Journeys With Fecklessness Journeys With Fecklessness
The essential mystery of the 2000 election has always been this: How in the world did George W. Bush ever get close enough to invite the Republican-appointed majority on the Su...
May 16, 2002 / Column / Eric Alterman
The New Politics of September 11 The New Politics of September 11
Since Sept. 11, George W. Bush?s political team and their Republican allies have used every trick to exploit the tragedy for political advantage. Just this week, they were trying ...
May 16, 2002 / John Nichols
The bin Laden Warning: Why Did Bush Keep It a Secret? The bin Laden Warning: Why Did Bush Keep It a Secret?
By the way, we, uh, forgot to mention, that in August of 2001, while the President was taking a long vacation at his ranch in Crawford, the CIA told him tha...
May 16, 2002 / David Corn
Derailing Fast Track: Senate votes reopen trade fight Derailing Fast Track: Senate votes reopen trade fight
After the U.S. House of Representatives voted by one vote last December to grant President Bush Fast Track authority to negotiate a sweeping Free Trade Area of the Americas, the W...
May 15, 2002 / John Nichols
Fidel and Bioweapons: Move Over Iraq? Fidel and Bioweapons: Move Over Iraq?
A few days ago, I was on a television show arguing there was nothing wrong with ex-President Jimmy Carter visiting Cuba, and the host kept exclaiming, "But ...
May 15, 2002 / David Corn
The Mullahs of Marriage The Mullahs of Marriage
Although former Vice President Quayle's legacy may not be one for the history books, he will certainly be remembered for the day he took on television's Murphy Brown.
May 15, 2002 / Feature / Bill Berkowitz
Lights Out on Bush’s Excuses Lights Out on Bush’s Excuses
Now that the Enron culprits have been caught red-handed, might not the media inquire of the President whether he takes any responsibility for nearly bankrupting California by ref...
May 15, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer
A Congressman’s Defeat Spells Trouble for Business Democrats A Congressman’s Defeat Spells Trouble for Business Democrats
U.S. Rep. Tom Sawyer, who broke with other industrial-state Democrats to back free trade measures such as NAFTA, suffered a stunning defeat in an Ohio's May 7 Democratic primary. ...
May 10, 2002 / John Nichols
Missing–But Not Forgotten Missing–But Not Forgotten
Three decades later, Joyce Horman still hasn't discovered the truth about what happened to her husband in Chile. But she has her theories.
May 10, 2002 / Feature / Nick Greenslade
White Should Go–Now White Should Go–Now
Army Secretary Thomas White appears to be inching closer to becoming the first Bush Administration casualty of the Enron scandal.
May 10, 2002 / Jason Leopold