David Corn

is Mother Jones' Washington bureau chief. Until 2007, he was Washington editor of The Nation.

GOPers Assail Nation Institute GOPers Assail Nation Institute

A year ago, The Nation Institute and the Fertel Foundation awarded former Ambassador Joseph Wilson the first annual Ron Ridenhour Award for Truth-Telling. I...

Oct 20, 2004 / David Corn

DEBATE: Preparing for the End DEBATE: Preparing for the End

To be continued. That is, nothing was resolved during the final encounter between George W. Bush and John Kerry. The challenger certainly outperformed the t...

Oct 14, 2004 / David Corn

Kerry Keeps Threat Alive Kerry Keeps Threat Alive

Bush-Kerry II was a true-to-form middle episode of a yet-to-be-finished trilogy. In Episode I, the newcomer bested the holder of the throne. In the sequel, ...

Oct 9, 2004 / David Corn

Earth to Bush Earth to Bush

Earth to Bush, Earth to Bush. There were no WMDs in Iraq. There were no active WMD programs. So says the report submitted by WMD hunter Charles Due...

Oct 7, 2004 / David Corn

Springsteen for Change Springsteen for Change

A culture war's going on. The 2004 election does not merely pit red states against blue states; it places the cultural community against the Bush establishment.

Oct 7, 2004 / Books & the Arts / David Corn

VP DEBATE: A No-Impact Collision VP DEBATE: A No-Impact Collision

Vice presidential picks haven't mattered in the past. And vice presidential debates haven't mattered. Neither will this one. Dick Cheney and John Edwards ea...

Oct 6, 2004 / David Corn

DEBATE: Kerry Keeps Hopes Alive DEBATE: Kerry Keeps Hopes Alive

"You've just witnessed the beginning of the end of the Bush administration!" So shouted a Kerry aide as I stumbled out of the spin alley set up in t...

Oct 1, 2004 / David Corn

Up the River? Up the River?

It was not supposed to be this way--at least, that's what Democrats thought. John Kerry was not supposed to be heading into the final stretch of the electio...

Sep 28, 2004 / David Corn

McAuliffe, Please Shut Up McAuliffe, Please Shut Up

Please shut up, Terry McAuliffe--that is, about George W. Bush and his missing-time in the Texas Air National Guard. I keep receiving press release...

Sep 24, 2004 / David Corn

Election Matters Election Matters

When John Kerry in a recent speech refocused his campaign by targeting George W.

Sep 23, 2004 / David Corn

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