Postcards From Boston
Little Richard and the Dems
Print Magazine
August 16, 2004 Issue
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Editorial
Letter From Ground Zero
"During the Vietnam War, many young men, including the current President, the Vice President and me, could have gone to Vietnam and didn't. John Kerry came from a privileged b...
Time’s Up
It's been four years since the International AIDS Conference was first held in the developing world, in Durban, South Africa, and activists' demand for universal treatment acc...
The 9/11 Report
While George W. Bush has been President, we've had two of the biggest intelligence screw-ups in US history.
A Social Occasion
When organizers were planning the Boston Social Forum, they envisioned a gathering that would counter the Democratic National Convention in every way.
The Real Story in Boston
Everyone agrees. The story is that there is no story. The candidates have already been chosen. The platform has been written to avoid controversy.
Counting Every Vote
The Democratic platform approved this week by convention delegates in Boston contains strong language regarding the party's commitment to protect the right of Americans to vot...
Column
Ditch the Distraction in Chief
Last month, I reluctantly joined the Anybody But Bush camp. It was "Bush in a Box" that finally got me, a gag gift my brother gave my father on his sixty-sixth birthday.
He’s the (Any)One
Can someone win the presidency entirely on the basis of a negative asset?
Let’s Not Devalue Ourselves
It says something about the iron grip of the culture wars on our politics that no less a liberal than John Kerry--with his 100 percent ratings from NARAL, Human Rights Campaig...
Feature
Sharp Tongues for Sharpton
Why did the pundits declare the Reverend's rousing DNC address to be "off-message"?
Identity Politics
While controversy rages across the country over whether computerized voting machines may result in lost or manipulated votes, there is another change in the election system th...
A Republican Count?
About half of the largest ballot-counting corporation, Election Systems & Software (ES&S), is owned by the Omaha World-Herald Company, which publishes the city's conse...
Books & the Arts
What Are They Reading?
I could hardly believe it when I heard Jane Jacobs was still alive and that she had written a new book, Dark Age Ahead, at the age of 88.
Shadows and Smog
I paid to see Will Smith fight legions of robots, and what I got was a trip back to Wabash Street.
Holy Water
Walden Pond is America's environmental holy land, the naturalist's sacred site and Concord's local swimming pool.
Latin America’s Longest War
In May, Jan Egeland, the United Nations Undersecretary for Humanitarian Affairs, called a news conference in New York to declare publicly what he had been warning people about...
He’s the (Any)One
Can someone win the presidency entirely on the basis of a negative asset?
