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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

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