Politics

State Judges for Sale State Judges for Sale

In the 39 states that elect appellate judges, politicization of the bench is growing.

Aug 15, 2002 / Feature / Michael Scherer

The Men From JINSA and CSP The Men From JINSA and CSP

They want not just a US invasion of Iraq but "total war" against Arab regimes.

Aug 15, 2002 / Feature / Jason Vest

Sour Thoughts for Dog Days Sour Thoughts for Dog Days

Let's start with Cynthia McKinney. Don't you think that if Arab-American or African-American groups targeted an incumbent white, liberal, maybe Jewish, congressperson, and ship...

Aug 15, 2002 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

‘Murder by Public Policy’ ‘Murder by Public Policy’

I am writing this review in the midst of a Chicago heat wave, almost exactly seven years after the heat disaster that killed nearly 800 people in the city. The Chicago Tribune's m...

Aug 15, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Micaela di Leonardo

What Are They Reading? What Are They Reading?

BEGINNING TO SEE THE LIGHT: Sex, Hope and Rock and Roll. By Ellen Willis.

Aug 9, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Liza Featherstone

Weighing a Just War, or Settling an Old Score? Weighing a Just War, or Settling an Old Score?

In a column from 2002, Robert Scheer takes a look back at the Bush Administrations's real motivation to go to war.

Aug 6, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer

Secret Arrests Are an Odious Concept Secret Arrests Are an Odious Concept

Following the September 11 attacks, the federal government rounded up more than 1,000 people and detained them without revealing their identities.

Aug 5, 2002 / The Editors

Right & Gay & Like It That Way? Right & Gay & Like It That Way?

Right & Gay & Like It That Way? Provincetown, Mass. It was quite a surprise reading Richard Goldstein's latest attack on me and other non-leftist gay writers ["...

Aug 1, 2002 / Richard Goldstein and Andrew Sullivan

California Green Light California Green Light

Who says the good guys never win? California's new global warming law is a bona fide big deal. Signed into law by Governor Gray Davis on July 22, the global warming bill requires ...

Aug 1, 2002 / Mark Hertsgaard

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