Vice President of the Apocalypse Vice President of the Apocalypse
For those who feared that the speakers at last week's Republican National Convention had failed to adequately impress upon the American electorate the view that death and grief an...
Sep 9, 2004 / John Nichols
Putin’s War Putin’s War
The bloody end to the hostage crisis in Russia leaves unfathomable human suffering.
Sep 8, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
FOX Rejects The Nation FOX Rejects The Nation
The Fox News Channel ran a splashy full-page ad in our recent GOP Convention issue. In fact, Fox has bought several ads in The Nation in the last year, including our back page, ...
Sep 8, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Getting the Word Out Getting the Word Out
And now for some good news this Labor Day. Not about a sudden turnaround in jobs, wages, health insurance, family incomes, poverty, or inequality, all of which continue their dism...
Sep 6, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The RNC in Retrospect The RNC in Retrospect
This week's Republican National Convention brought fake compassion, fire-and-brimstone, terrible hair-cuts and even worse music from inside Madison Square Garden; close to 1,800 ...
Sep 3, 2004 / Peter Rothberg
GOP to UN: Drop Dead GOP to UN: Drop Dead
NEW YORK -- John Kerry has taken his hits at this year's Republican National Convention. But the Democratic presidential nominee came off easy compared with the United Nations. N...
Sep 3, 2004 / John Nichols
Zig Zag Zell Wigs Out Zig Zag Zell Wigs Out
Former Congressman Ben Jones had it right when he said last month, "I think that the devil has got into Zell Miller, and he needs an exorcist." Zell "Zig Zag" Miller's vicious k...
Sep 2, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Bringing the Protests to the Republicans Bringing the Protests to the Republicans
NEW YORK – During a week of protests against President Bush and the Republican National Convention that he will address tonight, demonstrations have taken many different forms â...
Sep 2, 2004 / John Nichols
Our Grief Is Not a Cry for War Our Grief Is Not a Cry for War
The first few days of the RNC have brought fake compassion from inside Madison Square Garden, more than 1,500 arrests in the street, and protest activity everywhere. With the con...
Sep 1, 2004 / Peter Rothberg
Zig Zag Zell Zig Zag Zell
Zell Miller has hypocrite stamped all over his forehead. It's hard to imagine anyone more Janus-faced than the Democratic Senator from Georgia. In 1992, Miller nominated Bill Cli...
Sep 1, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel