What Tom DeLay Might Have Had in Mind When He Hatched the Cockamamie and Short-Lived Scheme to Use a Cruise Ship During the Republican Convention What Tom DeLay Might Have Had in Mind When He Hatched the Cockamamie and Short-Lived Scheme to Use a Cruise Ship During the Republican Convention
"A cruise ship in the harbor," thought DeLay, "Could be a place where decent folks would stay, Avoiding all that mob that we detest--
Dec 11, 2003 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Gore’s a Dean Man Now Gore’s a Dean Man Now
Al Gore endorsed Howard Dean for President for the same reason that so many other Democrats have: He wanted to be where the action is in his party.
Dec 10, 2003 / John Nichols
Facing the Human Rights Abyss Facing the Human Rights Abyss
A report on the state of global human rights.
Dec 10, 2003 / Feature / Roger Normand
GOP Must Get Off the Dime GOP Must Get Off the Dime
Nancy Reagan is right-on for blasting proposal to replace FDR with her Ronnie.
Dec 10, 2003 / Column / Robert Scheer
Down at the Mall Down at the Mall
Looking for serious sweatshop alternatives? Check out NoSweatShop.com, the new virtual union mall. Claiming to be "the first and only mall in the world where you can't find on...
Dec 10, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Abortion Distortion Abortion Distortion
Lawmakers who passed the so-called partial birth abortion ban are far removed from women's lives.
Dec 8, 2003 / Feature / Rebecca Ayrey
San Francisco Showdown San Francisco Showdown
San Francisco is a dot.com city, so it should come as no surprise that the two candidates in Tuesday's runoff for mayor of America's left-coast city are pretty much summed up by t...
Dec 8, 2003 / John Nichols
Building A Progressive Majority Building A Progressive Majority
It's no secret that progressives need to build a stronger political infrastructure if we're going to achieve an enduring majority for positive change in this country. After all, ...
Dec 7, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Debating Media Ownership–Dec. 15 Debating Media Ownership–Dec. 15
Capitol Hill observers say that media ownership has been the second most discussed issue by constituents in 2003, trailing only the war on Iraq. This is a remarkable turnaround f...
Dec 7, 2003 / Peter Rothberg