Will the Senate OK More Bush Spying?

Democratic leaders are poised to validate Bush's illegal surveillance, giving up even more ground than their Republican colleagues did. Why?

Ari Melber

Gandhi’s Teachings Are Alive

Mohandas K. Gandhi, killed sixty years ago, was a moment in the conscience of mankind. But the flame of hope his life inspired shapes our lives still.

Rev. Jesse L. Jackson

Exit Edwards, Stage Left

His candidacy is ended, but John Edwards should continue his campaign to make economic justice in America the Democrats' core message.

John Nichols

Noted.

A "green" Hummer, bad karma from Firestone tires at the Super Bowl, MIA at the Oscars, remembering Milton Wolff.

The Editors

Not So Superdelegates

Unelected insiders may well hold the key to the 2008 Democratic nomination. How did things become so undemocratic?

Ari Berman

Bush’s Last Hurrah

What happens when the President gives a State of the Union address and nobody listens?

The Editors

Bush’s Budget Legacy

Curb your enthusiasm. No matter who wins, we can't reverse the damage of Bush's bloated military budget.

Robert Scheer

We Might Be Giants

A Patriots Super Bowl win was written in the stars. But every once in a while, the double-digit underdog can win.

Dave Zirin

The Ron Paul Economy

OK, three-quarters of what he says is wacky. But his view of the Fed's contribution to rampant inflation is right on the money.

Nicholas von Hoffman

Disowned by the Ownership Society

Bush turns out to be the undertaker of the free market's false promises to ordinary Americans.

Naomi Klein

Ms.understanding

The magazine walks into a trap labeled "political correctness," "left-wing anti-Semitism" and "multiculturalist Islam love."

Katha Pollitt

Back to the New Frontier: A Short History of Change

Change may be the mantra, but continuity is the undertow.

Alexander Cockburn

Striking Screenwriters Drafted…

Ward Sutton

He’s Just My Bill

Calvin Trillin

Letters

InsensiNativity

Jersey City, N.J.

Katha Pollitt and Our Readers