Hold Chertoff Accountable Hold Chertoff Accountable
Michael Chertoff received adulation at the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing to consider his nomination as Secretary of Homeland Security on F...
Feb 9, 2005 / Peter Rothberg
‘New Cities’ Fight Back ‘New Cities’ Fight Back
Progressives have not been so poorly positioned to guide public policy at the federal and state levels in decades. Both the White House and the Congress are controlled by conserva...
Feb 9, 2005 / John Nichols
Law of Unintended Consequences Law of Unintended Consequences
Careful what you wish for in Iraq.
Feb 8, 2005 / Column / Robert Scheer
The Republican Dictionary, IV The Republican Dictionary, IV
In Bush's State of the Union address, he mentioned personal accounts seven times but private accounts zero times, which is interesting because only a few months ago he was using b...
Feb 8, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Bush’s Budget and “Wounded Travelers” Bush’s Budget and “Wounded Travelers”
The federal budget is not just an accounting tool--it's a statement about our nation's values and priorities. This week, Bush released a budget that Representative Jan Schakowsky ...
Feb 8, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Bad Math Is No Secret The Bad Math Is No Secret
If it's budget time, it must be disinformation time. That's how it goes in the Bush II era. George W. Bush released a budget today that he claims is respons...
Feb 7, 2005 / David Corn
Single Women Against Bush Single Women Against Bush
A new report recently highlighted in Ruy Teixeira's valuable Public Opinion Watch shows that one of the bright spots for the Democrats in the 2004 election was their performance a...
Feb 6, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
PNAC’s Happy Warriors PNAC’s Happy Warriors
The neocon think tank's recent call for an increase in troop strength is myopic.
Feb 5, 2005 / Feature / Jason Vest
Disunited Opposition to Gonzales Disunited Opposition to Gonzales
Much was said in the Senate during the debate over the nomination of Alberto Gonzales. But it fell to the two senators with the most powerful records of upholding the Constitution...
Feb 4, 2005 / John Nichols
Life Without Health Insurance Life Without Health Insurance
Millions of young people are unprotected.
Feb 3, 2005 / Feature / Meredith Clark