Taking Liberties Taking Liberties
On April 20, Solicitor General Ted Olson told the Supreme Court that the federal courts could not question the indefinite detention of "enemy combatants" held at Guantánam...
Apr 22, 2004 / David Cole
Bush’s New Iraq Viceroy Bush’s New Iraq Viceroy
Like dirty money, tainted reputations can be laundered, as the Administration fervently hopes in the case of John Negroponte. Now UN ambassador, Negroponte has been chosen by G...
Apr 22, 2004 / David Corn
Pastrami & Champagne Pastrami & Champagne
Three decades ago Winston Churchill's grandson asked Ariel Sharon how Israel should deal with the Palestinians. "We'll make a pastrami sandwich out of them," he replied.
Apr 22, 2004 / Adam Shatz and Roane Carey
Letter From Ground Zero Letter From Ground Zero
Halfway through Tim Russert's hourlong interview with Demo- cratic presidential nominee Senator John Kerry on April 18, there was an exchange that revealed in microcosm some of...
Apr 22, 2004 / Jonathan Schell
We Were Ready We Were Ready
CHORUS We were ready-- Oh, so ready. Sure, it happened, but those were the breaks. And remember That we never, ever make mistakes.
Apr 22, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Marching for Women’s Lives Marching for Women’s Lives
As the inimitable Molly Ivins wrote in her syndicated column today, this Sunday's March for Women's Lives "is not just about choice on abortion but literally about life or deat...
Apr 21, 2004 / Peter Rothberg
Take Back Our Rights Take Back Our Rights
Click here to read how you can get involved in the April 25 March for Women's Lives.
Apr 21, 2004 / The Editors
With God on His Side… With God on His Side…
So, it was a holy war, a new crusade. No wonder George W. Bush could lie to Congress and the American public with such impunity while keeping the key members of his Cabinet in th...
Apr 21, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
Meet ALICE Meet ALICE
It isn't sexy. In fact, it's not even something that most people even notice. But local government in thousands of counties, cities and towns--with more than 490,000 elected offi...
Apr 21, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel