What Would Bobby Say? Karl Rove Spins RFK to the Right What Would Bobby Say? Karl Rove Spins RFK to the Right
In Texas, where he managed George W. Bush's political rise, Karl Rove was often referred to as "Bush's brain." In fact, Austin reporters used to note that crazy notions Rove exp...
Jun 6, 2002 / John Nichols
Trouble on the Farm Trouble on the Farm
Scum and foam were piled so high on the surface of streams and ponds in the rural Illinois area neighboring the Inwood Dairy that it looked like snow.
Jun 5, 2002 / Feature / Bill Berkowitz
A Conservative Takes on Ashcroft A Conservative Takes on Ashcroft
There are those who wrongly believe that the debate over civil liberties in this country breaks along ideological grounds. It's an easy mistake to make: Especially when Attorney G...
Jun 4, 2002 / John Nichols
We’ve Had Enough Witch Hunts We’ve Had Enough Witch Hunts
Nothing succeeds like failure.
Jun 4, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer
War Talk War Talk
When India and Pakistan conducted their nuclear tests in 1998, even those of us who condemned them balked at the hypocrisy of Western nuclear powers.
Jun 4, 2002 / Arundhati Roy
A New Horizon for the Democratic Party A New Horizon for the Democratic Party
Speech to The Democratic National Committee--Western Caucus Saturday, May 25, 2002 Seattle, Washington
Jun 3, 2002 / Dennis Kucinich
The CIA’s Turn? UPDATED The CIA’s Turn? UPDATED
Is it the CIA's turn? For weeks, the FBI has been excoriated for having failed to follow 9/11-related leads unearthed by field agents months before ...
Jun 3, 2002 / David Corn
A Clean, Green, Energy Machine A Clean, Green, Energy Machine
A Clean, Green, Energy Machine Golden, Colo. I enjoyed Matt Bivens's April 15 "Fighting for America's Energy Independence," which is important in getting the vision an...
May 30, 2002 / Matt Bivens and Our Readers
Racial Privacy Racial Privacy
Ward Connerly, figurehead for California's anti-affirmative action Proposition 209, is up to more mischief. This time it's a push to prevent California's public agencies from cl...
May 30, 2002 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Joie de Vivre in the Land of Color-Coded Terrorism Alerts Joie de Vivre in the Land of Color-Coded Terrorism Alerts
I got up Monday feeling mellow: Expected red, but it was yellow.
May 30, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin