Editorials

A challenge to the status quo?
The media guesswork about what will happen on Super Tuesday hides the bigger picture--what Election 2008 so far says about U.S. politics. February 1, 2008
The awkward truth about the candidates
The dueling of the candidates masks the awkward truth that the two Democratic frontrunners agree on much more than they disagree on. January 25, 2008
MoveOn's backward move on the war
A collection of liberal antiwar groups has retreated from a campaign to get Congress to cut funding for the U.S. war on Iraq. January 25, 2008
A movement on hold?
The U.S. war on Iraq is grinding on--and yet the antiwar movement seems to have ground to a halt. January 18, 2008
Bush's Middle East "peace" charade
The image of George Bush as a peacemaker that was promoted in the media has little to do with the real purpose of his Middle East trip. January 18, 2008
Ducking, dodging and doing nothing
After all the optimism that followed its 2006 election win, the new Democratic-controlled Congress failed to block the Bush agenda in any way. January 11, 2008