Political Ideologies

Hitler in Virginia Hitler in Virginia

Two offensive attack ads in the Virginia governor's race have backfired on Republican candidate Jerry Kilgore and his attack-dog media consultant. Does this mean GOP smear tactics ...

Oct 26, 2005 / Feature / Max Blumenthal

The War of the Liberals The War of the Liberals

Power and the Idealists clings to the notion that the Iraq War was waged for humanitarian ideals, while At the Point of a Gun documents the inner torment of humanitarian interventi...

Oct 26, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Holmes

Kaine Country Kaine Country

It's a tight race, but if Tim Kaine becomes the next governor of Virginia, Democrats gain what they desperately need to win back Congress: a big win in a Southern state.

Oct 20, 2005 / Feature / John Nichols

Wrong About the Right Wrong About the Right

Progressives lack a common set of that tie a movement together. But they can build on conservatives' proven strategy of slowly creating a broad consensus.

Oct 20, 2005 / Feature / Jean Hardisty and Deepak Bhargava

Corrupt, Incompetent and ‘Off Center’ Corrupt, Incompetent and ‘Off Center’

With leading Republicans facing the slammer and Bush in a tailspin, fate has given liberals a huge opportunity. Americans already share our values--we need a new language to help c...

Oct 20, 2005 / Column / Eric Alterman

Reassuring the Right Reassuring the Right

Though her style is not dramatic, Harriet Miers is definitely enough of a fanatic to sit on the Bush Supreme Court.

Oct 13, 2005 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Spreading the Dough Spreading the Dough

How can the left build a new majority? EMILY's List has a big piece of the answer.

Oct 12, 2005 / Feature / Ruth Conniff

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 Young Chickenhawks The Young Chickenhawks

Young Republican activists on campus love George W. Bush and zealously support the war. But are they willing to fight? Not really.

Oct 12, 2005 / Clarisse Profilet

With Friends Like This… With Friends Like This…

An endorsement from James Dobson is scary enough, but the vituperative attack on Harriet Miers by the right raises other questions about why some conservatives are agitated about h...

Oct 11, 2005 / Column / Robert Scheer

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