David Corn

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

Illegal Immigration: A GOP Issue that Works? Illegal Immigration: A GOP Issue that Works?

Nancy Pelosi, put away that tape measure! That seems to be the conventional wisdom the day after a key congressional election in San Diego. And it may even ...

Jun 7, 2006 / David Corn

Bush and Blair’s Joint (Defense) Press Conference Bush and Blair’s Joint (Defense) Press Conference

On Thursday night, George W. Bush and Tony Blair conducted a joint press briefing--which was a joint defense of their decision to invade Iraq. It seemed lik...

May 26, 2006 / David Corn

Gore Warms Up Gore Warms Up

Al Gore is trying to save the world by stirring a nation in denial over global warming to meaningful action. The pity is that this is a job for a former politician, not a current o...

May 25, 2006 / David Corn

Asking Rove One Question Asking Rove One Question

I knew what not to ask Karl Rove: Are you about to be indicted in the CIA leak case? His answer would be predictable: My lawyer has a...

May 15, 2006 / David Corn

Goss in the Cold: A Scandal Skedaddle? Goss in the Cold: A Scandal Skedaddle?

A bolt out of the blue? Or a bolt? Porter Goss's sudden announcement of his departure from the CIA is puzzling. The former Republican chairman of th...

May 5, 2006 / David Corn

Gore Goes Hollywood Gore Goes Hollywood

I first posted this at www.davidcorn.com.... Al Gore for President? Not really. But l recently...

Apr 27, 2006 / David Corn

Springsteen Rocks Pete Seeger and the Folk Tradition Springsteen Rocks Pete Seeger and the Folk Tradition

It's as if Bruce Springsteen rounded up the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, gospel legend Clara Ward, and Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys, took them to an ...

Apr 25, 2006 / David Corn

Rove on the Stand? Rove on the Stand?

There is a clash of titans underway at the filing room of the federal courthouse in Washington. Now that special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald and Scooter Libb...

Apr 18, 2006 / David Corn

The Leak and the ‘Truth’ The Leak and the ‘Truth’

If President Bush wants to tell the truth to the American public, he can make Cheney, Rove and Libby come clean about their role in the Plame affair.

Apr 17, 2006 / David Corn

Bob Woodward Replies Bob Woodward Replies

On March 31, I posted a piece that compared two accounts of a January 31, 2003 meetin...

Apr 6, 2006 / David Corn

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