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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

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