Political Figures

Torture on the Hill Torture on the Hill

War crimes are the darkest expression of the moral degradation that permeates the White House. Bush's threat to veto the Senate's anti-torture measure frames a crisis of law and le...

Oct 13, 2005 / The Editors

Is the Terminator in Free-Fall? Is the Terminator in Free-Fall?

Once seen as the vehicle of hope and reform, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger looks increasingly like an oil-burning jalopy of politics-as-usual.

Oct 12, 2005 / Feature / Marc Cooper

The First Time Was Tragedy… The First Time Was Tragedy…

As the Bush Administration's incompetence turns Iraq into a terrorist training camp, Americans should look to FDR, who waged war for unavoidable threats, not ideology, while still ...

Oct 6, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman

I Think I Heard a Liberal Say I Think I Heard a Liberal Say

For working in the shadows of K Street pay-to-play, here's to The Hammer getting the slammer.

Oct 6, 2005 / Column / Calvin Trillin

A New Gilbert and Sullivan Song About George W. Bush as a Take-Charge Guy A New Gilbert and Sullivan Song About George W. Bush as a Take-Charge Guy

Where normal human beings see a storm-devastated community, George W. Bush sees only a photo opportunity.

Sep 29, 2005 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Peaceniks Flood DC Peaceniks Flood DC

Last week's antiwar rally in Washington sent a single, unequivocal message: At home and abroad, the Bush Administration is a complete failure.

Sep 29, 2005 / Liza Featherstone

‘The Hammer’ Gets Hit ‘The Hammer’ Gets Hit

Tom DeLay's indictment on criminal conspiracy charges comes at a moment of acute public awareness of the culture of corruption the GOP has created. What happens next is up to the D...

Sep 28, 2005 / Ari Berman

Roberts’s Queer Reasoning on AIDS Roberts’s Queer Reasoning on AIDS

When John G. Roberts Jr. counseled President Ronald Reagan on AIDS policies, did he willfully perpetuate the myth that AIDS can be spread by casual contact?

Sep 26, 2005 / Feature / David W. Webber

Bush Finally Sees Poor People Bush Finally Sees Poor People

It takes a hurricane to raise awareness that the numbers of poor people are growing on George Bush's watch. Will that be enough for the President to begin to level the playing fiel...

Sep 20, 2005 / Column / Robert Scheer

America’s Imaginary Frontier America’s Imaginary Frontier

America's narcissism and willful blindness to its own moral failings have been placed in sharp relief as the nation fitfully responds to the needs of storm victims.

Sep 13, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Norman Birnbaum

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