The president's order shielding Harriet Miers from charges of contempt may seem like a power grab, but it's not a new idea. Congress just needs new tools to fight back.
By Alex Koppelman Jul 23, 2007
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The Democrats' devastating losses Tuesday may be linked to disenchantment among African-American voters.
By Eric Boehlert
November 9, 2002
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New touch-screen voting machines may look spiffy, but some experts say they can't be trusted.
By Farhad Manjoo
November 5, 2002
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Democrat Bill McBride is keeping the race for governor close, but the Bush brothers are going all-out to keep the Sunshine State in the family.
By Eric Boehlert
November 1, 2002
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The Latino lesbian comedian detonates a series of explosive observations about patriotism, the Bush administration and John Walker Lindh.
By Janelle Brown
July 18, 2002
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At their summer camp economic summit, Bushians find comfort by withdrawing from a confusing, complicated and unfriendly world.
By Arianna Huffington
August 16, 2002
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As Congress gears up to point fingers over pre-9/11 intelligence failures, the Clinton attorney general can plead: "I told you so"
By Jake Tapper
January 2, 2002
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The attorney general must soon decide whether to try to save a possibly innocent man from the electric chair -- or leave the case for an incoming administration unlikely to do so.
By Alan Berlow
December 22, 2000
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Salon's TV picks for Monday, Dec. 18, 2000
By Joyce Millman
December 18, 2000
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Janet Reno offers no regrets for her department's handling of the Wen Ho Lee investigation -- even after an unusual upbraiding from the president.
By Fiona Morgan
September 15, 2000
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The trial is over, but both Branch Davidians and supporters of the government are disappointed that reports of lying and misconduct have been ignored.
By Robert Bryce
July 17, 2000
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Readers respond to Robert Bryce's critique of the left's hypocrisy on Waco and David Koresh.
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June 21, 2000
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There's a better case for making a martyr of David Koresh than Mumia Abu-Jamal. So why do liberals continue to overlook him?
By Robert Bryce
June 19, 2000
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A legal expert says the Cuban boy's legal saga is slowly winding down.
By Daryl Lindsey
June 2, 2000
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National policy shouldn't be set by packs of weeping white women led by Rosie O'Donnell.
By Camille Paglia
May 17, 2000
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The Senate GOP's No. 2 backs away from prickly hearings on Janet Reno.
By Daryl Lindsey
May 4, 2000
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Recounting the negotiators' shocking final hours before the Elian Gonzalez raid.
By Myra MacPherson
May 4, 2000
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The controversial use of force to seize Elian Gonzalez is just business as usual in the war on drugs.
By Bonnie Bucqueroux
May 2, 2000
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Alan Keyes triangulates his thoughts between the Nazi Germany, Waco and
Janet Reno on Fox News, while Miami's police chief quits.
By Daryl Lindsey
April 29, 2000
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Enough is enough! Lazaro's a strutting bullyboy, Marisleysis is a
hysterical narcissist; Ralph Nader may get my vote; and Phyllis Diller vs.
Gloria Steinem.
By Camille Paglia
April 26, 2000
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It was Fidel Castro, not the Miami Gonzalez family, who kept Elian from his father.
By David Horowitz
April 25, 2000
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Miami Cubans say they will make Clinton pay for taking Elian.
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By John Lantigua
April 22, 2000
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The attorney general robs Little Havana of its most potent symbol and redeems her last months in office.
By Bruce Shapiro
April 22, 2000
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The latest battle of images proves that the Elian saga had to be resolved by means of law, not propaganda.
By Joan Walsh
April 22, 2000
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The Miami media recognizes and helps perpetuate a separate reality for Cuban exiles.
By Max Castro
April 21, 2000