A Reply to Peter Beinart A Reply to Peter Beinart
In my last column, I focused on the Kerry campaign's inability to articulate an alternative national security strategy.
Dec 22, 2004 / Column / Eric Alterman
Jack Newfield Jack Newfield
Our friend Jack Newfield, who died on December 20, was a fight fan. Although his heart was with the peace movement, his love for this violent sport was appropriate in a number of...
Dec 22, 2004 / The Editors
On the Reappointment of John Snow as Secretary of the Treasury On the Reappointment of John Snow as Secretary of the Treasury
The people in the know said Snow Was someone who would have to go. The dollar's at an all-time low. On Wall Street, numbers fail to grow.
Dec 22, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Cincinnati’s ‘Beacon’ Cincinnati’s ‘Beacon’
"Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty, I'm free at last!" Nope, not the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Dec 22, 2004 / Thomas A. Dutton and Rev. Damon Lynch III
Wrong for Civil Rights Wrong for Civil Rights
When Mary Frances Berry resigned as chair of the Commission on Civil Rights on December 7, the media's harsh, fleeting spotlight on Berry's purported combativeness distracted rea...
Dec 22, 2004 / Susan Eaton
Seeds of Hope Seeds of Hope
At the close of 2004, progressives can be forgiven for feeling they've found themselves in a particularly bleak midwinter.
Dec 22, 2004 / The Editors
The GOP’s Sabotage of Social Security The GOP’s Sabotage of Social Security
The President considers my longevity a grave threat to the nation.
Dec 21, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
Debunking ‘Centrism’ Debunking ‘Centrism’
It's what corporations want, not the public.
Dec 16, 2004 / Feature / David Sirota
Down and Out in Discount America Down and Out in Discount America
It's the poor who make Wal-Mart tick.
Dec 16, 2004 / Feature / Liza Featherstone
Stuff These Stockings (Please) Stuff These Stockings (Please)
Another holiday season--and only a year after the last one. How did that happen?
Dec 16, 2004 / Column / Katha Pollitt