Dixie Tricks

Bush sidesteps Senate to seat extremist Mississippi judge

Judicial Disappointments

With a stalled economy and ongoing attacks against U.S. troops, judicial appointments seemingly lack the immediacy and... more

The Bush Budget

More for the military and more deficits

Iraq Intelligence Timeline

The committee to investigate failures of U.S. intelligence about Iraq’s weapon capability is not due to... more

Faulty Intelligence

The commission appointed by President George W. Bush to look into WMD-related “intelligence failures” can be considered “independent”... more

Jobs Not Well Done

Employment issues may make or break campaigns

books

Sins of the Fathers

Several weeks ago a curious title popped up on Amazon.com. Good People Beget Good People: A Genealogy... more

books

Every Breath You Take

On June 2, 1919, a bomber blew himself up on Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer’s doorstep. Neither the attacker... more

The Art of Law

South Africa President Thabo Mbeki will officially open Constitution Hill March 21—Human Rights Day—to coincide with his... more

music

From Jay to Z

Jay-Z might be the best rapper of his era. He’s more charismatic than Eminem, more fluent than 50... more

Editorial

Pride Before the Fall

There is no more blatant a political ploy than slipping a discredited zealot through the backdoor.

The Third Coast

Homegrown Terrorists

In the wake of 9/11, we have tended to discount the danger of domestic terror. That may be a deadly mistake.

Back Talk

What the FCC?!?

The notion of any regulation coming from the event is laughable. Powell doesn’t want to regulate anyone; he’d actually like to see the FCC go away.

Praxis Needs Practice

On the ground, it looked more like a choir enjoying itself as one preacher after another stood up to deliver his sermon.