Dear Scooter, From Dick Dear Scooter, From Dick
October 28, 2005 MR. I. LEWIS LIBBYc/o MR. JOSEPH A. TATE, ESQ.DECHERT LLP Dear Scooter,
Oct 28, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Patrick Fitzgerald: It’s Not Over Patrick Fitzgerald: It’s Not Over
The most intriguing news with regard to special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald's investigation of the apparent effort by the Bush-Cheney administration to punish former Ambassador ...
Oct 28, 2005 / John Nichols
CIA Leak Scandal: Indictments CIA Leak Scandal: Indictments
Five counts against Scooter Libby. Making false statements to federal agents (twice). Perjury (twice). And obstruction of justice for misleading and deceivi...
Oct 28, 2005 / David Corn
Lessons From the Miers Debacle Lessons From the Miers Debacle
What have Bush and his allies learned from this sorry epidode? Intellectual substance matters. Executive privilege is not absolute. Roe v. Wade is a bear trap for the GOP.
Oct 28, 2005 / Bruce Shapiro
Web Letters Web Letters
Readers write back on the New York Times, the Delphi bankruptcy and mounting Iraqi opposition to the US-led occupation.
Oct 27, 2005 / Our Readers
The High Cost of Low Price The High Cost of Low Price
(I'm heading off to the Green Festival in San Francisco today (Nov. 4), so ActNow will take a breather until Tuesday, November 8. In the meantime, please take the time to read the...
Oct 27, 2005 / Peter Rothberg
Borking Miers Borking Miers
Was Harriet Miers Borked? Ever since Robert Bork, a right-wing darling nominated by Ronald Reagan to the Supreme Court, was defeated by a passionate...
Oct 27, 2005 / David Corn
With Miers Out, The Games Begin With Miers Out, The Games Begin
Faced with a choice of Biblical proportions, America's born-again president decided to sacrifice Harriet Miers for Karl Rove's sins. On the day when much of official Washington w...
Oct 27, 2005 / John Nichols
Madam President, Madam President Madam President, Madam President
As the backlash against women gets daily more open and absurd, our real-life female politicians seem paralyzed. It's up to television now: Run, Geena, run!
Oct 27, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Katha Pollitt
Final Days: Only 39 Months to Go Final Days: Only 39 Months to Go
On Capitol Hill there's open warfare among various factions of the Republican Party. With midterm elections looming and Bush's approval ratings tumbling, the collapse of discipline...
Oct 27, 2005 / Column / Alexander Cockburn