Free Gary Tyler Free Gary Tyler
Gary Tyler, black, now aged 48, is serving a life prison sentence in the infamous State Penitentiary in Angola, Louisiana. He was convicted in 1975 for the murder of 13-year-old T...
Mar 29, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
Exxon’s Shame Exxon’s Shame
Alaskan wood carver Mike Webber unveiled his "Shame Pole" this past Friday in Cordova to mark the 18th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, which devastated the area and rui...
Mar 27, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
Getting Serious About the “I” Word Getting Serious About the “I” Word
Former Republican Congressman Joe Scarborough had me on his MSNBC show tonight to talk about impeachment. It was smart, civil discussion that treated the prospect of impeaching t...
Mar 27, 2007 / John Nichols
Markey’s Big Chance Markey’s Big Chance
Two weeks ago, Representative Ed Markey was appointed chair of the new Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming. The committee has no legislative role but it do...
Mar 26, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Republicans Detect “Cloud” Over Gonzales Republicans Detect “Cloud” Over Gonzales
What do the following statements about Attorney General Alberto Gonzales -- the embattled presidential appointee at the center of a growing scandal over the firing of U.S. Attorne...
Mar 26, 2007 / John Nichols
Lamar Smith’s Would-Be Banana Republic Lamar Smith’s Would-Be Banana Republic
Just when 600,000 permanent residents of the District of Columbia were about to receive voting representation (you remember it, Lamar – that thing we fought the King of England ...
Mar 23, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Elizabeth Edwards Campaign The Elizabeth Edwards Campaign
John Edwards is still in the running. But his campaign will be different from here on out. On Thursday morning, as word spread that his wife, Elizabeth, has suffered an extremel...
Mar 22, 2007 / John Nichols
Energy and Substance Energy and Substance
While too much of the media has focused on first-quarter fundraising battles and the sniping between the Obama and Clinton camps, presidential candidate John Edwards took the oppo...
Mar 22, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Decider is Delusional The Decider is Delusional
Is George Bush delusional? No, that question is not an attack on his intelligence. Nor is it a criticism of some bizarre new position he has taken with regard to the affairs of ...
Mar 22, 2007 / John Nichols
Students Against War Students Against War
At the outset of the Iraq war four years ago numerous polls found that students, like the majority of the population, overwhelmingly supported the invasion. Now those same polls s...
Mar 21, 2007 / Peter Rothberg