Tim Spicer’s World Tim Spicer’s World
Why was a notorious mercenary awarded a $293 million Pentagon contract?
Dec 29, 2004 / Feature / Andrew Ackerman
A Devil’s Island for Our Times A Devil’s Island for Our Times
How can we let this evil persist?
Dec 28, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
Martha Stewart’s Christmas Message Martha Stewart’s Christmas Message
Looking for some good news this holiday season? Check out Martha Stewart's Christmas 2004 message. The old Martha would have been instructing America's women how to wrap those pre...
Dec 27, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Rule One: Count Every Vote Rule One: Count Every Vote
Politics is a game played by rules. And the most important rule regarding close elections is that you don't win by being conciliatory during the recount process. Indeed, the only ...
Dec 27, 2004 / John Nichols
Gone (Ice) Fishin’ Gone (Ice) Fishin’
I'm not really off ice fishing. But it is rather cold where I am. Until my return to Washington, please feel free to read past "Capital Games" columns. Clic...
Dec 24, 2004 / David Corn
Are Students Red or Blue? Are Students Red or Blue?
The war rages on to win hearts and minds on colleges campuses.
Dec 22, 2004 / Feature / Sam Graham-Felsen
Rapping on Empty Rapping on Empty
Several weeks ago the 32-year-old hip-hop superstar Eminem, America's staunchest and most spectacular amoralist, found himself in an unusual position, suddenly cast as the moral ...
Dec 22, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Jody Rosen
Israel’s Culture of Martyrdom Israel’s Culture of Martyrdom
Nations like to imagine themselves as unique, but one belief they have in common is that it is noble to die in their name. Death and redemption are the themes of almost every for...
Dec 22, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Baruch Kimmerling
Why Marwan Did Not Run Why Marwan Did Not Run
Most Palestinians now seek unity and a reprieve from the exhaustion of war.
Dec 22, 2004 / Feature / Graham Usher