Oil and the Bush ‘Fear Factor’ Oil and the Bush ‘Fear Factor’
Last week, the price of oil futures reached $49.40 a barrel--the highest in 21 years of trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Oil prices are already up 50 percent this yea...
Aug 25, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
ABC’s Digital Convention Scam ABC’s Digital Convention Scam
The Center for Digital Democracy is part of a "Public Interest, Public Airwaves" coalition supporting a policy that would require broadcasters to air more public service programmin...
Aug 25, 2004 / Feature / Jeffrey Chester
Not So Swift Not So Swift
Two news stories, of vastly differing consequence, have over the past week raised the question of how issues of war and peace will play in this year's presidential contest: 1.) T...
Aug 25, 2004 / John Nichols
Johnny Cash was NOT a Republican Johnny Cash was NOT a Republican
The songs of Johnny Cash--"the Man in Black"--were beacons of light for those who were unjustly locked up, kicked down, and knocked around. He sang from his heart for the poor, t...
Aug 24, 2004 / Peter Rothberg
Iraqi Olympic Soccer Players Kick the Stuffing Out of Bush’s Fantasy Iraqi Olympic Soccer Players Kick the Stuffing Out of Bush’s Fantasy
Team members do not want to be used as an ad for the presidential campaign.
Aug 24, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
The Confusion The Confusion
After scenes of violence and a turbulence that would have passed into riot but for the repressive hand of the police, the National Convention of the Republican party came to a cl...
Aug 24, 2004 / The Editors
W. Overstated His Military Record W. Overstated His Military Record
A group of veterans motivated by 30-years of resentment accuse John Kerry of exaggerating his Vietnam wartime service, and their attack makes the front page...
Aug 24, 2004 / David Corn
The Bush Air War The Bush Air War
As is appropriate and necessary, there's currently much attention being focused on the patently false GOP-supported swift boat ad. But, there's more to the nasty air wars ragin...
Aug 23, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
‘Courageous Resisters’ ‘Courageous Resisters’
On the eve of the Republican National Convention, the Artists Network of Refuse & Resist! is presenting an evening of performance to honor "Courageous Resisters" this Thursday, ...
Aug 23, 2004 / Peter Rothberg