Dean’s Rough Ride Dean’s Rough Ride
In forty years of observing presidential contests, I cannot remember another major candidate brutalized so intensely by the media, with the possible exception of George Wallace.
Feb 19, 2004 / William Greider
Trade Wins Trade Wins
Paul Wellstone would have loved the turn the race for the Democratic presidential nomination has taken.
Feb 19, 2004 / John Nichols
Soprano Republicans Soprano Republicans
For some time, we've argued that the most significant deficit George W. Bush has overseen is his own credibility gap.
Feb 19, 2004 / The Editors
Welcome to Empire Welcome to Empire
Last month, the Columbia Journalism Review ran a cover story about the death of dangerous art in the mainstream media. In the piece, a number of top illustrators complained abou...
Feb 19, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Lowry–Get A Conscience! Lowry–Get A Conscience!
What planet does Rich Lowry live on? National Review's editor--someone I've sparred with on TV many times--recently weighed in on the causes of poverty. It "has nothing to do wit...
Feb 19, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
MSNBC Under ‘Seige’ MSNBC Under ‘Seige’
Are Bush's plunging poll numbers rattling them over at MSNBC's Scarborough Country? The other day, CBS News had Kerry topping Bush is more "tied to special interests" than Kerr...
Feb 19, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Letter From Jayyous Letter From Jayyous
A Palestinian farming village is being strangled by Sharon's wall.
Feb 18, 2004 / Feature / David Bloom
What Are They Reading? What Are They Reading?
John Hess, who, it should be said, is one of The Nation's oldest friends and severest critics, once complained to me about an "editor's choice" blurb I'd written, which containe...
Feb 18, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Richard Lingeman
What Bush’s Guard File Reveals What Bush’s Guard File Reveals
Okay, we were wrong--the we being those who called on Bush to honor his promise to release his entire Air National Guard records in the hope it woul...
Feb 18, 2004 / David Corn
Old MacDonald Had a Judge… Old MacDonald Had a Judge…
Quack, quack. So much for the constitutionally mandated separation of powers.
Feb 18, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer