New Medicare Benefit Helps Only Drug Companies New Medicare Benefit Helps Only Drug Companies
Why are so few elderly people signing up for the new Medicare drug benefit? It's cumbersome, costly and totally confusing.
Nov 16, 2005 / Dr. Marc Siegel
Just Watch It! Just Watch It!
I'm no expert, but we seem to be experiencing a resurgence of independent filmmaking with more quality documentaries and small-budget movies being produced than ever before. The t...
Nov 16, 2005 / Peter Rothberg
The Big Lie Technique The Big Lie Technique
As President Bush denounces his critics and proclaims war without end in Iraq the central front in a new cold war, he fails to acknowledge that he is responsible for handing Al Qae...
Nov 16, 2005 / Column / Robert Scheer
The ‘No Exit’ Strategy The ‘No Exit’ Strategy
Most Americans want immediate action to pull out of Iraq, but Senate Republicans passed a measure today that essentially lets the White House off the hook.
Nov 15, 2005 / Feature / Ari Berman
SOA Protests to Focus on Torture SOA Protests to Focus on Torture
As demonstrators gather at Fort Benning, Georgia, this weekend for an annual protest against the School of the Americas, the spotlight will be on increasing dismay in Congress and ...
Nov 15, 2005 / Feature / Patrick Mulvaney
An E-Cycling Nightmare An E-Cycling Nightmare
E-cycling used computers to the Third World may sound idealistic, but in reality it's just a new way to dump toxic waste.
Nov 15, 2005 / Feature / Emily Lodish
O’Reilly to San Francisco: You’re Out of the US O’Reilly to San Francisco: You’re Out of the US
I was in San Francisco last week, when Fox News commentator-in-chief Bill O'Reilly had one of his tantrums and told would-be terrorists to "go ahead" and blow the city off the map...
Nov 15, 2005 / John Nichols
War of Words in France War of Words in France
As media attention focused on rampaging youths setting afire the poor suburbs of France, verbal conflagrations raged among politicians and elected officials on how to respond to th...
Nov 14, 2005 / Feature / Françoise Mouly
The Disappearing Flu Vaccine The Disappearing Flu Vaccine
Flu vaccine is in short supply this season, and the reason is that drug companies can't make as much money protecting us from disease as from developing expensive treatments for ni...
Nov 14, 2005 / Feature / Nicholas von Hoffman
An Unconstitutional Amendment An Unconstitutional Amendment
Last Thursday, in a close 49-42 vote, the Senate adopted South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham's amendment to a military budget bill restricting the authority of US courts to hold...
Nov 14, 2005 / Peter Rothberg