Cross Culture

Uncivil civility, unfunny comedy, and the search for self at the RNC

Desperately Seeking the Senate

Centrist Democrats vie for open seats

Fiction First, Spin Later

Bush values steer clear of facts and conservative tradition

Deserter at the Helm!

On September 11, 2001, I lived in downtown Manhattan near the World Trade Center. After I heard the bang, I... more

Out of Time

Bruce Springsteen knows a historical crossroads when he sees it. And Republican retiree Alice Cooper thinks you’re... more

film

Stranger Than Fiction

Seems simple now: Observe as a cabal of Christian billionaires cadges an election and takes over the country,... more

books

The Free World ... of Slums

Although Timothy Garton Ash is my political opponent, I’ve always admired his wealth of precise observations and... more

Editorial

Duck and Cover-up

The presidential campaign has made one thing clear: The Bush administration employs a strategy of lies and dirty tricks to stay in... more

The Third Coast

Black Muslims and the Sudan

The situationin Darfur is forcing a focus on an issue the Muslim world has tended to avoid: race.

Power Pop

The Worst Show on Earth

The Republican National Convention, to paraphrase Jon Stewart of “The Daily Show,” put on a display of the anger of the enfranchised.... more

House Call

Time to Commit

As the only elected Independent in the U.S. House of Representatives and the longest-serving congressional Independent in American history, I want... more