Victory in 2004–and Beyond Victory in 2004–and Beyond
The prospect of hanging, Dr. Johnson said, concentrates the mind wonderfully. The threat posed by George W.
Jul 15, 2004 / Feature / Katrina vanden Heuvel and Robert L. Borosage
A People’s Democratic Platform A People’s Democratic Platform
Howard Dean, George McGovern, Walter Cronkite, Ellen Chesler, Margaret Cho, George Lakoff, Bakari Kitwana, John Brademas, Arthur Miller, John Sayles, Chuck Close, Andrew Jay Schwar...
Jul 15, 2004 / Feature / The Nation
The Liberal State The Liberal State
In Kerry's Massachusetts, established power meets the reform impulse.
Jul 15, 2004 / Feature / Charles P. Pierce
Slow-Gear Democrats Slow-Gear Democrats
In many ways, Senator John Kerry is the perfect candidate for the Democratic Party--handsome and serious, well regarded if not widely loved, deeply experienced in governing polic...
Jul 15, 2004 / William Greider
Out With Gerrymanders! Out With Gerrymanders!
This April, in the case of Vieth v. Jubelirer, the Supreme Court came close to burying any hope of curing one of the worst diseases in our ailing democracy--the partisan gerryman...
Jul 1, 2004 / Herman Schwartz
Unfulfilled Promise Unfulfilled Promise
Jim Weinstein has spent most of his adult life writing about the failures and possibilities of the American left.
Jun 21, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Joel Rogers
The Soros Slander Campaign Continues The Soros Slander Campaign Continues
We return this week to the conservative crusade to destroy the reputation of financier and philanthropist George Soros.
Jun 17, 2004 / Column / Eric Alterman
Reagan’s Politics of Passion Reagan’s Politics of Passion
Rest assured that the radical reworking of history that America witnessed in the hours after Ronald Reagan died Saturday at age 93 will be temporary.
Jun 8, 2004 / John Nichols
66 Things to Think About When Flying Into Reagan National Airport 66 Things to Think About When Flying Into Reagan National Airport
The firing of the air traffic controllers, winnable nuclear war, recallable nuclear missiles, trees that cause pollution, Elliott Abrams lying to Congress, ketchup as a vegetabl...
Jun 8, 2004 / David Corn
The Age of Reaganism The Age of Reaganism
Not since the era of the late junior Senator from Wisconsin has an American political figure given this country an eponymous ism.
Jun 7, 2004 / Feature / Andrew Kopkind