Calvin Trillin

Verse Columnist

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

Another Exasperating Account of the Bunker Another Exasperating Account of the Bunker

Sinking Tenet's "slam dunk."

May 2, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin

A Bring-the-Troops-Home Rally in Baghdad A Bring-the-Troops-Home Rally in Baghdad

Help for the troops might come from an unlikely source.

Apr 26, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin

The Saga of Paul Wolfowitz The Saga of Paul Wolfowitz

Rummy's fork-tongued understudy finally gets his.

Apr 19, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin

On John McCain’s Much-Ridiculed Attempt to Use His Shorja Market Visit as Proof That Baghdad Is Being Pacified On John McCain’s Much-Ridiculed Attempt to Use His Shorja Market Visit as Proof That Baghdad Is Being Pacified

McCain bought himself trouble in his visit to Baghdad.

Apr 12, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin

On the News That Mitt Romney Finished First Among Republicans in First-Quarter Fundraising On the News That Mitt Romney Finished First Among Republicans in First-Quarter Fundraising

As a candidate, Mitt is now legit.

Apr 5, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin

What Congress Is Concluding About the Attorney General’s Relationship With The Truth What Congress Is Concluding About the Attorney General’s Relationship With The Truth

The truth gets whacked on Fredo's watch.

Mar 29, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Mistakes Were Made Mistakes Were Made

A cheer for all seasons.

Mar 22, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin

‘Additional Troop Increase Approved’ ‘Additional Troop Increase Approved’

The real meaning of "surge."

Mar 15, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin

A Dispiriting Thought On the 2008 Presidential Election Campaign A Dispiriting Thought On the 2008 Presidential Election Campaign

What a long, strange trip it's going to be.

Mar 8, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Some Former Backsliders Try to Please the Christian Right Some Former Backsliders Try to Please the Christian Right

Want us to jump? How high?

Mar 1, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin

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