Calvin Trillin

Verse Columnist

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

If This Isn’t War If This Isn’t War

A musical answer to a bellicose question, with apologies to Yip Harburg and Burton Lane.

Apr 13, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin

A Considered Jurisprudential Analysis of the Guilty Plea by Yet Another Former Aide to Tom DeLay and DeLay’s Resignation Announcement Three Days Later A Considered Jurisprudential Analysis of the Guilty Plea by Yet Another Former Aide to Tom DeLay and DeLay’s Resignation Announcement Three Days Later

DeLay cut his losses when they were cut for him.

Apr 6, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin

On the Revelation That Dick Cheney Requires The Television to Be Pre-set to Fox News in Any Hotel Room He Is About to Occupy On the Revelation That Dick Cheney Requires The Television to Be Pre-set to Fox News in Any Hotel Room He Is About to Occupy

All the news the Veep agrees to watch is for minds that are not only closed, but locked.

Mar 30, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin

A Summary of Remarks By George W. Bush and Dick Cheney on the Third Anniversary of the Invasion of Iraq A Summary of Remarks By George W. Bush and Dick Cheney on the Third Anniversary of the Invasion of Iraq

A Summary of Remarks By George W. Bush and Dick Cheney on the Third Anniversary of the Invasion of Iraq

Mar 23, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin

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

Mar 16, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin

George Bush’s Approval Rating Sinks to 34 Percent George Bush’s Approval Rating Sinks to 34 Percent

Bush's low approval rating is irrelevant, considering who is still on his side.

Mar 9, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin

On the Uproar Over Allowing a Dubai Government Company to Run American Ports On the Uproar Over Allowing a Dubai Government Company to Run American Ports

Turnabout is fair play when it's the terror card you're playing.

Mar 2, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Cheney’s Hunting Accident… Cheney’s Hunting Accident…

It's going to take more than a polite request to make Cheney speak.

Feb 23, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin

On the Report by House Republicans (Yes, Republicans) That Excoriates the Bush Administration for Its Fumbling Response to Hurricane Katrina On the Report by House Republicans (Yes, Republicans) That Excoriates the Bush Administration for Its Fumbling Response to Hurricane Katrina

Michael Brown is just one of many members of Team Bush who did a heckuva job.

Feb 16, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Government’s the Problem Government’s the Problem

Complicated drug plans are the result of promises fulfilled.

Feb 9, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin

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