‘Mr. Nice Guy’ Feels the Heat ‘Mr. Nice Guy’ Feels the Heat
Running for the Democratic nomination for president has taught John Edwards some things he did not know about American politics. And not all of what the North Carolina senator has...
Feb 16, 2004 / John Nichols
Tax Cheats Tax Cheats
We all know that Halliburton is gouging taxpayers--according to the Pentagon, Vice President Cheney's old company overcharged the US government by as much as $61 million for fu...
Feb 13, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
W’s AWOL Spin Update! W’s AWOL Spin Update!
[UPDATE: On February 13, the White House released what it said were Bush's full military records. Reporters were handed two-inch stacks of papers and...
Feb 13, 2004 / David Corn
A President Who Will Fight for All Americans A President Who Will Fight for All Americans
Click here to read Ronnie Dugger's editorial in favor of Dennis Kucinich and hereto read Joel Rogers's arguments for John Edwards.
Feb 12, 2004 / Antonio R. Villaraigosa
May Fools May Fools
Bernardo Bertolucci has long fed off a cinephilia he appears to despise.
Feb 12, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Exile and the Kingdom Exile and the Kingdom
The world of letters lost one of its most eloquent voices on January 24, when the Saudi novelist Abdelrahman Munif died in his Damascus exile after a protracted illness.
Feb 12, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Tariq Ali
Killing Time Killing Time
From its unification in 1871 until its comprehensive defeat in 1945, Germany was the most bellicose and nationalistic of modern countries.
Feb 12, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Benjamin Kunkel
Company Man Company Man
The name Shakespeare in Britain is rather like the names Ford, Disney and Rockefeller in the United States. He is less an individual than an institution, less an artist than an a...
Feb 12, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Terry Eagleton
Bush Family Values Bush Family Values
It's hard to know which is more interesting: the latest book by Kevin Phillips or Phillips himself.
Feb 12, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Elizabeth Drew
An Idea Factory for the Democrats An Idea Factory for the Democrats
The Center for American Progress was conceived as the Democratic answer to the Heritage Foundation...
Feb 12, 2004 / Feature / Bob Dreyfuss