Politics | Thursday, January 4,2007

The race to ban whats bad for us

Contemporary politics relies on treating adults like babies

Untitled Document Is there any doubt that the infantilization of adults is one of the defining characteristics of contemporary politics? New York City just banned the use of tr

Politics | Wednesday, December 27,2006

Excuses, excuses

Right-wing scribes and pundits scramble to protect Bush

By Joshua Micah Marshall

As President George W. Bush’s position on Iraq has become more embattled and folks in the White House have become increasingly isolated, it’s fallen to right-wing scribes and pundits to pr

Politics | Thursday, December 14,2006

The jig is up

We'll remember November, when our hopes were dashed - and rekindled

By Hal Crowther

November 2006 was a month that historians will study in minute detail, day by day and headline by headline, when they attempt to reconstruct the iron chain of misery the United States has been forging

Politics | Wednesday, November 1,2006

Bring it on

People are working harder and earning less, and the rich are raking it in. Time to even the score.

By Hal Crowther

The myth of Robin Hood — the outlaw who steals from the rich and gives to the poor (after deducting a modest commission) — is an ancient myth of universal appeal, one that must predate by

Politics | Wednesday, July 12,2006

Its bigger than hip-hop

Chicago convention continues effort to give form to a movement

By R. L. Nave

When it comes to putting out music that makes a statement, rap has ebbed and flowed. In the late 1980s and early ’90s, hip-hop’s mantra was “black power,” and

Politics | Wednesday, July 5,2006

Caging the beast

Think the U.S. military is on our side? Think again.

By Rod Helle

“Kill every buffalo you can . . . every buffalo dead is an Indian gone.” — Col. R.I. Dodge, Fort McPherson, 1867 “We are going to fight them and impose

Politics | Wednesday, June 14,2006

Leaving nothing to chance

Illinois may vote on same-sex marriage but why?

By R. L. Nave

The last time a statewide referendum went before the Illinois electorate, 1978, Hustler publisher Larry Flynt had just been shot and paralyzed, perennial Hall of Fame reject Pete Rose c

Politics | Thursday, December 11,2003

Wooing single women

Unmarried women, analysts say, are tilting left politically

By Lakshmi Chaudhry

Meet the single woman, breadwinner, cultural icon, and the star of every liberal's dream of regime change. Whether she is a divorced waitress in Harlem, a welfare mom in Iowa, or that 30-something sin