Competence Won’t Get US Out of Iraq Competence Won’t Get US Out of Iraq
Trumpets blared on the loudspeaker. Dozens of members of Congress gathered on a makeshift stage, draped by giant American flags, cops, firefighters and veterans in uniform, and a h...
Mar 29, 2006 / Ari Berman
Facing Facts on Torture Facing Facts on Torture
In the February 27 issue of The New Yorker, Jane Mayer reported on the efforts of Alberto Mora, outgoing general counsel for the US Navy, to stop the Pentagon from authorizing the...
Mar 29, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
No Reform in Lobbying Reform No Reform in Lobbying Reform
What a coincidence: the Senate is set to wrap up its debate on lobbying reform the same day Jack Abramoff is sentenced in Florida on conspiracy and wire fraud charges. There was a...
Mar 29, 2006 / Ari Berman
The Testing Bubble Bursts The Testing Bubble Bursts
Looks like the $2.3 billion standardized testing industry forgot to devise a much needed self-examination. Two weeks ago, after two students paid fees to have their SATs rescored...
Mar 29, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Moment of Truth Moment of Truth
There is no immigration crisis in the US. But it is time America acknowledged that we need the immigrant workers as much as they need us--and treat them accordingly.
Mar 29, 2006 / Feature / Robert Scheer
The President Is Not Smiling The President Is Not Smiling
Card is out, Bolten in. The Senate is stuck on immigration. And every day brings more bad news. Take care of this, will you, Josh?
Mar 28, 2006 / Feature / William Greider
Avian Flu Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Avian Flu Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Large factory farms, not migratory birds, are now seen as breeding grounds for the avian flu virus. Donald Rumsfeld is getting rich off his investment in Tamiflu. Can this pandemic...
Mar 28, 2006 / Feature / Nicholas von Hoffman
The Dot-Degree Boom The Dot-Degree Boom
Thanks to aggressive recruiting tactics and a complaisant Congress, online enrollments at the University of Phoenix and its spinoff, Axia College, are soaring. So are student debt ...
Mar 28, 2006 / Feature / Garrett Ordower
The Soon-to-be-Forgotten Andrew Card The Soon-to-be-Forgotten Andrew Card
After Karen Hughes stepped down as a counselor to the president in 2002, White House chief of staff Andy Card, in a rare moment of candor, told Esquire: "She's leaving when the pr...
Mar 28, 2006 / John Nichols
Card Folds, and Bush Draws to the Inside Card Folds, and Bush Draws to the Inside
The White House doesn't seem to understand the meaning of the term "fresh blood." It usually refers to new blood that is introduced into an anemic entity--n...
Mar 28, 2006 / David Corn