Taiwangate?–Bush Appointees Linked to Secret Slush Funds UPDATE Taiwangate?–Bush Appointees Linked to Secret Slush Funds UPDATE
[FOR TWO UPDATES, SCROLL TO THE END.] Allegations that a past president of Taiwan illegally set up a $100 million secret slush fund to pay for overs...
Apr 2, 2002 / David Corn
W’s Biggest Enron Liability: The Case Against Thomas White Grows W’s Biggest Enron Liability: The Case Against Thomas White Grows
Army Secretary Thomas White, a former high-ranking Enron, told reporters a few days ago that "if I ever get to the point....where the Enron business represe...
Mar 29, 2002 / David Corn
Finally, A Not-So-Bad Bush Doctrine: Poverty Breeds Terrorism Finally, A Not-So-Bad Bush Doctrine: Poverty Breeds Terrorism
President George W. Bush has joined the root-causes-of-terrorism crowd. It seems this stunning development has escaped the attention of the conserv...
Mar 25, 2002 / David Corn
Populism: The Thriller Populism: The Thriller
A few years ago I concocted a theory about John Grisham I was too lazy to prove. Here was the hypothesis: This bestselling author was the most successful popularizer of populist n...
Mar 21, 2002 / Books & the Arts / David Corn
Is The Enron Scandal Over?–It’s Up to Joe Lieberman UPDATED Is The Enron Scandal Over?–It’s Up to Joe Lieberman UPDATED
[FOR AN UPDATE ON THIS STORY SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM] Is the Enron scandal over? It doesn't dominate the Sunday talk shows. It doesn't overwhel...
Mar 20, 2002 / David Corn
W’s Corporate-Improvement Plan: Breaking with an Enron-ish Past W’s Corporate-Improvement Plan: Breaking with an Enron-ish Past
It may well be easier to preach corporate responsibility than to practice it. At least for George W. Bush. Earlier this month, Bush released a "plan to impr...
Mar 14, 2002 / David Corn
Bush’s New Nuclear Weapon Plan: A Shot at Nonproliferation Bush’s New Nuclear Weapon Plan: A Shot at Nonproliferation
After George W. Bush's tough talk about the "axis of evil" unnerved allies--and forced the Administration to dispense assurances it was not about to go half...
Mar 11, 2002 / David Corn
Bush’s Enron Deal Bush’s Enron Deal
Did George W. Bush once have a financial relationship with Enron? In 1986, according to a publicly available record, the two drilled for oil together--at a time when Bush was a n...
Mar 7, 2002 / David Corn
W.’s First Enron Connection: Update on the Bush-Enron Oil Deal W.’s First Enron Connection: Update on the Bush-Enron Oil Deal
Editor's note: Below is David Corn's article, posted on March 4, 2002, that first broke news of the Bush-Enron oil deal. An update follows. Did Geor...
Mar 4, 2002 / David Corn
Bush Tells Welfare Moms to Work More–How Pro-family Is That? Bush Tells Welfare Moms to Work More–How Pro-family Is That?
It's amazing some politicians don't get whiplash when they speak. Take the President. On Tuesday, while unveiling his new welfare plan at a church in Washin...
Feb 27, 2002 / David Corn