Biography as Destiny Biography as Destiny
On his first day of testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Samuel Alito was purely political, focusing on his blue-collar roots and the accomplishments of his immigrant f...
Jan 10, 2006 / Feature / Bruce Shapiro
Do the Crime, Do No Time Do the Crime, Do No Time
There ought to be a law about bribery in America, but there isn't--not a real one. Bribery is so central to our political culture that it's virtually impossible that any politician...
Jan 6, 2006 / Nicholas von Hoffman
Jack Gordon Jack Gordon
Jack Gordon, "the unabashedly liberal conscience of Florida's State Senate," was chosen majority leader at a time when his politics should have made him an anathema. His fight agai...
Jan 5, 2006 / Molly Ivins
Ruling Class Warriors Ruling Class Warriors
House Republicans rammed through a budget bill in December that cuts $40 billion from domestic programs. Is there anyone of conscience in the Senate to defeat this?
Jan 5, 2006 / Eyal Press
Abramoff’s Sordid World Abramoff’s Sordid World
The unfolding Jack Abramoff corruption scandal exposes the hypocrisy of the GOP "revolution," which promised to restore morality to Washington but instead sank deepinto a cesspool ...
Jan 4, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer
Fixing the Torture Fix Fixing the Torture Fix
Congress has passed legislation allowing evidence obtained through torture to be used against terror suspects in court. But human rights groups and some Congressional leaders will ...
Dec 21, 2005 / Feature / Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith
A White House Response to Senator Feingold A White House Response to Senator Feingold
Chastised by Russ Feingold for extrajudicial spying, the President who would be king invokes the divine right of kings.
Dec 21, 2005 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Iraq After the Election Iraq After the Election
In the wake of the Iraqi elections, Congress must make any future funding for American forces contingent on establishing a clear-cut deadline for withdrawal to quell the insurgency...
Dec 21, 2005 / The Editors
The Ney Scandal Grows The Ney Scandal Grows
As Justice Department investigators follow the cash flow from lobbyist Jack Abramoff's influence-peddling scandal, the evidence mounts against Ohio Republican Congressman Bob Ney. ...
Dec 15, 2005 / Ari Berman
Gene McCarthy Gene McCarthy
Eugene McCarthy was a pure original, a great and good man, whose fundamental historical achievement was to be the standard-bearer for a moral and philosophical campaign against the...
Dec 15, 2005 / Books & the Arts / George McGovern