Government

ALEC Meets His Match ALEC Meets His Match

Challenging the right's powerhouse.

May 22, 2003 / Feature / John Nichols

The Judiciary Wars The Judiciary Wars

Senate Democrats, who were so divided on the war and tax cuts, are holding together impressively to stop the Worst of the Worst of President Bush's judicial nominees.

May 15, 2003 / Jack Newfield

Axing Higher Ed Axing Higher Ed

One of the many casualties of our national obsession with the war on Iraq is the emerging crisis of America's public colleges and universities.

May 1, 2003 / Stanley Aronowitz

The Republican Party’s Goal Is to Destroy the Federal Government

The Republican Party’s Goal Is to Destroy the Federal Government The Republican Party’s Goal Is to Destroy the Federal Government

For years, their driving ambition has been to get government “down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub.”  

Apr 24, 2003 / Feature / William Greider

Pride and Prejudice Pride and Prejudice

How do we know the economy is in bad shape? Unemployed white male hotshots are back in the news. "This man used to make $300,000 a year," reads the New York Times Magazine's co...

Apr 17, 2003 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Sacrifice Is for Suckers Sacrifice Is for Suckers

In his address to the nation on the eve of the invasion of Iraq, George W.

Apr 10, 2003 / Robert L. Borosage

The Washington Wars The Washington Wars

By the start of the third week of war, Bush was bogged down in Mesopotamia and Washington.

Apr 3, 2003 / David Corn

Third-Rail Politics Third-Rail Politics

George W. Bush has raised the stakes for Election 2000 by calling for the privatization of Social Security.

Apr 1, 2003 / The Editors

Respectfully Yours Respectfully Yours

Richard Sennett is best known in the United States for his 1972 book (written with Jonathan Cobb), The Hidden Injuries of Class. That study of white working-class men, how they...

Mar 27, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Linda Gordon

Frost at Foggy Bottom Frost at Foggy Bottom

Is the government's foreign policy apparatus a casualty of war? The recent resignations of two career State Department officials, who left to protest George W.

Mar 20, 2003 / David Corn

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