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  • Class politics, JibJab-style

    Populist rhetoric used to be the left's stock in trade. But as the whacked-out animation "This Land" proves, somewhere along the way rich vs. poor was replaced by smarts vs. substance.
    By Solon Simmons July 29, 2004

  • Why won't DUMB work for Bush?

    Dubya strategists puzzled as campaign launch fizzles.
    By Joyce McGreevy April 19, 2004

  • Letters

    The politics of war: Readers respond to "Missing in Action," by Tim Grieve, and "Be Very Afraid," by Mark Follman. Plus: Rice's "total inability" to accept responsibility.
    April 12, 2004

  • The shopping of the presidency

    Thanks to the media, choosing a candidate is quick, cheap 'n' easy!
    By Joyce McGreevy February 12, 2004

  • Shafted

    J. Steven Griles, the No. 2 man in Bush's Interior Department, has spent a lifetime undermining the federal government on behalf of Energy Inc.
    By Phillip Babich December 11, 2003

  • Letters

    Readers respond to "The Trouble With Howard Dean," by John B. Judis.
    July 15, 2003

  • Letters

    Readers weigh in on Bush's huge tax handout, Arianna Huffington's challenge to wimpy Dems, and the truth about America's slave legacy.
    May 31, 2003

  • The Bush has landed!

    He may have been MIA during his National Guard tour, but he sure looked good in that flight suit.
    Cartoon by Mark Fiore May 16, 2003

  • Make voting mandatory!

    And another modest proposal to fix our sick democracy.
    By Keith Olbermann November 5, 2002

  • Ralph Nader, love god

    Public Citizen No. 1 is still a bachelor, and I want him.
    By Jennifer Bleyer November 2, 2000

  • Al Gore tells Queen Latifah what he likes

    Will the image of Tipper Gore in a lace merry widow affect me when I enter the polling booth?
    By George Kelly November 1, 2000

  • Just one touch

    If Al would put his hand on Bill, the whole country might be turned on.
    By David Thomson October 27, 2000

  • Drug war politics

    The presidential candidates have not widely touted their plans to deal with drug abuse. Is it because of their own suspect histories?
    By Arthur Allen October 12, 2000

  • A "major league asshole"

    In an embarrassing gaffe, George W. Bush insults a New York Times reporter.
    By Jake Tapper September 4, 2000

  • The heart of the matter

    Is Dick Cheney healthy enough to endure the rigors of a vice presidential campaign?
    By Leah Kohlenberg July 27, 2000

  • A vote for Bill is a vote for more (dollar) bills

    Microsoft is on the campaign trail, hustling for a better public opinion.
    By Lydia Lee April 10, 2000

  • Slave labor in the statehouse

    Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Jane Swift, succumbing to the pressures of "normal" motherhood, makes nannies of her staffers.
    By Martha A. Ackmann January 10, 2000

  • The name game

    Welcome to the vicious world of corporate name-creation, where $75,000 buys you a suffix and competing shops slur each other over the virtues of Agilent and Avilant.
    By Ruth Shalit November 30, 1999

  • Pick a peck o' presidents

    Not sure who to vote for? Tell your views to a presidential polling site and it will pick out just the right candidate.
    By Jenn Shreve November 11, 1999

  • Live through this Saturday night

    Courtney Love's directorial debut -- in glorious plaid! Patenstein? Count Patula? The Wolfpat? Pollsters say Buchanan's more trick than treat.
    By Amy Reiter October 29, 1999

  • Deleted?

    Political Web pioneer Linda Muller e-mails her "Buchanan Brigades" the news that she was dismissed by the candidate's sister.
    By Alicia Montgomery October 21, 1999

  • Bradley: I'm still the underdog

    Bill Bradley stunned the political world by raising more money in the last three months than had Al Gore -- but he's not about to claim front-runner status.
    By Anthony York September 30, 1999

  • The last campaign

    My father was the kind of upright politician who did thankless, largely unquantifiable good works. Unfortunately the electorate didn't give a damn.
    By Erin Aubry November 9, 1998

  • Rewriting Bob Dole

    Novelist Mark Helprin talks about his fascination with war and death, his exile from the liberal literary establishment, and his greatest writing challenge -- making flatlander Bob into a figure of mythical stature.
    By Mark Schapiro July 15, 1996

  • Bob Woodward: Stenographer to the stars

    With his new insider book on Campaign '96, America's foremost investigative reporter once again demonstrates the hollow core of "access" journalism.
    By Christopher Hitchens July 1, 1996
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