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Ask Dr. Frist Ask Dr. Frist

Last month, with the Terri Schiavo case at its most hyped, two physicians, who also happen to be Republican legislators, offered free medical advice in an extraordinary melding of...

Apr 21, 2005 / Peter Rothberg

The Vatican’s Enforcer The Vatican’s Enforcer

The Sacred College of Cardinals is supposed to be one of the world's great deliberative bodies. Yet, despite the many challenges faced by the Catholic church, the deliberations r...

Apr 19, 2005 / John Nichols

Bush’s iPod: Take Two Bush’s iPod: Take Two

After reading that New York Times article about the President's iPod, I couldn't resist putting together a Top Ten playlist for Dubya. So, in my Editor's Cut last week, I nominate...

Apr 19, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Papal Chase The Papal Chase

When hundreds of thousands of global justice campaigners flocked to Genoa in the summer of 2001 to protest at the G-8 summit of major industrialized nations, the found an unlikely...

Apr 17, 2005 / John Nichols

Sweet Victory: Maryland Stands Up To Wal-Mart Sweet Victory: Maryland Stands Up To Wal-Mart

With the federal government content to let Wal-Mart run amok,it has been left up to the states to protect workers from the retailbehemoth's excesses. This past Saturday, April 9, ...

Apr 15, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

FCC to TV: Tell the Truth FCC to TV: Tell the Truth

Most television viewers don't know it, but a huge portion of what they watch on the local news programs aired by their favorite stations is not actually "news." Rather, local tele...

Apr 14, 2005 / John Nichols

Detained Without Charge Detained Without Charge

Several weeks ago, two 16 year-old Muslim girls, one from Bangladesh and the other from Guinea, were arrested in New York City on the specious grounds that they were potential sui...

Apr 13, 2005 / Peter Rothberg

George Bush’s iPod Playlist George Bush’s iPod Playlist

Did you see the story the other day about George W's iPod? Seems he's had it since July, when his freewheeling twin daughters gave it to him as a birthday present. Dubya has some ...

Apr 13, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

John Bolton vs. Democracy John Bolton vs. Democracy

"I'm with the Bush-Cheney team, and I'm here to stop the count." Those were the words John Bolton yelled as he burst into a Tallahassee library on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2000, where ...

Apr 13, 2005 / John Nichols

Who’s a ‘Good Catholic’? Who’s a ‘Good Catholic’?

Among the members of Congress who attended the funeral of Pope John Paul II last week was U.S. Rep. David Obey. It would be difficult to identify a more appropriate representativ...

Apr 11, 2005 / John Nichols

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