The Worst President Ever The Worst President Ever
Is George W. Bush the worst President the United States has ever seen?
Feb 14, 2007 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Will China Choke on US Dollars? Will China Choke on US Dollars?
China is losing its taste for lending the United States money that finances our wars, props up our dollar and shores up our credit.
Feb 6, 2007 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Bush’s Sacrifice Bush’s Sacrifice
Bush is soft-pedaling the idea of sacrifice as a way of making his war palatable to ordinary Americans. But the tactic isn't working all that well.
Jan 22, 2007 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
The High Cost of the Home Team The High Cost of the Home Team
Big-money athletics cannot help but sabotage what our colleges and universities are for: instruction and research.
Jan 18, 2007 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
An Army at Peril An Army at Peril
The surge is Bush's last throw of the dice. If it fails, he may decimate an exhausted Army and leave the nation without reserves.
Jan 10, 2007 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Tax the Rich, End the War Tax the Rich, End the War
Congress should levy a Victory Over Terror tax on the superrich which would expire once our troops are safely home.
Jan 9, 2007 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Now You Tell Us, Jerry Now You Tell Us, Jerry
Now that he is safely dead, good guy Jerry Ford has come out against the war.
Jan 2, 2007 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Counting Our Casualities in Iraq Counting Our Casualities in Iraq
We are fast, too fast, approaching the 3,000th American combat death in Iraq.
Dec 13, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Sweepstakes of Greed, 2006 Sweepstakes of Greed, 2006
It's getting close to New Year's and time for annual awards. And in the 2006 Sweepstakes of Greed, the winners are...
Dec 7, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Coffee, Tea or Another Airline Merger? Coffee, Tea or Another Airline Merger?
As US Air seeks to create a mega-airline by gobbling up Delta, the evidence mounts that a free market in the sky just doesn't work.
Nov 28, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman