Bad Will Hunting Bad Will Hunting
Two new books on Shakespeare examine his shadowy life, his times and the origins of his imagination. A third explores whether the Bard of Avon was, in fact, Edward de Vere.
Feb 28, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Swift
Olympic Swagger Olympic Swagger
Swagger was America's chosen posture at the Winter Olympics. Once again, sport imitated life: boasting got us nowhere at the Turin games or in the world.
Feb 28, 2006 / Feature / William Greider
BMD (Bike of Mass Destruction) BMD (Bike of Mass Destruction)
Today's question: What's more dangerous -- hunting with Dick Cheney or bike riding with George Bush? For background, we offer this report from Murdo MacLeod, the able political co...
Feb 28, 2006 / John Nichols
The West Leans Left The West Leans Left
Is a red state Governor who wears cowboy hats, embroidered denim jackets and bolo ties, drives a Volkswagen Jetta powered by biodiesel, ran with a Republican Lt. Gov on his ticket,...
Feb 28, 2006 / Ari Berman
A Night at Arianna’s: Democrats and the War A Night at Arianna’s: Democrats and the War
At a Democratic Party fundraiser hosted by Arianna Huffington in Los Angeles recently, Howard Dean and Barbara Boxer laid out strategy for the upcoming Congressional races, with lo...
Feb 27, 2006 / Jon Wiener
Not One Penny More Not One Penny More
As we approach the third anniversary of Bush's invasion of Iraq, the National Priorities Project (NPP) has issued an invaluable new report demonstrating the financial impact of th...
Feb 27, 2006 / Peter Rothberg
Free Trade Planet Free Trade Planet
The uproar over the Dubai Ports deal ignores the obvious consequences of the free trade that American politicians of both parties have pushed for decades. Like it or not, we have t...
Feb 27, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Curtains for ‘Rachel Corrie’ Curtains for ‘Rachel Corrie’
So much for freedom of speech, let alone thought. The play My Name Is Rachel Corrie, directed in London by actor Alan Rickman anddue to open in New York City in March, The play a...
Feb 27, 2006 / Gary Younge
State Parties Say: “Impeach!” State Parties Say: “Impeach!”
The decision of the Democratic Party in rural Walworth County to call for the impeachment of President Bush, which Katrina vanden Heuvel recounts on this blog, is an encouraging on...
Feb 27, 2006 / John Nichols
The Military’s Gay Porn Problem The Military’s Gay Porn Problem
February has been a very queer month for the US military. Early this month, the Defense Department admitted (in a letter to the Senate Armed Services Committee) that its TALON (Th...
Feb 27, 2006 / Richard Kim