Political Figures

Christian Soldiers on the March Christian Soldiers on the March

Bush's handpicked delegates disrupt global conferences on women's rights.

Jan 16, 2003 / Feature / Jennifer Block

Memo to the Democrats Memo to the Democrats

If Congressional Democrats want to be more than George W.

Jan 9, 2003 / John Nichols

The Bush Tax Sham The Bush Tax Sham

On January 7 George W.

Jan 9, 2003 / Roger Hickey

Dixiecrats and the GOP Dixiecrats and the GOP

Why should anyone have been surprised that the senator who led the Republican Party of 2002 paid homage to the States Rights Party of 1948? Those Dixiecrats fatally extolled by...

Jan 9, 2003 / Diane McWhorter

Going Down the Road Going Down the Road

During my days as Texas agriculture commissioner, a farmer pointed out to me that you can count the seeds in an apple, but you can't count the apples in a seed.

Jan 9, 2003 / Jim Hightower

The Roamin’ Empire The Roamin’ Empire

During the 2000 campaign, candidate George W. Bush proclaimed that America must be "humble in how we treat nations that are figuring out how to chart their own course." But tha...

Jan 9, 2003 / Column / Eric Alterman

Strange Fruit Strange Fruit

I have a friend who is the only black person living in his luxury cooperative building. A few years back, there was a get-to-know-your-neighbor party.

Dec 23, 2002 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

A Sorry Lott A Sorry Lott

Trent Lott has grudgingly relinquished his grip on the Senate majority leader post, but that doesn't mean that the Republican Party has purged "the spirit of Jefferson Davis" t...

Dec 23, 2002 / The Editors

On Not Running For the Presidency On Not Running For the Presidency

We now feel warm toward Albert Gore, Who will not run in aughty-four. Most candidates, I must admit, Seem at their best the day they quit.

Dec 23, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin

The Incubator Returns! The Incubator Returns!

So onward into 2003 we go, amid INS roundups of Middle Easterners in Southern California and the grand hunt for Saddam's "material breaches," which could be a song out of Gilbe...

Dec 23, 2002 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

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