A Misguided Crusade A Misguided Crusade
The New York Times exposes its own misguided and unethical campaign to make a terrible reporter a First Amendment saint.
Oct 19, 2005 / Column / Robert Scheer
Case Against Cheney Case Against Cheney
Well, of course, the investigation of who leaked CIA agent Valerie Plame's name -- violating the federal law that bars the "outing" of intelligence operatives -- has come around t...
Oct 18, 2005 / John Nichols
Owensboro (and Elizabethtown), Kentucky Owensboro (and Elizabethtown), Kentucky
Maybe two people I met in Owensboro, Kentucky this past weekend knew who Judith Miller was. And on Sunday, when I left town, the local paper devoted far more space to listing the ...
Oct 17, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
George Bush Gives Up George Bush Gives Up
George Bush has given up. We should have seen this coming. During the first debate of the fall 2004 campaign, a weary and frustrated Bush repeatedly referred to how the presidenc...
Oct 16, 2005 / John Nichols
CIA Leak Scandal: Judy Miller and the Times Speak CIA Leak Scandal: Judy Miller and the Times Speak
Finally, the New York Times and Judith Miller speak, and the paper and reporter leave their readers with as many questions as answers. In Sunday's ed...
Oct 16, 2005 / David Corn
Goodbye, Mr. Goodwrench Goodbye, Mr. Goodwrench
Delphi's bankruptcy is a marker of a new America in which there is no collective security, no union to make you strong, no government to give you shelter, in which workers stand al...
Oct 14, 2005 / Feature / Nicholas von Hoffman
A Vote Against Torture A Vote Against Torture
Last week the US Senate voted overwhelmingly (90-9) to stand solidly against torture. The amendment, introduced by Senator John McCain (R-AZ), calls for prisoners and detainees to...
Oct 13, 2005 / Peter Rothberg
How Liberia Held ‘Free’ Elections How Liberia Held ‘Free’ Elections
Votes are now being counted in the first truly free election in Liberia's troubled history. It's a far cry from the 1986 election, which dictatorial Samuel Doe fraudulently "won" b...
Oct 13, 2005 / Feature / Michael Massing
If Not Miers, Who? If Not Miers, Who?
Dear Karl Rove: Just in case Harriet Miers doesn't work out, why not nominate me?
Oct 13, 2005 / Column / Katha Pollitt
The Virtues of Gas Guzzling The Virtues of Gas Guzzling
Gas-guzzling can be a revolutionary experience, like puffing Montecristo cigars, now that Citgo's 1,800 gas stations and eight oil refineries passed into the hands of Venezuela's n...
Oct 13, 2005 / Column / Alexander Cockburn