On the Wal-Mart Money Trail On the Wal-Mart Money Trail
As the nation's wealthiest family, the Waltons could be a force for social good. But when they choose to spend their fortune lobbying for pet projects, tax cuts and charter schools...
Nov 3, 2005 / Feature / Liza Featherstone
Abramoff’s Last Stand Abramoff’s Last Stand
Senator John McCain's latest Senate inquiry into über-lobbyist Jack Abramoff strikes deep in the corrupt heart of the Bush Administration.
Nov 3, 2005 / Feature / Ari Berman
The Power of Fear The Power of Fear
Jill Lepore's New York Burning paints a realistic portrait of a purported slave rebellion in 1741 and the hysteria that followed, a harrowing lesson of how abusers of power become ...
Nov 2, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Russell Shorto
Senate Democrats Show Some Spine Senate Democrats Show Some Spine
Senate minority leader Harry Reid forced Republicans into a closed-door session Tuesday to examine the Administration's use and misuse of intelligence on Iraq. Could Democrats fina...
Nov 1, 2005 / Feature / John Nichols
Serious Questions for Samuel A. Alito Jr. Serious Questions for Samuel A. Alito Jr.
Questions for Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito Jr.: What are the rights of an individual before the law? Are these rights any different from what Alito views as the rights of ...
Nov 1, 2005 / Morton Mintz
Can Dems Say ‘Finito’ to ‘Scalito’? Can Dems Say ‘Finito’ to ‘Scalito’?
If the nomination of Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court becomes the titanic battle that both sides in the judicial wars have been anticipating for years, Democrats must create a new...
Oct 31, 2005 / David Corn
Did Cheney Know Plame Was Undercover? Did Cheney Know Plame Was Undercover?
The indictment of I. Lewis Libby indictment casts Vice President Dick Cheney in a key role in the CIA leak investigation: It suggests Cheney had reason to suspect Valerie Wilson wa...
Oct 31, 2005 / Feature / David Corn
Lessons From the Miers Debacle Lessons From the Miers Debacle
What have Bush and his allies learned from this sorry epidode? Intellectual substance matters. Executive privilege is not absolute. Roe v. Wade is a bear trap for the GOP.
Oct 28, 2005 / Bruce Shapiro
Final Days: Only 39 Months to Go Final Days: Only 39 Months to Go
On Capitol Hill there's open warfare among various factions of the Republican Party. With midterm elections looming and Bush's approval ratings tumbling, the collapse of discipline...
Oct 27, 2005 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Another Miracle From Bill Frist Another Miracle From Bill Frist
The doctor who proved himself a master of distant diagosis has one more trick up his sleeve.
Oct 27, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Calvin Trillin