Political Figures

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

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