Go FOIA Yourself Go FOIA Yourself
The folks at People For the American Way have set up this handy website that practically writes a FOIA request for you. All you have to do is print and fax. Of course, whether and ...
Mar 1, 2006 / Richard Kim
“Stare” at that Decisis “Stare” at that Decisis
Walking up to my office on Capitol Hill today, I noticed an usually large amount of people milling around. Big crowds were standing outside the Senate buildings on a chilly Februar...
Feb 28, 2006 / Ari Berman
BMD (Bike of Mass Destruction) BMD (Bike of Mass Destruction)
Today's question: What's more dangerous -- hunting with Dick Cheney or bike riding with George Bush? For background, we offer this report from Murdo MacLeod, the able political co...
Feb 28, 2006 / John Nichols
The West Leans Left The West Leans Left
Is a red state Governor who wears cowboy hats, embroidered denim jackets and bolo ties, drives a Volkswagen Jetta powered by biodiesel, ran with a Republican Lt. Gov on his ticket,...
Feb 28, 2006 / Ari Berman
A Night at Arianna’s: Democrats and the War A Night at Arianna’s: Democrats and the War
At a Democratic Party fundraiser hosted by Arianna Huffington in Los Angeles recently, Howard Dean and Barbara Boxer laid out strategy for the upcoming Congressional races, with lo...
Feb 27, 2006 / Jon Wiener
Curtains for ‘Rachel Corrie’ Curtains for ‘Rachel Corrie’
So much for freedom of speech, let alone thought. The play My Name Is Rachel Corrie, directed in London by actor Alan Rickman anddue to open in New York City in March, The play a...
Feb 27, 2006 / Gary Younge
State Parties Say: “Impeach!” State Parties Say: “Impeach!”
The decision of the Democratic Party in rural Walworth County to call for the impeachment of President Bush, which Katrina vanden Heuvel recounts on this blog, is an encouraging on...
Feb 27, 2006 / John Nichols
The Military’s Gay Porn Problem The Military’s Gay Porn Problem
February has been a very queer month for the US military. Early this month, the Defense Department admitted (in a letter to the Senate Armed Services Committee) that its TALON (Th...
Feb 27, 2006 / Richard Kim
Wisconsin Democrats Vote to Impeach Bush Wisconsin Democrats Vote to Impeach Bush
The other day, I received a letter from Robert Burrows of Whitewater, Wisconsin. I was moved to read his description of why the Democratic Party of Walworth County, Wisconsin voted...
Feb 27, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Stem-Cell Hypocrisy Stem-Cell Hypocrisy
How serious are Republican -- and some Democratic -- politicians who go on and on about the need to restrict embryonic stem-cell research? Not very. Stem cell research, which sci...
Feb 27, 2006 / John Nichols