Band of Brothers–Brother! Band of Brothers–Brother!
Following up on Ari's post about the Band of Brothers, those military veterans running for Congress as Democrats. The theory is that as former soldiers they will be immunized ag...
Feb 10, 2006 / Katha Pollitt
Rove Comes Calling Rove Comes Calling
Is the White House coming begging to Senate Minority Leader HarryReid? "Karl Rove's back and there's no doubt about that," Reid remarkedat a one-hour on-the-recor...
Feb 10, 2006 / Ari Berman
Our Own ‘Downing Street Memo’? Our Own ‘Downing Street Memo’?
For those who had any doubts that the Bush Administration manipulatedintelligence to take us into a disastrous, unprovoked and unnecessarywar, Walter Pincus's &nbs...
Feb 10, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
About that Ban on Drawing Muhammad… About that Ban on Drawing Muhammad…
Most comments about the Danish cartoons of Muhammad assert that Muslims believe it is completely taboo to depict him, period. But is the ban on depicting the prophet really so seve…
Feb 9, 2006 / Katha Pollitt
Beyond Chanukah Beyond Chanukah
So George doesn't know Jack? How then to explain the emails between Abramoff and Washingtonian editor Kim Eisler, published today by Think Progress? First, Abramoff explains his d...
Feb 8, 2006 / Ari Berman
‘Leave No Child Behind’? ‘Leave No Child Behind’?
President Bush can't seem to tell people enough times, in enough ways, about his self-proclaimed determination to "leave no child behind." The most recent occurrence cam...
Feb 8, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Fightin’ Dems Fightin’ Dems
Those critics who systematically caricature the Democratic Party as "soft on defense" should've headed down to the National Mall in Washington on this brisk Wednesday mor...
Feb 8, 2006 / Ari Berman
George’s Curious Tricks and Gimmicks George’s Curious Tricks and Gimmicks
Despite his best efforts, George Bush's recent budget places his values in plain view for all of America to see. Mr. Bush plans to cut $65 billion from domestic spending on progra...
Feb 8, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
To Bash Or Not To Bash? To Bash Or Not To Bash?
Los Angeles-based Gay Republican activist and blogger Scott Schmidt worries that his party –-in the run-up to the November elections-- is about to take a suicidal turn tow...
Feb 8, 2006 / Marc Cooper
The Sacred and the Profane The Sacred and the Profane
Christine's last post on the American Family Association's successful scuttling of "anti-Christian" television programming makes an interesting counterpoint to much of th...
Feb 8, 2006 / Richard Kim