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The Junk Science of George W. Bush The Junk Science of George W. Bush

It's more fiction than fact.

Feb 19, 2004 / Feature / Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Wedlockstep Wedlockstep

When I was quite young, my entire image of marriage was filtered through the bible of Bride Magazine.

Feb 19, 2004 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Dean’s Rough Ride Dean’s Rough Ride

In forty years of observing presidential contests, I cannot remember another major candidate brutalized so intensely by the media, with the possible exception of George Wallace.

Feb 19, 2004 / William Greider

Trade Wins Trade Wins

Paul Wellstone would have loved the turn the race for the Democratic presidential nomination has taken.

Feb 19, 2004 / John Nichols

What Are They Reading? What Are They Reading?

John Hess, who, it should be said, is one of The Nation's oldest friends and severest critics, once complained to me about an "editor's choice" blurb I'd written, which containe...

Feb 18, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Richard Lingeman

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

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