Wonderland Wonderland
It is exasperating listening to the news as we approach this most important election. The coverage is all about comparing the length of the candidate's sentences. How many big wo...
Sep 30, 2004 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
The Chastening of the Times The Chastening of the Times
On March 9, 2003, a distinguished group of high-ranking politicians and journalists descended on the Bryant Park Hotel to attend a wedding reception for the then-executive editor...
Sep 23, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Scott Sherman
Where Rather Was Right Where Rather Was Right
When it comes to presidential politics there seem to be a half-dozen narratives favored by big (and small-minded) media: Who's ahead?, "Gotcha!", the (cynical) assumption that al...
Sep 23, 2004 / Victor Navasky
Debating the Great Debate Debating the Great Debate
This essay, from the November 11, 1960 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 ...
Sep 22, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Various Contributors
‘We Lie. We Decide.’ ‘We Lie. We Decide.’
TIM RUSSERT: But, Senator, when you testified before the Senate, you talked about some of the hearings you had observed at the Winter Soldiers meeting, and you said that peop
Sep 2, 2004 / Column / Eric Alterman
Defying Convention Defying Convention
This article draws on reporting by Eyal Press, Esther Kaplan and Katha Pollitt.
Sep 2, 2004 / Liza Featherstone
Bush Bashers & the Bashers Who Bash Them Bush Bashers & the Bashers Who Bash Them
For well over a decade now, right-wingers and Republicans have heaped insult, lies and slander on liberals and Democrats, who responded for the most part by becoming starchy, sel...
Aug 26, 2004 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Billboard Barons Billboard Barons
It was a bomb that started the whole thing--an image of one anyway.
Aug 26, 2004 / David Montero
ABC’s Digital Convention Scam ABC’s Digital Convention Scam
The Center for Digital Democracy is part of a "Public Interest, Public Airwaves" coalition supporting a policy that would require broadcasters to air more public service programmin...
Aug 25, 2004 / Feature / Jeffrey Chester
Google’s ‘Haphazard’ Ad Policy Google’s ‘Haphazard’ Ad Policy
Google has been acting as a censor to any political advertising with an edge.
Aug 12, 2004 / Feature / Katherine C. Reilly