Antonin Scalia Explains Antonin Scalia Explains
WHY DUCK-HUNTING WITH DICK CHENEY AS CHENEY'S CASE COMES BEFORE THE COURT IS PERFECTLY OK This criticism Nino calls absurd. It's true that Quackscam is an ugly word.
Mar 25, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Blowing a Whistle on Bush’s 9/11 Failures Blowing a Whistle on Bush’s 9/11 Failures
President Bush failed the country in its hour of greatest need, according to his administration's top anti-terrorism advisor during the crisis.
Mar 23, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
Uncommon Ground Uncommon Ground
A friend who lives in Paris forwarded me an item from the Internet, concerning a singles ad that had allegedly appeared in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Mar 18, 2004 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Gay Marriage: Sidestep on Freedom’s Path Gay Marriage: Sidestep on Freedom’s Path
I'm for anything that terrifies Democrats, outrages Republicans, upsets the apple cart.
Mar 18, 2004 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
‘I’m an Old Cowhand,’ as Sung by George W. Bush ‘I’m an Old Cowhand,’ as Sung by George W. Bush
(With apologies to Johnny Mercer)
Mar 18, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Dear W., Your Father Knew Best Dear W., Your Father Knew Best
So now that the Spanish people have spoken, voting out of office the party that led them to war in Iraq, will President Bush give the back of the hand to Spain, as he did last ye...
Mar 16, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
The (Not So) Gay Old Times The (Not So) Gay Old Times
AMPLIFICATION: Because of space constraints and incautious wording in my column last week, I referred to the Times's "Jayson Blair/Gerald Boyd problem." I intended to refer to th...
Mar 11, 2004 / Column / Eric Alterman
The Protocols of Mel Gibson The Protocols of Mel Gibson
My friends had one question for me after I saw Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ: Is it anti-Semitic?
Mar 11, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Katha Pollitt
On Whether the Martha Stewart Guilty Verdict Carries Implications for Those Involved in Prewar Intelligence Gathering On Whether the Martha Stewart Guilty Verdict Carries Implications for Those Involved in Prewar Intelligence Gathering
When federal authorities come by, It's criminal if you concoct a lie. The Feds don't think that lies are okey-dokey. Will Chalabi, then, soon be in the pokey?
Mar 11, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Worst Form of Exploitation The Worst Form of Exploitation
A hypocritical Bush uses 9/11 images but resists an accounting of the truth.
Mar 10, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer