Infotainment at the RNC Infotainment at the RNC
With the candidates in the bag, and no hope of drama, the Democratic and Republican conventions can be fairly judged only as extended advertisements for the parties that staged t...
Sep 9, 2004 / Editorial / John Sayles
Iraq and 1,000 Deaths Iraq and 1,000 Deaths
The price we are paying for George W. Bush's unnecessary and illegal war in Iraq keeps rising: The number of Americans killed in the war has now passed the 1,000 mark.
Sep 9, 2004 / Editorial / The Editors
2004: GOP Convention’s Looney Tunes 2004: GOP Convention’s Looney Tunes
Good sizzle can always sell a lousy steak.
Sep 7, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
When Red Meets Blue When Red Meets Blue
A bipartisan dialogue in this election year? In New York City? During the Republican convention?! We always knew those folks at The New School were a little nutty.
Sep 3, 2004 / Feature / Ari Berman
Now Hear This! Now Hear This!
A once-sleepy population of artists and their fans has emerged as a loud and active proponent of political change.
Sep 2, 2004 / Feature / Hillary Frey
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The Optimism of Uncertainty The Optimism of Uncertainty
The metaphor is deliberate; life is a gamble. Not to play is to foreclose any chance of winning.
Sep 2, 2004 / Feature / Howard Zinn
The Gates of Hope The Gates of Hope
This article was adapted from The Impossible Will Take a Little While: A Citizen's Guide to Hope in a Time of Fear (Basic Books, www.theimpossible.org).
Sep 2, 2004 / Feature / Victoria Safford
Hope for Human Rights Hope for Human Rights
This article was adapted from The Impossible Will Take a Little While: A Citizen's Guide to Hope in a Time of Fear (Basic Books, www.theimpossible.org).
Sep 2, 2004 / Feature / Kenneth Roth
Political Alternatives Political Alternatives
OK, I tried to watch the Republican convention on TV--I really did--but the early rounds of the US Open were playing seductively on ESPN.
Sep 2, 2004 / Editorial / William Greider
Totem and Taboo Totem and Taboo
It did not take long for a term that not long ago was slanderous to become a cliché.
Sep 2, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Ronald Steel