Politics

Faith-based Journalism: The Refs Work Themselves Faith-based Journalism: The Refs Work Themselves

Even though we've lived with it for more than thirty years now, it's hard not to marvel at the effectiveness of the right's campaign to intimidate, cajole and complain their way ...

Oct 28, 2004 / Column / Eric Alterman

Voting Blocks Voting Blocks

Six more days till the election. As of this writing (October 27), nothing is certain. The election polls are bouncing around like yo-yos.

Oct 28, 2004 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Letter From Ground Zero Letter From Ground Zero

As the final week of the campaign season expires (this column goes to press on October 27), George W.

Oct 28, 2004 / Jonathan Schell

Bill Clinton Joins the Campaign Bill Clinton Joins the Campaign

The party knows he has some faults, But what he has they need: That's schmaltz. And what he doesn't look is French. So Bubba's coming off the bench.

Oct 28, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Nader’s Flawed Calculus Nader’s Flawed Calculus

From the start of his independent campaign for the presidency early this year, Ralph Nader constantly argued that he would draw as many or more votes from Republican George W.

Oct 28, 2004 / John Nichols

Taking Liberties Taking Liberties

As I write, several days before the election, Congress's last-minute effort to enact the 9/11 Commission's recommendations appears to have stalled, largely because of disagreemen...

Oct 28, 2004 / David Cole

Antifeminists Hit Iraq Antifeminists Hit Iraq

As the right wing's antifeminist front, the sisters of the Independent Women's Forum have been such a hit in this country that they're now getting taxpayer money to take their ac...

Oct 28, 2004 / Laura Flanders and Laura Ross

Fix the Electoral System Fix the Electoral System

Before most votes were cast in the November 2 presidential election, and before any of them were counted, tens of millions of Americans worried about whether the nation's patchwo...

Oct 28, 2004 / The Editors

The Rehnquist Election The Rehnquist Election

This election is a referendum on William Rehnquist's Supreme Court.

Oct 26, 2004 / Bruce Shapiro

Eminem Aims at Bush Eminem Aims at Bush

"Mosh" could be one of the most overtly political pop music videos ever produced.

Oct 26, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Sam Graham-Felsen

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