Society

Old MacDonald Had a Judge… Old MacDonald Had a Judge…

Quack, quack. So much for the constitutionally mandated separation of powers.

Feb 18, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer

Tripping on Internet Populism Tripping on Internet Populism

There was a contagious optimism in the air about the potential of the Internet to effect political change.

Feb 16, 2004 / Feature / Micah L. Sifry

Al, We Hardly Know Ye Al, We Hardly Know Ye

The evolution of the character invented by the media to play the role "Al Gore" will one day make a remarkable doctoral dissertation.

Feb 12, 2004 / Column / Eric Alterman

Kristof to the Rescue? Kristof to the Rescue?

This morning I got an e-mail from Feminist Majority asking me to e-mail the President protesting the Iraqi Governing Council's approval of Resolution 137, which would abolish cur...

Feb 12, 2004 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Press Watch Press Watch

In July 2002 a retired US Army colonel who would be dead within months unburdened himself of twenty-two classified documents concerning war crimes in Vietnam.

Feb 12, 2004 / Scott Sherman

Iran’s Tainted Elections Iran’s Tainted Elections

Iran's elections, scheduled for February 20, have provoked the gravest political crisis in that country in twenty years.

Feb 12, 2004 / Juan Cole

Taking Liberties Taking Liberties

On February 3 a law enforcement official working with the Joint Terrorism Task Force in Des Moines served a subpoena on Drake University seeking records on its student chapter of...

Feb 12, 2004 / David Cole

Election Matters Election Matters

Percy Daley has seen a lot of politics in his eighty years, but he never saw anything like the crowd that showed up at the Belfast, Maine, city hall when Democrats gathered for t...

Feb 12, 2004 / John Nichols

Free Higher Ed! Free Higher Ed!

If only they are bold enough, Democrats can win on their own wedge issues.

Feb 5, 2004 / Feature / Adolph Reed Jr. and Mark Dudzic

The Trouble with RFID The Trouble with RFID

Instead of being used to track boots and books, these systems could be used to track us.

Feb 3, 2004 / Feature / Simson L. Garfinkel

x