Oil Tycoons Grilled on Windfall Profits Oil Tycoons Grilled on Windfall Profits
Top oil execs were asked numerous questions at a Senate hearing on spectacular profits earned in the wake of tropical storms. But they had no real answers about how to ease the bur...
Nov 10, 2005 / Feature / Ari Berman
Election ($$$) Hangover Election ($$$) Hangover
Last night was a grand defeat for George W. Bush--and the shrinking Terminator out in California. Let's celebrate Democrats winning governorships in New Jersey and Virginia--an es...
Nov 9, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Germ Boys and Yes Men Germ Boys and Yes Men
Stewart Simonson is a former Amtrak corporate attorney with zero medical experience. So why is he in charge of emergency health and bioterrorism in the federal government?
Nov 9, 2005 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill
Mark Warner’s Election Victory Mark Warner’s Election Victory
The last time Democrats elected a new president who had not been a governor was in 1960, when U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy was the party's nominee and the narrow victor of a conte...
Nov 9, 2005 / John Nichols
The GOP Takes a Beating The GOP Takes a Beating
As Democrats gloat over two gubernatorial wins and the defeat in California of Gov. Arnold's intiatives, the GOP approaches off-year elections weighed down by Bush's baggage.
Nov 9, 2005 / Feature / Eric Alterman
This Time, Rove’s Tactics Failed This Time, Rove’s Tactics Failed
Democrats celebrate electoral victories in Virginia, New Jersey and California, they shouldn't waste time gloating. They need to find effective candidates like Tim Kaine and Jon Co...
Nov 9, 2005 / Feature / David Corn
Democratic Wins in Virginia, NJ and California Democratic Wins in Virginia, NJ and California
In politics--as the sophisticated analysts say--it is better to win than lose. So Democrats can be happy about their triumphs in New Jersey and Virginia, wh...
Nov 9, 2005 / David Corn
Ethically Challenged Ethically Challenged
Five years into an Administration of sniggering mendacity, George Bush apparently feels his staff needs a mandatory refresher course on ethics--a response with the too-little too-...
Nov 8, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Web Letters Web Letters
Nation online readers write back on Senate Democrats, lobbyist Jack Abramoff and WNBA star Sheryl Swoopes.
Nov 8, 2005 / Our Readers
Five Questions for Robert Greenwald Five Questions for Robert Greenwald
What motivated director Robert Greenwald to spend a year on a documentary detailing Wal-Mart's impact on American life, culture and commerce?
Nov 8, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Sam Graham-Felsen