David Corn

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

Probing 9/11 Probing 9/11

A bipartisan commission is at work, but how tough it will be is still unknown.

Jun 19, 2003 / Feature / David Corn

Where’s the Outrage? Where’s the Outrage?

Now I know how Republicans felt in 1998. Back then, the pursuers of Bill Clinton could simply not believe that the public was not rising up in rebellion aga...

Jun 4, 2003 / David Corn

Bush’s Postwar Iraq Causing Cracks? Bush’s Postwar Iraq Causing Cracks?

We don't know, says the Bush administration. And we don't care, says the public. That seems to sum up the matter of weapons of mass destruc...

May 27, 2003 / David Corn

Campaign Contortions 2004 Campaign Contortions 2004

Introducing a new feature of this web column: Campaign Contortions '04. Politicians often find themselves in tight spots. They have to take stands ...

May 15, 2003 / David Corn

WMD? MIA WMD? MIA

When Bush (sans flight suit) delivered a photo-op victory speech to the men and women of the USS Abraham Lincoln, he solemnly noted, "We've begun the search for hidden chemical...

May 15, 2003 / David Corn

Bush’s WMD Search: No Full Speed Ahead Bush’s WMD Search: No Full Speed Ahead

Why has it taken so long for the Pentagon and the Bush Administration to seriously search for weapons of mass destruction? At a Pentagon press confe...

May 8, 2003 / David Corn

No Dems Break Out in First 2004 Debate No Dems Break Out in First 2004 Debate

When the nine declared Democratic candidates for president gathered together for the first debate of the pre-preseason on Saturday night in South Carolina, ...

May 5, 2003 / David Corn

Bush’s Top Gun Photo-Op Bush’s Top Gun Photo-Op

Winning a war or two goes a long way toward redefining a man. As the cable news networks enthusiastically covered George W. Bush's trip to the USS

May 1, 2003 / David Corn

Now They Tell Us Now They Tell Us

With Baghdad conquered, the fog of prewar has started to clear.

May 1, 2003 / Feature / David Corn

Where Have All the WMD-Hunters Gone? Where Have All the WMD-Hunters Gone?

The obvious question is, where are the weapons of mass destruction that supposedly prompted the Bush-Cheney-Rumsfeld-Wolfowitz quartet to invade Iraq? ...

Apr 23, 2003 / David Corn

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