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John Sayles on the Electionnew

John Sayles writes that politicians are only as good as we force them to be. If the religious right can capture the Republicans, than progressives can surely take over the Democratic Party.

NOW Magazine | John Sayles | 11-11-2004 | Politics

Four More Yearsnew

Bill Maher, TV's loose cannon blasts the evangelicals but still values U.S. freedoms

NOW Magazine | Robert Priest | 11-11-2004 | Politics

No Ray of Hopenew

The Genius of Soul allowed wine, women and song to cloud his political judgment

NOW Magazine | Norman (Otis) Richmond | 11-05-2004 | Music

Tags: Ray Charles

Will This Gizmo Heal You?new

Ex-members of the controversial Maine-based Gentle Wind Project are panning the group's big-buck healing instruments

NOW Magazine | Steve Jones | 11-05-2004 | Science

Tags: Health & Science

Control This Substancenew

Schools in North America are banning junk food machines in schools but this is just the start — it's time we started regulating fast food as we do tobacco and other addictive drugs

NOW Magazine | Wayne Roberts | 11-05-2004 | Science

Tags: Health & Science

Market Sharenew

An ex-basketball star's urban agro-project is an example of a new kind of entrepreurialism with kind profits.

NOW Magazine | Wayne Roberts | 10-28-2004 | Environment

Tags: environment

George Bush got a lot of mileage labelling John Kerry a flip-flopper. But the prez has a long history of taking on big tasks, flopping utterly and then somehow flipping those flops to his greatest advantage. So let it be said: Bush is a flop-flipper, one of the best of all time.

NOW Magazine | Robert Priest | 10-08-2004 | Politics

Staking Out Peaceful Groundnew

A gathering of global green thumbs proves community gardens can weed out age-old hatreds.

NOW Magazine | Wayne Roberts | 10-08-2004 | Environment

Tags: environment

Therapeutic Thanksnew

Gratitude can be your best tonic. Everyone's got an inner curmudgeon, but the trick to preserving your well-being is to keep it on a short leash.

NOW Magazine | Sibylle Preuschat | 09-30-2004 | Science

Tags: Health & Science

Lessons in Propagandanew

I learn the fine art of spin from Ariel Sharon's sidekick.

NOW Magazine | Mike Smith | 09-30-2004 | Commentary

The Pain of Computer Eye Strainnew

From broccoli to blueberries to stretches and long, long gazes out the window — tips on how to protect your peepers from too many hours at the terminal

NOW Magazine | Sibylle Preuschat | 09-22-2004 | Science

Tags: Health & Science