Do You Know Your Polling Place? Do You Know Your Polling Place?
Thanks to Nation reader Keith Kritselis who wrote in to alert us to a new website he created that he's hoping will help clear up some of the confusion caused by what looks like a ...
Oct 25, 2004 / Peter Rothberg
Who’s His Daddy? Who’s His Daddy?
Bush famously told Bob Woodward that when it came to going to war with Iraq he didn't ask his biological father, who had gone to war with Iraq, for advice. He talked to a Higher F...
Oct 25, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Race Right Now The Race Right Now
With 12 days left before the election, millions of Americans have already cast their ballots -- records are being set for early voting and absentee ballots in all of the battlegro...
Oct 21, 2004 / John Nichols
You Have the Power You Have the Power
I wrote nearly twelve months ago in this space about the importance of building progressive strength in 2004 and beyond. A year later, progressives have hope in the decade ahead, ...
Oct 20, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Taking it to Crossfire Taking it to Crossfire
Nation readers don't need to be told that what passes for TV punditry is far more degrading than uplifting for the national conversation. With talking heads ranting at each othe...
Oct 19, 2004 / Peter Rothberg
Scowcroft Blasts W. Scowcroft Blasts W.
Remember how Bush One's National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft used a Wall Street Journal op-ed in the run-up to the Iraq war to warn Bush Two about the perils of an invasion? ...
Oct 19, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Orwellian Twist on the Campaign Orwellian Twist on the Campaign
"Political language...is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give the appearance of solidity to pure wind." -- George Orwell George Orwell shaped...
Oct 18, 2004 / John Nichols
Faux-Outrage Faux-Outrage
Have you noticed that when Lynne Cheney thunders about being an "indignant mother" she can't repress a smile? And when husband Dick says he's an "angry father," he's smirking? T...
Oct 17, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Debate III: Return of the Frat Boy Debate III: Return of the Frat Boy
What did we learn about Bush from the last debate? He doesn't believe terrorism can ever be reduced to a "nuisance," which means he believes the War of Terror will be a war witho...
Oct 15, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
DEBATE: Litmus Tests DEBATE: Litmus Tests
Bush's slip in the third debate was about Osama, but his big, calculated lie last night was, as in the second debate, about the Supreme Court. Bush said he wouldn't apply a "litmu...
Oct 14, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel