A CIA-Did-It Defense for Scooter in the Plame Leak Case? A CIA-Did-It Defense for Scooter in the Plame Leak Case?
When you already have a fall guy, use him--especially if he's a dead man. Could that be the legal strategy of I. Lewis Libby (a.k.a. Scooter), Vice ...
Sep 30, 2005 / David Corn
DeLay Indictment: Beyond Damage Control? DeLay Indictment: Beyond Damage Control?
Minutes after the news hit that a Texas grand jury had indicted House Majority Leader Tom DeLay on one count of criminal conspiracy in a case of alleged cam...
Sep 28, 2005 / David Corn
Gingrich-izing Public Broadcasting Gingrich-izing Public Broadcasting
On September 26, the board of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting elected its new chairperson and vice-chairperson, and the eight-member board--which co...
Sep 27, 2005 / David Corn
Democrats Split on Roberts Nomination Democrats Split on Roberts Nomination
I interrupt the spirited debate raging in the comments section on whether we should care about the police records of Jeb Bush's children--and whether the...
Sep 21, 2005 / David Corn
Bush Dynasty: The Next Generation Bush Dynasty: The Next Generation
With the challenges and obligations created by the Katrina disaster, some political commentators have declared that George W. Bush's presidency is done, sug...
Sep 21, 2005 / David Corn
Bush’s Big (and Easy) Speech in New Orleans Bush’s Big (and Easy) Speech in New Orleans
George W. Bush does not do the Big Speech thing well. How many times has a fretting White House dispatched Bush to deliver a Big Speech to rally popular sup...
Sep 16, 2005 / David Corn
Question Time for Roberts Question Time for Roberts
Before the John Roberts confirmation hearings began, progressive opponents of Bush's pick to be chief justice were fretting that the media attention given t...
Sep 14, 2005 / David Corn
John Roberts Meets the Senate John Roberts Meets the Senate
When Senator Arlen Specter, the Republican chairman of the judiciary committee, opened the confirmation hearings for John Roberts Jr., George W. Bush's nomi...
Sep 12, 2005 / David Corn
Bush’s Witt-less FEMA Bush’s Witt-less FEMA
In a perfect world--or, at least one not so imperfect--people who make the right call about important stuff would be rewarded and those who are wrong...
Sep 7, 2005 / David Corn
The Rehnquist Death and Hurricane Katrina UPDATED The Rehnquist Death and Hurricane Katrina UPDATED
I posted the below on my blog: www.davidcorn.com. Please visit that site for other items on Hurricane Katrina and ...
Sep 4, 2005 / David Corn