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Good Things in Bad Times Good Things in Bad Times

It can be difficult, in these times, to maintain a sense of hope--as war, corruption, lies and injustices large and small loom all around, and outrage threatens to overwhelm us. ...

Jul 1, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Exposing O’Reilly Exposing O’Reilly

Bill O'Reilly spinning the news? Shocked? Probably not. But if you needed more evidence of how O'Reilly misleads his viewers on a network that (laughingly) bills itself as "fair ...

Jun 30, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Unbrand America Unbrand America

This July Fourth, the pioneering Adbusters magazine is launching a blast of symbolic disobedience by highlighting the dramatic degree to which American democracy has been undermi...

Jun 29, 2004 / Peter Rothberg

The Costs of Bush’s War The Costs of Bush’s War

The Bush Administration, in a stealthy move designed to minimize anticipated insurgent attacks, yesterday handed "sovereignty" to Iraq's interim government two days before it had...

Jun 29, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Nader, Cobb and the Greens Nader, Cobb and the Greens

Sanity prevailed at the Green Party Convention this weekend as its members rejected the entreaties of Ralph Nader's running mate Peter Camejo to vote for "no nominee." The Greens...

Jun 27, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Cobb, Not Nader, Is Green Pick Cobb, Not Nader, Is Green Pick

MILWAUKEE--After twice seeking the presidency as the nominee of the Green Party, and playing a critical role in building it into a force capable of delivering almost two-dozen sta...

Jun 27, 2004 / John Nichols

Tom DeLay’s Amoral Code Tom DeLay’s Amoral Code

Is it any surprise that the publication of Clinton's memoir My Life has revived the vitriolic bleating from those on the right who just can't seem to stop salivating over blue dr...

Jun 23, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Lessons of the NBA Lessons of the NBA

One of the big sports stories of the year was the Detroit Pistons' amazing upset of the formidable LA Lakers in the NBA championship series. Paul Richards, veteran Democratic Pa...

Jun 22, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Not Quite Harry Potter Not Quite Harry Potter

Former President Bill Clinton can add another line to his résumé: bestselling author. Clinton's autobiography, My Life, looks like it could achieve sales of 2 million. It had ...

Jun 22, 2004 / John Nichols

Clinton & Bush–the Truth, the Lies, the Consequences Clinton & Bush–the Truth, the Lies, the Consequences

When former Clinton special prosecutor Kenneth Starr resurfaced in a sanctimonious interview on PBS's new Tucker Carlson: Unfiltered last Friday, it seemed like a nightmarish tim...

Jun 20, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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