Politics

HRC: Can’t Get No Respect HRC: Can’t Get No Respect

If people keep making sexist attacks against Hillary Clinton, I may just have to vote for her. That means you, Elizabeth Edwards!

Nov 6, 2006 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Memo to Kerry: Criticize, Don’t Apologize Memo to Kerry: Criticize, Don’t Apologize

John Kerry should stop being nice about the Deserter in Chief. He should be reminding voters that the President who has sent more than 3,000 US soldiers and allies and untold thous...

Nov 3, 2006 / Feature / Ian Williams

Bring Democracy Home Bring Democracy Home

To repair our broken voting system, declare Election Day a holiday, establish national election standards and require reliable voting machines and a paper trail.

Nov 3, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Gutting of the Civil Service The Gutting of the Civil Service

The Bush Administration has so politicized government agencies that an entire culture of civil service professionals is being replaced by conservative political operatives loyal on...

Nov 2, 2006 / Feature / Dan Zegart

The Message of Campaign 2006 The Message of Campaign 2006

As things stand in organized politics today, a purely formal protest against what the GOP has done to America is the most we can hope for.

Nov 2, 2006 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Driving Planned Parenthood Driving Planned Parenthood

Cecile Richards, Planned Parenthood's new president, leads an organization searching for new national strategies, as a crucial vote in South Dakota tests its grassroots clout.

Nov 2, 2006 / Feature / Jennifer Baumgardner

Rick Santorum’s Beastly Politics Rick Santorum’s Beastly Politics

Dogged by a history of crude responses to abortion, euthanasia and gay marriage, Pennsylvania Republican Senator Rick Santorum is trailing his Democratic foe. But a cadre of influe...

Nov 1, 2006 / Feature / Max Blumenthal

What Bush Has Wrought What Bush Has Wrought

We are now led by a false warrior who acts the simpleton, while playing to his version of what Middle America wants. To stop the madness, on November 7 voters must soundly repudiat...

Nov 1, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Robert Scheer

The Torture Election The Torture Election

The GOP's one-party rule has created a constitutional crisis that threatens America's future. By pulling the right lever on November 7, voters can throw this party out of office.

Oct 30, 2006 / Feature / Jonathan Schell

Character Assassin Character Assassin

Republican adman Scott Howell has racked up a startling Democratic body count with his signature hyperemotional style. Will his attack on Harold Ford Jr. succeed or backfire?

Oct 30, 2006 / Feature / Max Blumenthal

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