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George W. Bush’s Approach to Maintaining Constitutional Rule in a Democracy Through a Series of Checks and Balances

Bush's approach to maintaining control: Can you say Caine Mutiny?

March 16, 2006

On wiretaps, the war, and now Dubai, He’s sounded more and more like Captain Bligh.

Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”

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