It’s a Baker Botts World It’s a Baker Botts World
When the Bushes need a fixer, they turn to James Baker III. He and his firm benefit.
Sep 23, 2004 / Feature / Robert Bryce
Where Rather Was Right Where Rather Was Right
When it comes to presidential politics there seem to be a half-dozen narratives favored by big (and small-minded) media: Who's ahead?, "Gotcha!", the (cynical) assumption that al...
Sep 23, 2004 / Victor Navasky
All Creatures Great and Small All Creatures Great and Small
It was an odd dream: The Bush twins were ten feet tall and peering in my window. They were snickering. "We had a hamster too..." they were saying, as though it were the merriest ...
Sep 16, 2004 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
A Short History of Someone Who Failed to Get Into the Champagne Unit of the Texas Air National Guard in 1968 A Short History of Someone Who Failed to Get Into the Champagne Unit of the Texas Air National Guard in 1968
I wasn't really for the war. But all my kin, in wars before, Had gone when called. I couldn't flee. No, Canada was not for me. Another thing that I was not
Sep 16, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Why Bush Left Texas Why Bush Left Texas
We're pleased to announce that this article, originally posted on September 14, 2004, has won the Deadline Club's Online News Exclusive for 2005, beating out Newsday and Business ...
Sep 14, 2004 / Feature / Russ Baker
Bush, Kerry & Vietnam Bush, Kerry & Vietnam
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Sep 9, 2004 / Feature / Ian Williams
2004: GOP Convention’s Looney Tunes 2004: GOP Convention’s Looney Tunes
Good sizzle can always sell a lousy steak.
Sep 7, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
The George W. Bush Presidential Library, Inc. The George W. Bush Presidential Library, Inc.
This piece first appeared in different form in Billionaires for Bush: How to Rule the World for Fun and Profit (Thunder's Mouth Press).
Aug 26, 2004 / Richard Lingeman
The Vietnam Confessions of George W. Bush The Vietnam Confessions of George W. Bush
"I am angry that so many sons of the powerful and well placed...managed to wangle slots in Reserve and National Guard units." --Colin Powell on the Vietnam War, in My American J...
Aug 26, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Damaged Goods Damaged Goods
George W. Bush is damaged goods, but he has found his campaign voice--the forked tongue of the high road/low road politician.
Aug 26, 2004 / William Greider