New Federal Hires New Federal Hires
So Elliott Abrams (the felon) is back, And Poindexter's now a big cheese. High-level appointments now favor the guys With rap sheets instead of CVs.
Dec 12, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin
A New New Deal? A New New Deal?
The same week that New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg announced his plans to close eight city firehouses, Mike Wallace, John Jay College professor and bard of New York, held a ...
Dec 12, 2002 / Kim Phillips-Fein
Making the Connections Making the Connections
A sense of the larger picture is growing among US citizens, notably, though not only, among a young generation, along with a revulsion against official and corporate contempt f...
Dec 12, 2002 / Adrienne Rich
Will Democrats Step Up? Will Democrats Step Up?
It's still the economy, stupid. The President gets it.
Dec 12, 2002 / Robert L. Borosage
Show-and-Tell Time Show-and-Tell Time
For a brief moment one could almost believe that the US march toward war with Iraq had paused.
Dec 12, 2002 / The Editors
Lott Should Resign Lott Should Resign
Among the obscenities accumulating in the political atmosphere, the most disgusting may be Trent Lott.
Dec 12, 2002 / The Editors
Trent Lott’s “Uptown Klan” Trent Lott’s “Uptown Klan”
The incredible thing about the controversy surrounding soon-to-be Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott's kissing up to the racist legacy of Strom Thurmond is that anyone thinks it is...
Dec 12, 2002 / John Nichols
Thank You, Philip Berrigan Thank You, Philip Berrigan
Thousands of mourners braved sub-freezing temperatures in West Baltimore on Monday to say farewell to an infantry lieutenant turned Roman Catholic priest, remembered as a father, ...
Dec 11, 2002 / Peter Rothberg
Cool, Clear, Water–For a Price Cool, Clear, Water–For a Price
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Dec 11, 2002 / Our Readers
Mainstreaming the Antiwar Movement? Mainstreaming the Antiwar Movement?
It was at the time of the October 26 antiwar rally in Washington--where tens of thousands of demonstrators heard speakers oppose war against Iraq and
Dec 10, 2002 / David Corn