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Bush Slips–Even Further Bush Slips–Even Further

Moments after the polls closed in New Hampshire on January 27, Republican National Committee chairman Ed Gillespie declared that President Bush had won 94 percent of the Republica...

Feb 2, 2004 / John Nichols

The Media and Howard Dean The Media and Howard Dean

What if we lived in a parallel universe where Howard Dean was actually treated fairly by the media? I don't mean some Deaniac bizarro world where the former Vermont governor's "I...

Feb 1, 2004 / John Nichols

Bush’s Bogus Guestworker Program Bush’s Bogus Guestworker Program

President Bush recently invited Latino immigration activists and the press to the White House to hear him unveil an important policy initiative. The President said that US immigr...

Feb 1, 2004 / Peter Rothberg

First Ladies, the Media and the War First Ladies, the Media and the War

If you're fed up with First Ladies being pigeonholed into thetraditional Laura or careerist Hillary box (or, as Timothy Noah in Slate put it, the "victim" or "bitch" box), check ...

Jan 30, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

What Are They Reading? What Are They Reading?

For a man ostensibly telling us what narcissism means to him, Tony Hoagland sure lets his friends do a lot of the talking. But maybe that's the point. In other people, he sees hi...

Jan 30, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Megan Marz

Bush Slips–Among Republicans Bush Slips–Among Republicans

FOR UPDATED FIGURES FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE'S REPUBLICAN PRIMARY, SEE "BUSH SLIPS-EVEN FURTHER" at: http://www.thenation.com/thebeat The record-high turnout in the New Hampshire Democ...

Jan 30, 2004 / John Nichols

A Stealth Tax on Wages A Stealth Tax on Wages

The White House is trying to radically restructure the federal government's revenue-raising activities.

Jan 29, 2004 / Feature / Eric Laursen

Baghdad Is Bush’s Blue Dress Baghdad Is Bush’s Blue Dress

Now, can we talk of impeachment?

Jan 29, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer

Our Man in Chile Our Man in Chile

When Chilean President Salvador Allende was overthrown in a bloody coup on September 11, 1973, the Nixon Administration declared its support for the "preservation of Chilea...

Jan 29, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Nina Englander

Men in Black Men in Black

Several generations of doomy, bookish youth have grown up listening to the Cure.

Jan 29, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Douglas Wolk

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