Undemocratic Process Undemocratic Process
There has been much comment about the take-no-prisoners approach of the Congressional Republican leadership in cramming through the Medicare prescription-drug benefit this past N...
Feb 26, 2004 / Wayne S. Smith
The New Scopes Trials The New Scopes Trials
Eric Alterman and Mark Green would like to thank Jenny Stepp for her research on this article.
Feb 19, 2004 / Feature / Eric Alterman and Mark Green
A Faithful Servant A Faithful Servant
Most Americans take their system of government for granted, as if Moses himself had delivered the Constitution engraved on marble tablets.
Feb 5, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Ian Williams
Making Money on Terrorism Making Money on Terrorism
The Bush Administration's apparent motto: "Leave no defense contractor behind."
Feb 5, 2004 / Feature / William D. Hartung
Lost in Space Lost in Space
A while back, in a column calling for more arts funding, I observed that a lot more people are interested in classical music, ballet, theater and museums than are interested in s...
Jan 15, 2004 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Stuntsmanship Stuntsmanship
This essay, from the June 10, 1961, issue of The Nation, is a special selection from The Nation Digital Archive. If you want to read everything The Nation has ever published on the...
Jan 13, 2004 / The Editors
Mad Cow, Mad Policy Mad Cow, Mad Policy
When Agriculture Secretary Ann Veneman and the agribusiness insiders-turned-"regulators" who run George W.
Jan 8, 2004 / The Editors
Coverage for No One Coverage for No One
My patient John Elias, with a fixed income from Social Security and a small pension, is a perfect candidate for prescription drug coverage.
Dec 24, 2003 / Dr. Marc Siegel
GOP Hypocrisy GOP Hypocrisy
GOP pols can pass "reforms" only by exempting themselves.
Dec 23, 2003 / George Miller
Texas, Inc. Texas, Inc.
Taking privatization to extremes, a new law ends the public sector as we knew it.
Dec 18, 2003 / Feature / Kim Phillips-Fein