Rising Prices + Higher Interest Rates = Middle-Class Misery Rising Prices + Higher Interest Rates = Middle-Class Misery
Interest rates nosed higher today as the Federal Reserve Board sought to control inflation. But the impact of runaway inflation is already being felt by workers whose wages will st...
Nov 1, 2005 / Feature / Nicholas von Hoffman
Serious Questions for Samuel A. Alito Jr. Serious Questions for Samuel A. Alito Jr.
Questions for Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito Jr.: What are the rights of an individual before the law? Are these rights any different from what Alito views as the rights of ...
Nov 1, 2005 / Morton Mintz
How Reporters Helped Lead Us to War How Reporters Helped Lead Us to War
Reporters like Judith Miller who fought to avoid testifying in the CIA leak case were knowing accomplices in the White House's attempt to punish a whistle-blower. By failing to rep...
Nov 1, 2005 / Column / Robert Scheer
Cheney, Libby and the Mess They Made Cheney, Libby and the Mess They Made
Much of official Washington remains focused on the issues -- legal and political -- that have arisen from the indictment of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, the former chief of staff to ...
Nov 1, 2005 / John Nichols
Can Dems Say ‘Finito’ to ‘Scalito’? Can Dems Say ‘Finito’ to ‘Scalito’?
If the nomination of Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court becomes the titanic battle that both sides in the judicial wars have been anticipating for years, Democrats must create a new...
Oct 31, 2005 / David Corn
Did Cheney Know Plame Was Undercover? Did Cheney Know Plame Was Undercover?
The indictment of I. Lewis Libby indictment casts Vice President Dick Cheney in a key role in the CIA leak investigation: It suggests Cheney had reason to suspect Valerie Wilson wa...
Oct 31, 2005 / Feature / David Corn
A Grave Indictment, but Grave Questions Remain A Grave Indictment, but Grave Questions Remain
If a senior White House official leaks classified information that identifies an undercover CIA officer to reporters in order to undermine a critic of the a...
Oct 29, 2005 / David Corn
Dear Scooter, From Dick Dear Scooter, From Dick
October 28, 2005 MR. I. LEWIS LIBBYc/o MR. JOSEPH A. TATE, ESQ.DECHERT LLP Dear Scooter,
Oct 28, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Patrick Fitzgerald: It’s Not Over Patrick Fitzgerald: It’s Not Over
The most intriguing news with regard to special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald's investigation of the apparent effort by the Bush-Cheney administration to punish former Ambassador ...
Oct 28, 2005 / John Nichols
CIA Leak Scandal: Indictments CIA Leak Scandal: Indictments
Five counts against Scooter Libby. Making false statements to federal agents (twice). Perjury (twice). And obstruction of justice for misleading and deceivi...
Oct 28, 2005 / David Corn