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October 2004Sowing Seeds ACORN is mobilizing low-income Florida voters around a minimum-wage initiative. October 29, 2004 | | web only The Illness Department What role did the FDA play in the vaccine crisis? October 29, 2004 | | web only The Great Crank Bob Dylan's Chronicles is a mystical ramble through the mind and memories of a pop superstar (and true-blue American eccentric). October 29, 2004 | | web only House Calls Democrats won't take the House back this year, but they will gain some ground. Here are the races to watch. October 29, 2004 | | web only Ritual and Rebellion In the New African film Moolaadé, a mother protects girls from a brutal purification ceremony. October 29, 2004 | | web only The Giuliani Mentality Behind Giuliani's shocking, disgusting statement. October 28, 2004 | | web only Where's the Shame? The GOP's voter demobilization strategy sets us back decades. October 28, 2004 | | web only Flu-Shot Fiasco The flu story isn't yesterday's news. It's tomorrow's news. October 28, 2004 | | web only Senate Scenarios Our columnist puts 50-50 odds on a 50-50 Senate. October 28, 2004 | | web only The New Anti-War Protesters More and more military families are supporting the troops by calling for their return. October 28, 2004 | | web only The Trickle-Down Tax Revolt Property taxes can't fund the country forever. October 27, 2004 | | web only Purple People Watch Al Gore visits Florida churches, Bill Clinton fires up a Pennsylvania rally, Jenna Bush goes to Nevada. A roundup of the swing states. October 27, 2004 | | web only Finish the Mission If John Kerry wins, he owes George W. Bush a job: ambassador to Iraq. October 26, 2004 | | web only Love Park Love-in Sure, anti-Bush sentiment is as strong as ever. But if a rally in Philadelphia is any indication, pro-Kerry feelings are growing by the day. October 26, 2004 | | web only Cry Wolf George W. Bush has forgotten Ronald Reagan's lesson: Preparedness matters. October 26, 2004 | | web only By Gradual Paces As the election approaches, some warnings issued by the Founders leap off the page as never before. October 26, 2004 | | web only Surprise, Surprise An ultra-top-secret memo from Karl Rove to our intrepid leader has mysteriously come into Tony Hendra's possession. October 25, 2004 | | web only "Explosive" Revelations The Bush administration's incompetence may have caused the deaths of American soldiers. This time, the media must draw attention to it. October 25, 2004 | | web only Grin and Bear It Brian Wilson was right to finally release his magnum opus, Smile, after all these years. Too bad he didn't leave it alone. October 25, 2004 | | web only You Can't Make This Stuff Up The vast right-wing conspiracy owes our columnist a dinner. October 22, 2004 | | web only Strike Force Southern California's grocery strike couldn't change the anti-union culture. San Francisco's hotel strike can. October 22, 2004 | | web only "One Guy in a Bubble" George W. Bush's push to keep outside advisers out was a catastrophic success. October 21, 2004 | | web only The Art of Stealing Elections What if they gave a constitutional crisis and nobody came? October 21, 2004 | | web only Dirty Deeds A get-out-the-vote campaign that uses crack cocaine, ballot fraud, and other nasty tricks. October 21, 2004 | | web only Purple People Watch Republicans descend on Iowa's urban centers, the entire Bush family visits New Mexico, Kerry attends an Ohio porch rally, and more from the swing states. October 20, 2004 | | web only Torturous Passage The House decided not to condone torture -- but that hasn't stopped it in the past. October 20, 2004 | | web only As God Is His Witness Bush is no devout evangelical. In fact, he may not be a Christian at all. October 19, 2004 | | web only Where Fact Meets Fiction The administration and its friends are constructing their own reality. We've read this book before. October 19, 2004 | | web only James Chace, 1931-2004 Friends and colleagues remember the distinguished writer, who died recently in Paris at age 72. October 19, 2004 | | web only Rewarding Bad Behavior Months after Abu Ghraib, senior officers implicated are in line for promotions, and the House is pushing to legitimize torture. October 19, 2004 | | web only Figures of Speech George W. Bush says the United States has captured or killed three-quarters of al-Qaeda. Where does that number come from? Thin air. October 18, 2004 | | web only A World Apart George W. Bush and John Kerry offer two alternative theories of American power. The world hangs on the voters' choice. October 18, 2004 | | web only Jacques and Me She once Derrida'd everything. Then scorned the philosopher. Here, she deconstructs her love-hate relationship. October 18, 2004 | | web only Don't Ask? Do Tell! When Alan Keyes called Mary Cheney a “selfish hedonist,” the Cheneys stayed silent. So why did they go ballistic when John Kerry praised the family's tolerance? October 18, 2004 | | web only Purple People Watch "Liars and demons" in Florida, Cheney's motorcade kills a Pennsylvania deer, and Nader gets a 2-percent share of the Wisconsin vote. A roundup of the swing states. October 15, 2004 | | web only Sudan's SOS The genocide continues to unfold. Here's how to stop it. October 15, 2004 | | web only Letter to the Editor Two law professors argue over the right way to swear in judges on a military commission. October 15, 2004 | | web only Unmistaken At the debate, George W. Bush told us everything we need to know. October 15, 2004 | | web only Labels That Don't Stick The liberal label is even more laughable than that of the flip-flopper. October 14, 2004 | | web only Registering a Hit Democrats are winning the registration game, but what happens next? October 14, 2004 | | web only On Big Issues The senator casts his lot with fiscal discipline and citizen soldiers -- and does well with the ladies. October 14, 2004 | | web only The Stupid Poor A smug president offers a misdiagnosis on the minimum wage. October 14, 2004 | | web only The Education President How W. learned to talk about what he knows -- regardless of what he was asked. October 14, 2004 | | web only Byrd's-Eye View Robert Byrd explains why he's ashamed of the current Congress. October 13, 2004 | | web only House of Games House Republicans are serious about intelligence reform. Really. They've just been so darned busy. October 13, 2004 | | web only Rock 'n' Roll, D.C.–Style Yes, an oxymoron, usually. But at Monday's “Vote for Change” concert, the Telecaster crowd and the Blackberry people were as one. October 13, 2004 | | web only How Kerry Can Win Voters will see John Kerry as tough and consistent as long as he debates that way. October 13, 2004 | | web only Hoodwinked Katherine Harris is gone, but her successor is behaving just as badly. October 13, 2004 | | web only It's Drafty in Here George W. Bush may have to bring back conscription, whether he wants to or not. October 13, 2004 | | web only Reality Check The president's biggest problem isn't John Kerry. It's the world around him. October 9, 2004 | | web only Noise Machine Fails to Deafen You know it's gone badly when Bush-Cheney '04 is reduced to citing NRO's The Corner to show a win. October 9, 2004 | | web only Cicero in St. Louis John Kerry can't afford any missed opportunities this time. October 8, 2004 | | web only Purple People Watch Democrats pull away in West Virginia, Republicans pull away in Vermont, and both sides pull punches in Montana and Washington. A roundup of key gubernatorial races. October 8, 2004 | | web only The Genocide Will Not Be Televised The media feel bad about the atrocities in Darfur. But not bad enough to cover them. October 8, 2004 | | web only The Crucial Questions Before they get to domestic politics, both candidates should have to answer these three questions. October 8, 2004 | | web only Desperately Seething Susans Sex, angst, and moms on the edge -- suburban satire is back. October 8, 2004 | | web only “That Guy” in Chief A beer with George W. Bush ain't as good as you think. October 8, 2004 | | web only Hello, Gender Gap Friday night in St. Louis, George W. Bush hurt himself with women. October 7, 2004 | | web only The Out-of-Towners Missing votes may be the right way to win votes. October 7, 2004 | | web only Real Intelligence Smarter spies only get us so far. We need smarter strategy. October 7, 2004 | | web only Blot Out the Vote It will be difficult for many to vote in Iraq -- and, incredibly, in America. October 7, 2004 | | web only Exiting Iraq Even though we got in wrong, we can still get out right. October 7, 2004 | | web only Spin Around Will the media declare a Bush victory in tomorrow's debate, just for the sake of “balance"? October 7, 2004 | | web only Only a Heartbeat Away The debate showed that Cheney is a true believer. That's what's so scary about him. October 7, 2004 | | web only The Right-Wing Revolution Populism still has a place in America. That place should be the Democratic Party. October 6, 2004 | | web only Oath of Offense These four experts should know better than to swear to Donald Rumsfeld. October 6, 2004 | | web only Define “Fine” Style was the least of the president's debate problems. October 5, 2004 | | web only DeLaying the Inevitable Even Tom DeLay may not be slick enough to evade the gathering charges. October 5, 2004 | | web only He's the Boss Bruce Springsteen knows exactly how to sell John Kerry to swing voters. October 4, 2004 | | web only Well Matched Thick and thin go at it in the vice-presidential debate and come out even. October 4, 2004 | | web only The Man Who Wasn't There Missing from the debate: incisive attacks, staying power, and the president of the United States of America. October 3, 2004 | | web only About Last Night The Prospect analyzes one hot night in Miami. Jim Lehrer and George W. clearly lost -- but how did Kerry fare? October 1, 2004 | | web only The Big Five-Oh An incumbent who can't break 50 percent is in trouble, even if he's ahead. Not that we're referring to anyone in particular. October 1, 2004 | | web only Apocalypse Then A new film shows how John Kerry and other young men dealt with the horrors of Vietnam. October 1, 2004 | | web only Desperately Seeking Fluff Some pundits want nothing but sound bites. October 1, 2004 | | web only Sunshine State? John Kerry just gave Democrats their first glimpse of the sunlight to come. October 1, 2004 | | web only Purple People Watch Republicans are disunited in Florida, Democrats are optimistic in North Carolina, and Tony Knowles is on the attack in Alaska. A roundup of key Senate races. October 1, 2004 | | web only The Clear Candidate John Kerry sent a message last night, and it wasn't mixed. October 1, 2004 | | web only |
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