Swing Fantasies Swing Fantasies
I sometimes fantasize about being reincarnated as a swing voter in Ohio. After all, the entire convention was designed to seduce about 11 voters in that great state. In Boston, ...
Jul 30, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Counter-Convention 2004 Counter-Convention 2004
With Boston in the books, progressives can now get ready for some serious protesting when the GOP hits the unlikely shores of New York City for its convention, beginning on Augus...
Jul 30, 2004 / Peter Rothberg
Combative Kerry Combative Kerry
At a convention where the "No Bush Bashing" memo went out early and remained in circulation through three nights of frequently tepid speechifying, John Kerry ended things with an ...
Jul 30, 2004 / John Nichols
Kerry Does His Duty Kerry Does His Duty
When John Kerry appeared at the convention for the MOST IMPORTANT SPEECH OF HIS LIFETIME, he showed how the screw can turn. What was his not-so-secret weapo...
Jul 30, 2004 / David Corn
Iraq, the US and the World Iraq, the US and the World
Inside the Fleet Center this week, few speakers have engaged the fierce antiwar views of the vast majority of delegates. Instead, activists and delegates flocked to panels and f...
Jul 30, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Shadows and Smog Shadows and Smog
I paid to see Will Smith fight legions of robots, and what I got was a trip back to Wabash Street.
Jul 29, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Holy Water Holy Water
Walden Pond is America's environmental holy land, the naturalist's sacred site and Concord's local swimming pool.
Jul 29, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Jane Holtz Kay
Latin America’s Longest War Latin America’s Longest War
In May, Jan Egeland, the United Nations Undersecretary for Humanitarian Affairs, called a news conference in New York to declare publicly what he had been warning people about fo...
Jul 29, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Peter Canby
Bush Zones Go National Bush Zones Go National
In the undeclared war against dissent, disagreement has become a crime.
Jul 29, 2004 / Feature / Jim Hightower