Letter From Uganda Letter From Uganda
For two years, journalist Andrew Rice lived in Uganda as a fellow of the Institute of Current World Affairs.
Aug 12, 2004 / Feature / Andrew Rice
Global Fights Go Local Global Fights Go Local
Missouri Governor Bob Holden learned how volatile globalization issues have become when his Democratic primary challenger, Claire McCaskill, started banging away on him for offsh...
Aug 12, 2004 / Feature / John Nichols
Devolve This! Devolve This!
Progressives urgently need a strategy to take back the states from the GOP.
Aug 12, 2004 / Feature / Joel Rogers
Fables of the Reconstruction Fables of the Reconstruction
The effort to rebuild Iraq looks less like an aid mission than a criminal racket.
Aug 12, 2004 / Feature / Christian Parenti
Closing the ‘Religion Gap’ Closing the ‘Religion Gap’
Bringing more churchgoers into the fold poses a complex challenge for Democrats.
Aug 12, 2004 / Feature / Eyal Press
PBS Adds Insult to Injury PBS Adds Insult to Injury
Click here to ask PBS CEO Patricia Mitchell to reconsider the network's new conservative slant. CORRECTION: The Dow Jones Corporation's total revenue (not profit) topped $1.5 bil...
Aug 12, 2004 / Column / Eric Alterman
Nation Notes Nation Notes
Sidney Morgenbesser, the philosopher's philosopher, died on August 1. Sidney was one of a kind.
Aug 12, 2004 / The Nation
Bush, After Saying He’ll Cede Hollywood to the Democrats Because He Has the Regular People Behind Him, Sings a Song to That Effect, to the Tune of That Old Bush, After Saying He’ll Cede Hollywood to the Democrats Because He Has the Regular People Behind Him, Sings a Song to That Effect, to the Tune of That Old
Regular people, just plain working folks Always stood out in my eyes. I scorn all those people who drink wine instead Of eating Frito pies.
Aug 12, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Sex, Lies and Politics Sex, Lies and Politics
Throwing a bone to its sex-obsessed religious base, the GOP has slipped an abstinence activist into its convention mix of mostly moderate speakers.
Aug 12, 2004 / Lara Riscol
Press Watch Press Watch
A silver lining amid the dismal outpouring of news from Iraq has been the unbroken parade of conservative (and liberal hawk) commentators who now admit--with mea culpas, half-apo...
Aug 12, 2004 / Scott Sherman