On the Risk of Having a Notoriously Foul-Mouthed Comedian Host the Oscars On the Risk of Having a Notoriously Foul-Mouthed Comedian Host the Oscars
Though having Rock, some said, was plain insane, he Eschewed the sort of language used by Cheney.
Mar 3, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Calvin Trillin
Hunter S. Thompson Hunter S. Thompson
He said he wanted his ashes shot out of a cannon. "A great funeral" was what he wanted, he told his son. Then he walked into the kitchen and shot himself dead in the head.
Mar 3, 2005 / Warren Hinckle
Filibustering the Truth Filibustering the Truth
For more on judicial nominations, see Garrett Epps's "Judicial Jeopardy: Questions for Nominees."
Mar 3, 2005 / Judd Legum and Christy Harvey
Accounting for Torture Accounting for Torture
As an attorney with the Center for Constitutional Rights, David Cole represents Maher Arar and Ahmed Abu Ali in their civil cases against the government.
Mar 3, 2005 / David Cole
Too Young to Die Too Young to Die
The immediate outcome of the Supreme Court's 5-to-4 decision in Roper v.
Mar 3, 2005 / The Editors
Letters Letters
ABOLITION, A CLASS-FREE ENDEAVOR San Francisco
Mar 3, 2005 / Our Readers, Daniel Lazare, and Russell Jacoby
Vermont Votes No to War Vermont Votes No to War
Congress may not be prepared to hold an honest debate on when and how the United States should exit the Iraq imbroglio, but the town meetings of rural Vermont are not so constrain...
Mar 2, 2005 / John Nichols
On the Money On the Money
Massive resources are at stake in the debate roiling the AFL-CIO's Las Vegas summit.
Mar 2, 2005 / Feature / David Moberg
The Motorcycle Gangs The Motorcycle Gangs
A portrait of an outsider underground.
Mar 2, 2005 / Feature / Hunter S. Thompson
“I Am Free–To Think–To Speak” “I Am Free–To Think–To Speak”
In a series of extraordinary speeches, Senator Robert Byrd, a longtime historian of the Senate, has persistently sounded the alarm about imperial executive power. He has unflinchi...
Mar 2, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel