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Rabbit’s Revenge Rabbit’s Revenge

Time-honored traditions of Christianity are being challenged by scientists and scholars questioning the motives of Jesus, Judas and the power of prayer.

Apr 10, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman

They Should Have Hissed Barack Obama They Should Have Hissed Barack Obama

The war is coming home, in the form of people dreadfully wounded in body and spirit. Yet Democratic candidates aren't too worried about their hawkish stance, because the peace move...

Apr 6, 2006 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

A Considered Jurisprudential Analysis of the Guilty Plea by Yet Another Former Aide to Tom DeLay and DeLay’s Resignation Announcement Three Days Later A Considered Jurisprudential Analysis of the Guilty Plea by Yet Another Former Aide to Tom DeLay and DeLay’s Resignation Announcement Three Days Later

DeLay cut his losses when they were cut for him.

Apr 6, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Robert Scheer: ‘Anti-Christian Conspirators’ Slay DeLay Robert Scheer: ‘Anti-Christian Conspirators’ Slay DeLay

Tom DeLay claims to see a vast anti-Christian conspiracy in the legal troubles that forced him out of the House--though his own sins would seem to be sufficient explanation.

Apr 5, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer

Don’t Spare the Rod Don’t Spare the Rod

What happens when liberals lose their sex drive? American culture moves further away from secular individualism and closer to religious fundamentalism.

Apr 3, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman

Jeu de Vivre Jeu de Vivre

The real world is becoming more like a computer game every day. I worry that the computer itself is breeding little cyberhumans who will wander among us, sucking the humanity out o...

Mar 31, 2006 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Prescient and Patriotic: America’s Honor Roll Prescient and Patriotic: America’s Honor Roll

Here's an honor roll of people who risked their positions and/or prestige to warn the nation of the Iraq War catastrophe.

Mar 30, 2006 / Column / Eric Alterman

On the Revelation That Dick Cheney Requires The Television to Be Pre-set to Fox News in Any Hotel Room He Is About to Occupy On the Revelation That Dick Cheney Requires The Television to Be Pre-set to Fox News in Any Hotel Room He Is About to Occupy

All the news the Veep agrees to watch is for minds that are not only closed, but locked.

Mar 30, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin

A Summary of Remarks By George W. Bush and Dick Cheney on the Third Anniversary of the Invasion of Iraq A Summary of Remarks By George W. Bush and Dick Cheney on the Third Anniversary of the Invasion of Iraq

A Summary of Remarks By George W. Bush and Dick Cheney on the Third Anniversary of the Invasion of Iraq

Mar 23, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Left’s Labour Lost Left’s Labour Lost

After nine years, Tony Blair's magic has worn off. His Labour Party has mutated from an imperfect conduit of progressive change into an active obstacle to it.

Mar 23, 2006 / Column / Gary Younge

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