recount "a black mark on our democracy," he couldn't have been more wrong. At the time h...
Nov 14, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer
Left in Shambles Left in Shambles
Providence put me on a panel debating the Gore/Nader choice with Cornel West at New York University in late October. Most of the audience was for Nader, and the lineup on stage d...
Nov 10, 2000 / Column / Eric Alterman
The Best of All Possible Worlds The Best of All Possible Worlds
So it all came out right in the end: gridlock on the Hill and Nader blamed for sabotaging Al Gore. First a word about gridlock. We like it. No bold initiatives, like priva...
Nov 10, 2000 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Greens: Out of the Money Greens: Out of the Money
The razor-thin margin that defined the presidential race is sure to stir controversy around the Ralph Nader vote. Those wishing to blame Nader for Gore's troubles and those Green...
Nov 10, 2000 / Marc Cooper
Now Set the Teeth… Now Set the Teeth…
Afew days before the election, I accompanied a friend to the dentist's office. It was one of those situations in which appearance takes over more complex realities of who we are....
Nov 10, 2000 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Measures That Mattered Measures That Mattered
As the media obsessed over the seesaw presidential poll, voters across the country quietly made their choices on more than 200 disparate ballot measures and initiatives. For prog...
Nov 10, 2000 / Marc Cooper
Indian Country, NY Indian Country, NY
A land-claim suit is pitting Oneidas against other upstate residents.
Nov 10, 2000 / Feature / Beverly Gage
Indecision 2000 Indecision 2000
What if they held a presidential election and neither guy won? Or a dead man from Missouri defeated an incumbent Republican senator?
Nov 10, 2000 / The Editors