Politics

In Our Orbit In Our Orbit

"Court rise!" begins D.D. Guttenplan's courtroom thriller The Holocaust on Trial. "With the clerk's shout we stop talking and struggle to our feet. David Irving v. Penguin Books ...

Jan 17, 2002 / Books & the Arts / The Editors

$hotgun Weddings $hotgun Weddings

What would the government have to do to convince you to get married when you otherwise wouldn't? More than pay you $80 a month, I'll bet, the amount Wisconsin's much-ballyhooed "...

Jan 17, 2002 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Bush to Lay: What Was Your Name Again? Bush to Lay: What Was Your Name Again?

If you believe President Bush, Kenneth Lay--one of his top financial backers and his "good friend"--was merely an equal-opportunity corrupter of our political system, buying off ...

Jan 15, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer

More Bush Poor Picks More Bush Poor Picks

When Washington gets back to business, there will be squawking over presidential appointments. Before the Christmas recess, GOPers were charging Senate majority leader Tom Daschl...

Jan 10, 2002 / David Corn and Emily Weintraub

What Price Stimulus? What Price Stimulus?

"Not over my dead body will they raise your taxes," George W. Bush cryptically proclaimed. The press dutifully translated what he really meant, but few commented on the tasteless...

Jan 10, 2002 / The Editors

Making Money on Terror Making Money on Terror

Four months after September 11, Osama bin Laden is on the run and the Pentagon is riding high. Our warmaker in chief, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, has been described by t...

Jan 10, 2002 / William D. Hartung

In Fact… In Fact…

ENRON: WHERE DOES THE BUCK STOP? The Justice Department and several Congressional committees are starting to look under the Enron rock. Representative Henry Waxman has been shoo...

Jan 10, 2002 / The Editors

Lesson Learned Lesson Learned

Bush says he'd take a thousand whacks Before he'd let the income tax Of all the richest people go back up. Remember Daddy's tax-hike fix. An old dog may not learn new tricks,...

Jan 10, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Missile Shield or Holy Grail? Missile Shield or Holy Grail?

Nike-Zeus, Nike-X, Sentinel, Safeguard, Star Wars, X-ray lasers, spaced-based neutron particle beams, Brilliant Pebbles, Ground-Based Midcourse National Missile Defense, Midcours...

Jan 10, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Walter C. Uhler

Reading Between the Lines Reading Between the Lines

The new education law is a victory for Bush--and for his corporate allies.

Jan 10, 2002 / Feature / Stephen Metcalf

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