Presumed Innocent Presumed Innocent
Unlike news reports, theater isn't expected to stick to the facts. By nature, the form is duplicitous, built on a sandy foundation of make-believe and pretense.
Oct 14, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Alisa Solomon
Follow the Money Follow the Money
The Christian right's comeback has been fueled by Bush Administration grants.
Oct 14, 2004 / Feature / Esther Kaplan
Anchors Aweigh: The Refs Are Worked Anchors Aweigh: The Refs Are Worked
Check out Eric Alterman's new book, When Presidents Lie: A History of Official Deception and Its Consequences, (Viking Penguin). Click here for info and to purchase copies.
Oct 14, 2004 / Column / Eric Alterman
Tarantara! Tarantara!
Twenty months ago, when the Bush Administration was steering the country toward war in Iraq, we noted a parallel with another military misadventure, the Spanish-American War, in ...
Oct 14, 2004 / Editorial / Jonathan Schell and John Maxwell Hamilton
Vaccine Poker Vaccine Poker
With the announcement that 50 million influenza vaccines from the British manufacturer Chiron won't be available in the United States this year because of possible contamination,...
Oct 14, 2004 / Editorial / Dr. Marc Siegel
Reforming Three Strikes Reforming Three Strikes
In November, California voters will have their first chance in a decade to reform the state's "three strikes and you're out" law, which has imposed cruel life sentences on th...
Oct 14, 2004 / Editorial / Louis Freedberg
Roe = Dred Roe = Dred
Many viewers were puzzled when, toward the end of the second debate, George W. Bush answered a question about Supreme Court nominees by referring to the Dred Scott case.
Oct 14, 2004 / Editorial / Katha Pollitt
The Right Wing’s Drive for ‘Tort Reform’ The Right Wing’s Drive for ‘Tort Reform’
Thanks to damage caps and other measures, victims are often unable to sue.
Oct 7, 2004 / Feature / Dan Zegart
Bush’s Court Picks: Be Afraid. Very Afraid. Bush’s Court Picks: Be Afraid. Very Afraid.
Democrats haven't made much of what would happen to the courts should Bush win a second term.
Oct 7, 2004 / Column / Katha Pollitt
The Forgotten Issue The Forgotten Issue
In The Nation's October 9, 2000, special report on the Supreme Court, Tom Wicker wrote, "No issue is more vital...repeat, no issue is more important than the makeup of the next S...
Oct 7, 2004 / Editorial / The Editors