Reap the Whirlwind Reap the Whirlwind
The rise of Samuel Alito and the death of Coretta Scott King mark the end of an era and the abandonment of our civil rights legacy by both political parties.
Feb 3, 2006 / Editorial / Bruce Shapiro
The Race to War The Race to War
Lost Battalions tells the story of two US Army regiments of the American Expeditionary Force, the struggle to buy citizenship through the self-sacrifice of war.
Feb 2, 2006 / Books & the Arts / David Levering Lewis
Lies About Blowjobs, Bad. Wars? Not So Much. Lies About Blowjobs, Bad. Wars? Not So Much.
Despite his lies and incompetence, Bush remains more popular with elite media than Clinton or any other political leader who sought to save us from the Iraq catastrophe. Why won't ...
Feb 2, 2006 / Column / Eric Alterman
Coretta Scott King Coretta Scott King
The widows of great men either gracefully retire from history's stage or take their own lonely road. Coretta Scott King had little hesitancy about carrying on her husband's work.
Feb 2, 2006 / Books & the Arts / The Editors
NSA Spying Myths NSA Spying Myths
The Bush Administration has propagated five myths in its current campaign to rationalize its illegal domestic spying program.
Feb 2, 2006 / Editorial / David Cole
The End of the Internet? The End of the Internet?
Telephone and cable companies are crafting strategies to transform the free and open Internet to a privately run service that would charge a fee for virtually everything we do onli...
Feb 1, 2006 / Feature / Jeffrey Chester
Enron’s Enablers Enron’s Enablers
As the Enron trial unfolds, it's depressing that Phil and Wendy Gramm, the company's political enablers, are going unpunished and uncriticized.
Feb 1, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer
For Pro-Life Bloggers, a New Hubris For Pro-Life Bloggers, a New Hubris
Relishing Samuel Alito's impact on the Supreme Court, pro-life bloggers are already laying strategies to win hearts and minds in a transformed legal landscape.
Jan 31, 2006 / Feature / Esther Kaplan
SpongeBob SquarePants, Health Risk SpongeBob SquarePants, Health Risk
The Center for Science in the Public Interest is suing Kellogg and Viacom for using cartoon characters to brainwash kids into consuming mass amounts of junk food.
Jan 31, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
The New Face of the Campus Left The New Face of the Campus Left
Since the 1970s Republican conservatives have been the dominant political force on American campuses. But groups like Campus Progress, better groomed and better organized than thei...
Jan 26, 2006 / Feature / Sam Graham-Felsen