The Corruption Machine The Corruption Machine
At a time when the scale of corruption in Congress has risen to obscene heights, the fight to achieve a clean government has heated up–and the good Senator from Wisconsin, Russe...
Jul 24, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Torture and Lies: Who is Accountable? Torture and Lies: Who is Accountable?
Congressman Maurice Hinchey had the crowd of more than 900--packed into New York's Ethical Culture Society's sweltering auditorium this beautiful summer Saturday--on its feet. H...
Jul 23, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Terror Hysteria Gone Absurdist Terror Hysteria Gone Absurdist
Steve Kurtz is being persecuted to warn off anyone who dares to contest the joint enterprise of science, profit, Pentagon and state.
Jul 23, 2005 / Feature / Alisa Solomon
CIA Vet’s Harsh Retort to Rove’s Spinners CIA Vet’s Harsh Retort to Rove’s Spinners
I first posted the following on my blog: www.davidcorn.com. If you're obsessed with the Rove scandal, visit that s...
Jul 22, 2005 / David Corn
Patriot Games Patriot Games
If House Democrats had stuck together in opposition to moves by the Bush administration to reauthorize the worst elements of the Patriot Act, the legislation would have been defea...
Jul 22, 2005 / John Nichols
Apple’s America Apple’s America
In high school I suffered from a case of unrequited admiration; a favorite teacher barely knew my name.
Jul 21, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Natasha Degen
The Iran War Buildup The Iran War Buildup
There is no evidence that President Bush has already made the decision to attack Iran if Tehran proceeds with uranium-enrichment activities viewed in Washington as precursors t...
Jul 21, 2005 / Michael T. Klare
Sweet Victory: Governors Embrace Apollo Alliance Sweet Victory: Governors Embrace Apollo Alliance
The Apollo Alliance, one of the best progressive ideas of the millennium, gained some important new supporters last week. Six new Democratic governors--Rod Blagojevich (IL), Jim D...
Jul 20, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Stakes in Roberts’s Nomination The Stakes in Roberts’s Nomination
If you like the Patriot Act and Guantánamo, you'll love John Roberts. More than anything else, to fill Sandra Day O'Connor's seat on the Supreme Court, the Bush White House ...
Jul 20, 2005 / Bruce Shapiro
Another Activist Judge Another Activist Judge
In 1999, when he was trying to appeal to the conservative base that would eventually deliver the Republican presidential nomination to him, Candidate George W. Bush said the Supre...
Jul 20, 2005 / John Nichols