McCain vs. Obama McCain vs. Obama
In case you weren't paying attention, since yesterday there's been a very public war of words between the Senate's two most hyped members, Barack Obama and John McCain, over lobbyi...
Feb 7, 2006 / Ari Berman
Christians Dodge Spears Christians Dodge Spears
NBC has abandoned, in the words of the American Family Association website , its plans to "Attack Christians with Spears." Britney Spears, that is. The pop sensation tur...
Feb 7, 2006 / Christine Smallwood
It’s Ken (Mehlman) Who Has Anger Management Problems It’s Ken (Mehlman) Who Has Anger Management Problems
GOP Chairman, Ken Mehlman, made the talk show rounds on Sunday in order to dismiss Hillary Clinton as a woman who "seems to have a lot of anger." And what was Mehlman's ...
Feb 7, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Why We Fight Why We Fight
The twin headlines on the front page of the Washington Post today, "Gonzales Defends Surveillance," and "Bush's Budget Bolsters Pentagon," made me think of Euge...
Feb 7, 2006 / Ari Berman
Going Postal Going Postal
Did you see last week's horrifying stories about the shootings at the Southern California mail distribution center? A 44 year old woman shot three employees in a parking lot, and t...
Feb 7, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Boehner’s Broken Promises Boehner’s Broken Promises
In his victory over Roy Blunt to replace Tom DeLay as House Majority Leader, John Boehner ran as the reformer. This weekend he hit the Sunday talk shows to explain just which refor...
Feb 6, 2006 / Ari Berman
Texas Judge Denounces New Bankruptcy Law Texas Judge Denounces New Bankruptcy Law
I received this email from my colleague Doug Henwood last week: A bankruptcy judge in Texas, by all accounts a sober and respected fellow, wrote the attached opinion, denouncing ...
Feb 6, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Arnie’s Favorite Double Dipper Arnie’s Favorite Double Dipper
To some California conservatives, she's no less than Satan. To Governor Schwarzenegger, she's his Chief of Staff and his favorite Democrat. To some reformers, she's the embodiment ...
Feb 6, 2006 / Marc Cooper
Nipplegate’s Legacy Nipplegate’s Legacy
Though it has only been two years since it made its live debut on national television, Janet Jackson's right nipple has already left an indelible mark on American society. Many tho...
Feb 5, 2006 / Richard Kim
Detroit: Super Bowl City on the Brink Detroit: Super Bowl City on the Brink
Must read article--by The Nation's very own sportswriter Dave Zirin--about the bacchanalia atmosphere of the Super Bowl set against the ravaged backdrop of America's most impoveris...
Feb 5, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel