The Lies That Bind The Lies That Bind
Lack of candor is not surprising from Bush or Ahmad Chalabi, but why does the New York Times continue to struggle with the truth about Judith Miller? The Gray Lady might solve the ...
Nov 17, 2005 / Column / Eric Alterman
President Thelma President Thelma
Is Commander-in-Chief softening up the country for President Hillary? Americans may not not be ready to put a woman in the White House, but they may have calmed down enough to cont...
Nov 17, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Richard Goldstein
Bush’s War on the Press Bush’s War on the Press
Until the Bush Administration is held accountable by Congress for its propaganda, manipulation of the truth and assaults on journalism, freedom of the press will exist in name only...
Nov 17, 2005 / John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney
More Leaks, Please! More Leaks, Please!
Power-friendly reporters like Judith Miller are easily manipulated by selective leaks. But what we need now is more civil disobedience by whistle-blowers exposing renditions, acts ...
Nov 17, 2005 / Bruce Shapiro
The Ring Cycle The Ring Cycle
When Joe Louis defeated Nazi sympathizer Max Schmeling in 1938, it was the boxing match that reverberated across the world. Three new books chronicle the match and all the racial a...
Nov 16, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Gerald Early
New Medicare Benefit Helps Only Drug Companies New Medicare Benefit Helps Only Drug Companies
Why are so few elderly people signing up for the new Medicare drug benefit? It's cumbersome, costly and totally confusing.
Nov 16, 2005 / Dr. Marc Siegel
SOA Protests to Focus on Torture SOA Protests to Focus on Torture
As demonstrators gather at Fort Benning, Georgia, this weekend for an annual protest against the School of the Americas, the spotlight will be on increasing dismay in Congress and ...
Nov 15, 2005 / Feature / Patrick Mulvaney
War of Words in France War of Words in France
As media attention focused on rampaging youths setting afire the poor suburbs of France, verbal conflagrations raged among politicians and elected officials on how to respond to th...
Nov 14, 2005 / Feature / Françoise Mouly
The Disappearing Flu Vaccine The Disappearing Flu Vaccine
Flu vaccine is in short supply this season, and the reason is that drug companies can't make as much money protecting us from disease as from developing expensive treatments for ni...
Nov 14, 2005 / Feature / Nicholas von Hoffman
Right to Trial Imperiled by Senate Vote Right to Trial Imperiled by Senate Vote
Civil libertarians were stunned last week when the Senate approved a measure that would allow government officials to essentially bypass the courts and lock up people suspected of ...
Nov 14, 2005 / Feature / Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith