Sweet Environmental Victories Sweet Environmental Victories
In many ways, this Earth Day is a particularly somber occasion. After all, in the past year, we've seen repeated environmental debacles--most notably, the decision to open the Arc...
Apr 21, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Democratic Dishonor Roll A Democratic Dishonor Roll
April 13, 2005, was a dark day for Democrats. As House Republicans gleefully passed legislation to repeal the estate tax permanently, 42 Democrats--about on...
Apr 21, 2005 / David Corn
Letters Letters
TRADE AIN'T NOTHIN' IF IT AIN'T FREE Washington, DC
Apr 21, 2005 / Alexander Cockburn, Our Readers, and Eric Fischl
Ask Dr. Frist Ask Dr. Frist
Last month, with the Terri Schiavo case at its most hyped, two physicians, who also happen to be Republican legislators, offered free medical advice in an extraordinary melding of...
Apr 21, 2005 / Peter Rothberg
GOP Gays and the ‘Finkelstein Phenomenon’ GOP Gays and the ‘Finkelstein Phenomenon’
Same-sex marriage is a civil rights issue.
Apr 20, 2005 / Column / Robert Scheer
The Vatican’s Enforcer The Vatican’s Enforcer
The Sacred College of Cardinals is supposed to be one of the world's great deliberative bodies. Yet, despite the many challenges faced by the Catholic church, the deliberations r...
Apr 19, 2005 / John Nichols
Bush’s iPod: Take Two Bush’s iPod: Take Two
After reading that New York Times article about the President's iPod, I couldn't resist putting together a Top Ten playlist for Dubya. So, in my Editor's Cut last week, I nominate...
Apr 19, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Debriefing Scalia Debriefing Scalia
An NYU law student asks a Supreme Court Justice, "Do you sodomize your wife?"
Apr 18, 2005 / The Nation