Bringing the Protests to the Republicans Bringing the Protests to the Republicans
NEW YORK – During a week of protests against President Bush and the Republican National Convention that he will address tonight, demonstrations have taken many different forms â...
Sep 2, 2004 / John Nichols
Our Grief Is Not a Cry for War Our Grief Is Not a Cry for War
The first few days of the RNC have brought fake compassion from inside Madison Square Garden, more than 1,500 arrests in the street, and protest activity everywhere. With the con...
Sep 1, 2004 / Peter Rothberg
Zig Zag Zell Zig Zag Zell
Zell Miller has hypocrite stamped all over his forehead. It's hard to imagine anyone more Janus-faced than the Democratic Senator from Georgia. In 1992, Miller nominated Bill Cli...
Sep 1, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Arnold and Laura: It’s the War, Stupid Arnold and Laura: It’s the War, Stupid
The official theme of Night Two of GOPalooza was "People of Compassion." But the real message of the evening was, Safety First. The key moments of the eveni...
Sep 1, 2004 / David Corn
The Man in Black Bloc The Man in Black Bloc
NEW YORK -- It was a lot like a Johnny Cash song. On one side of the street, wearing their suits and gowns, were the rich and powerful celebrating the renominations of George W. ...
Sep 1, 2004 / John Nichols
Israel’s Albatross: US Neocons Israel’s Albatross: US Neocons
With friends like these, Israel doesn't need enemies.
Aug 31, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
The Rubble The Rubble
As speaker after speaker Monday night invoked the iconic image of President Bush standing amidst the rubble of Ground Zero in the days after 9/11, I had a different image--of the...
Aug 31, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
McCain v. Moore McCain v. Moore
NEW YORK -- When US Senator John McCain took a shot at film maker Michael Moore in his speech to the Republican National Convention Monday night, he had no reason to know that the...
Aug 31, 2004 / John Nichols
The McCain Fizzle The McCain Fizzle
The world is your playground/And you want to win. So sang the frontman for a little-known and unimpressive rock band named Dexter Freebish at...
Aug 31, 2004 / David Corn
RNC Has Extreme Makeover RNC Has Extreme Makeover
Remember the incessant media punditry during the Democratic National Convention--particularly pervasive on Fox and CNN--which echoed GOP claims that what viewers were seeing wasn...
Aug 30, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel