Not Dominion, But Liberty Not Dominion, But Liberty
As the 229th anniversary of the founding of the American experiment approached, President Bush provided a painful reminder of how far the United States has drifted from the ideals...
Jul 1, 2005 / John Nichols
Court Fight: It’s More Than Left vs. Right Court Fight: It’s More Than Left vs. Right
"A nation's success or failure in achieving democracy is judged in part by how well it responds to those at the bottom and the margins of the social order.... The very problems th...
Jul 1, 2005 / John Nichols
O’Connor Resigns; Ugliness To Come O’Connor Resigns; Ugliness To Come
I just posted the below comments at my blog at www.davidcorn.com. I am happy to share these first-reaction thoughts...
Jul 1, 2005 / David Corn
Sweet Victory: People Over Profits in Brazil Sweet Victory: People Over Profits in Brazil
Each day, while pharmaceutical companies prosper, 8,500 people in the global South die of AIDS. Thanks to strict intellectual property laws that keep drug prices sky-high, only 7 ...
Jul 1, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Profiles in Cowardice Profiles in Cowardice
Senate Democrats are preparing to take a dive on the issue they have righteously hammered for four years--the estate tax.
Jun 29, 2005 / William Greider
Shoot the Piano Player Shoot the Piano Player
Reviews of The Beat That My Heart Skipped, Me and You and Everyone We Know and other new films.
Jun 29, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
To the Wires Overhead To the Wires Overhead
This is the year when the swallows did not come back you have not noticed
Jun 29, 2005 / Books & the Arts / W.S. Merwin
To Being Late To Being Late
Again again you are the right time after all not according to however we planned it
Jun 29, 2005 / Books & the Arts / W.S. Merwin
To the Margin To the Margin
Following the black footprints the tracks of words that have passed that way before me I come again and again to your blank shore
Jun 29, 2005 / Books & the Arts / W.S. Merwin
Mother Nature’s Son Mother Nature’s Son
Novalis's unfinished novel is a kaleidoscope of visions and allegories of nature.
Jun 29, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Ross Benjamin