The Convention’s Agitator-in-Chief The Convention’s Agitator-in-Chief
BOSTON--Michael Moore was set to leave this Democratic National Convention city today on his way to Los Angeles, where the maker of the hit film "Fahrenheit 9-11" will appear on "...
Jul 29, 2004 / John Nichols
Democratic Futures Democratic Futures
Political conventions are about the future. I don't mean that in the way scores of podium speakers have been saying, This election will decide the f...
Jul 28, 2004 / David Corn
Networks Missed a Historic Speech Networks Missed a Historic Speech
BOSTON -- When Barack Obama was delivering the finest keynote address heard at a Democratic National Convention since Mario Cuomo's 1984 speech in San Francisco, the nation's broa...
Jul 28, 2004 / John Nichols
And the Platform Says What? And the Platform Says What?
Did you know that, according to a New York Times/CBS News poll, nine out of ten delegates gathered in Boston think the US should not have gone to war in Iraq and say the gains fr...
Jul 28, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Michael Moore Hits Cambridge Michael Moore Hits Cambridge
To strains of "You're Still The One," Senator Edward Kennedy exited stage left, surrounded by family--heading to a tribute at Boston Symphony Hall. "The only thing we have to fear...
Jul 28, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
An Excuse-Spouting Bush Is Busted by the 9/11 Report An Excuse-Spouting Bush Is Busted by the 9/11 Report
Before, incompetence and sloth; after, lies and the wrong war.
Jul 27, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
Protest Pit is a Dark, Shadowy Place Protest Pit is a Dark, Shadowy Place
Many Americans oppose the war in Iraq, and they want to vote for a party that will bring the troops home. The Democratic Party has not promised to do that, which is why antiwar p...
Jul 27, 2004 / Peter Rothberg
‘Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive’ ‘Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive’
Just as I thought they were going to start playing Johnny Mercer/Harold Arlen's oldie "Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive (Mister in-Between)" in the convention hall, former President...
Jul 27, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
No Longer Pushing the Death Penalty No Longer Pushing the Death Penalty
BOSTON -- The Democratic party platform that will be adopted this week includes one particularly significant change from the platforms adopted by the party conventions of 1992, 19...
Jul 27, 2004 / John Nichols