The Real Story in Boston The Real Story in Boston
Everyone agrees. The story is that there is no story. The candidates have already been chosen. The platform has been written to avoid controversy.
Jul 29, 2004 / Victor Navasky
Counting Every Vote Counting Every Vote
The Democratic platform approved this week by convention delegates in Boston contains strong language regarding the party's commitment to protect the right of Americans to vote--...
Jul 29, 2004 / The Editors
Edwards Flattens His ‘Two Americas’ Edwards Flattens His ‘Two Americas’
Is there one America or two Americas? One and a half Americas? Hours before lawyer-turned-senator John Edwards was to appear before the convention a...
Jul 29, 2004 / David Corn
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