The Emperor’s Powers The Emperor’s Powers
The Bush Administration believes it can ignore the rule of law--in pursuit of torture, Pentagon surveillance of antiwar groups and now, domestic spying. We must continue to insist ...
Dec 21, 2005 / David Cole
Bush’s High Crimes Bush’s High Crimes
A belligerent President has vowed that warrantless domestic spying will continue. He also hopes to quash open debate of the issue in Congress on security grounds. Given the palpabl...
Dec 21, 2005 / The Editors
The Hidden State Steps Forward The Hidden State Steps Forward
The Bush Administration is not a dictatorship, but it has all the markings of one in embryonic form. Bush has declared himself to be above the law, and members of Congress have no ...
Dec 20, 2005 / Jonathan Schell
Middlemarch Middlemarch
The GOP is an object of popular loathing, yet prospects seem dim for ousting it from power. Three new books explain why: Off Center explores the GOP's genius for subverting the mec...
Dec 15, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Eyal Press
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
Hypocrisy Trumps Clemency Hypocrisy Trumps Clemency
The refusal of the California governor, who built his fame feeding adolescent fantasies of killing, to grant clemency to a former gang leader who tried to dissuade kids from violen...
Dec 14, 2005 / Feature / Bruce Shapiro
Pro-Alito Buzz Cloaks a Draconian Agenda Pro-Alito Buzz Cloaks a Draconian Agenda
Advocates of Samuel A. Alito's nomination to the US Supreme Court praise him for "judicial restraint" and "not legislating from the bench." But the buzzwords conceal a political ag...
Dec 13, 2005 / Feature / Seth Rosenthal
Wrongly Held, Never Tried, Fighting Back Wrongly Held, Never Tried, Fighting Back
The Tipton Three embody a nightmare scenario of the "war on terror": Young British men visiting Pakistan for a wedding wound up accused of terrorism in Afghanistan, imprisoned and ...
Dec 9, 2005 / Feature / Sarah Goldstein
Democracy for Sale Democracy for Sale
A trove of new documents detailing the corruption and influence-peddling by Jack Abramoff, Ralph Reed and Tom DeLay is sweeping the high-minded prophets of the Republican revolutio...
Dec 7, 2005 / Column / Robert Scheer
Reprehensible Reprehensible
Dick Cheney channels Nat King Cole in an unforgettable rendition of the meaning of the word "reprehensible."
Dec 1, 2005 / Column / Calvin Trillin