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
Boiling Point Boiling Point
Nature doesn't compromise on global climate change; activists must not either.
Jul 29, 2004 / Feature / Ross Gelbspan
Identity Politics Identity Politics
While controversy rages across the country over whether computerized voting machines may result in lost or manipulated votes, there is another change in the election system this ...
Jul 29, 2004 / Feature / Tova Andrea Wang
A Republican Count? A Republican Count?
About half of the largest ballot-counting corporation, Election Systems & Software (ES&S), is owned by the Omaha World-Herald Company, which publishes the city's conserva...
Jul 29, 2004 / Feature / Ronnie Dugger