John Ashcroft

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  • The secret history of secrecy

    The closing of the American government.
    By John D. Podesta and Judd C. Legum March 22, 2004

  • A thousand J. Edgar Hoovers

    State and local police are taking it upon themselves to investigate antiwar activists -- and in the computer age, the threat to our civil liberties is even greater than it was in Hoover's day.
    By Michelle Goldberg February 12, 2004

  • Outlawing dissent

    Spying on peace meetings, cracking down on protesters, keeping secret files on innocent people -- how Bush's war on terror has become a war on freedom.
    By Michelle Goldberg February 11, 2004

  • The quiet fall of an American terrorist

    In late 2001, antiabortion fanatic Clayton Waagner used packets of bogus anthrax to shut down scores of clinics nationwide. When he was convicted last week, the press was notably absent.
    By Frederick Clarkson December 10, 2003

  • Play the "Find the Terrorist" game

    The PATRIOT Act: It's not just for terrorists anymore!
    Cartoon by Mark Fiore November 6, 2003

  • Rush to revenge?

    Rush Limbaugh is obviously a hypocrite, but that's no reason to punish him for a victimless crime.
    By Robert Scheer October 15, 2003

  • Loving Bush: Day 2

    Even though I'm addicted to hating the president, I'm trying to forgive him -- as Jesus would. It's not easy.
    By Anne Lamott September 26, 2003

  • PATRIOT missile

    Attorney General John Ashcroft takes his weird "we must save the USA PATRIOT Act" roadshow to New York. He's finding it a much tougher sell now than it was six weeks after 9/11.
    By Michelle Goldberg September 10, 2003

  • Brave new skies

    Soon, the government and the travel industry may be able to find out everything naughty and nice about you before you board your flight.
    By Farhad Manjoo September 4, 2003

  • John Ashcroft: Rockin' America

    Coming soon to your hometown, it's the PATRIOT Act summer concert tour!
    Cartoon by Mark Fiore August 29, 2003

  • Letters

    Readers respond to "Lenny Bruce Died for Our Sins," by Gary Kamiya, and "We're Losing the War in Afghanistan, Too," by John Sifton.
    August 28, 2003

  • "They can dish it out, but they can't take it"

    Al Franken talks about his big victory over the Fox News bullies, why Bush can be thrown out in 2004, and comedy as a political weapon.
    By Laura McClure August 27, 2003

  • Lenny Bruce died for our sins

    Thanks to the martyred comedian, American culture is free to be a wild kingdom. But with his new anti-porn crusade, Attorney General Ashcroft wants to turn back the clock.
    By Gary Kamiya August 26, 2003

  • Flower girl

    Weddings are an act of faith, and you hope that for a brief period of time, the love and commitment of two people will bring everyone together.
    By Anne Lamott July 18, 2003

  • Joe Conason's Journal

    John Ashcroft takes Unocal's side in a battle with Burmese torture victims.
    May 30, 2003

  • Vigilante injustice

    Arizona militia members, a Colorado Republican and a national group with white supremacist ties have made a remote stretch of the Mexico border a flash point for anti-immigrant hostility.
    By Max Blumenthal May 22, 2003

  • The secret society

    Under Attorney General John Ashcroft, America is becoming an Orwellian state where people are locked up and no one can find out why -- least of all a compliant Congress.
    By Tim Grieve April 18, 2003

  • 9/12

    In an excerpt from a riveting new book about post-9/11 America, GOP strongman Tom DeLay and corporate lobbyists toast their legislative clout, while John Ashcroft's men get rough with Muslim immigrants.
    By Steven Brill March 31, 2003

  • "Shut your mouth"

    As radio giants censor antiwar musicians, TV networks bully pro-peace actors, and Attorney General John Ashcroft prepares a new assault on civil liberties, a climate of intimidation creeps over America.
    By Tim Grieve March 25, 2003

  • Sailing into the sunset

    On a cruise, hiding out from fellow passengers covered with American flag pins, my friend Buddy and I face the impending war. Part 1 of two parts.
    By Anne Lamott March 14, 2003

  • Is Sami Al-Arian guilty of terrorist plots?

    Based on years of wiretaps, John Ashcroft says the embattled South Florida professor was a terror-cell mastermind. Al-Arian calls it "politics."
    By Eric Boehlert February 21, 2003

  • Orange agents

    During a week of war fever, the news media gave rein to hysteria -- and, critics say, let color-coded terror alerts serve the White House agenda.
    By Eric Boehlert February 15, 2003

  • More secret arrests, more power to spy

    Despite official denials, Attorney General John Ashcroft has grand plans for new anti-terror legislation. Critics -- on the left and the right -- are worried.
    By Jake Tapper February 11, 2003

  • Pot jury rebellion

    Marney Craig and 11 other jurors convicted a California man on federal drug charges. But Craig says the feds deceived her -- and she's furious.
    By Tim Grieve February 7, 2003

  • Hunter S. Thompson

    The godfather of gonzo says 9/11 caused a "nationwide nervous breakdown" -- and let the Bush crowd loot the country and savage American democracy.
    By John Glassie February 3, 2003
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