The Redistricting Wars The Redistricting Wars
The Republican drive represents a power grab unprecedented in scale and timing.
Dec 11, 2003 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky
Target: George Soros Target: George Soros
To declare oneself an unapologetic liberal in mainstream political debate these days is to invite abuse.
Dec 11, 2003 / Column / Eric Alterman
A Win for Campaign Reform A Win for Campaign Reform
In a 5-to-4 decision as we went to press, the Supreme Court upheld nearly all the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act's provisions.
Dec 11, 2003 / The Editors
Rosenbaum Inquisition Rosenbaum Inquisition
In 2002, Republicans on a House Judiciary subcommittee trained their sights on an unlikely target: conservative Judge James Rosenbaum, Chief Judge of the US District Court for th...
Dec 11, 2003 / David Rubenstein
What Tom DeLay Might Have Had in Mind When He Hatched the Cockamamie and Short-Lived Scheme to Use a Cruise Ship During the Republican Convention What Tom DeLay Might Have Had in Mind When He Hatched the Cockamamie and Short-Lived Scheme to Use a Cruise Ship During the Republican Convention
"A cruise ship in the harbor," thought DeLay,
"Could be a place where decent folks would stay,
Avoiding all that mob that we detest--
Dec 11, 2003 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Gore’s a Dean Man Now Gore’s a Dean Man Now
Al Gore endorsed Howard Dean for President for the same reason that so many other Democrats have: He wanted to be where the action is in his party.
Dec 10, 2003 / John Nichols
GOP Must Get Off the Dime GOP Must Get Off the Dime
Nancy Reagan is right-on for blasting proposal to replace FDR with her Ronnie.
Dec 10, 2003 / Column / Robert Scheer
Gonzalez for Mayor Gonzalez for Mayor
Matt Gonzalez, San Francisco's Green candidate for mayor, is trying to put an end to the forty-year grip the Democrats have held over the city's electoral politics and become the...
Dec 5, 2003 / Feature / Kevin McCarthy
Letter From South Carolina Letter From South Carolina
Shortly after Strom Thurmond died, the flags at the South Carolina Statehouse in Columbia were lowered to half-staff. Every flag except one, that is.
Dec 4, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Paul Wachter
American Apocalypse American Apocalypse
How "superpower syndrome" is ravaging the world.
Dec 4, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Robert Jay Lifton