The Battle Over the Pledge The Battle Over the Pledge
It's offended people from the start; now the Supreme Court will wade in--again.
Mar 18, 2004 / Feature / Elisabeth Sifton
‘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
Undemocratic Process Undemocratic Process
There has been much comment about the take-no-prisoners approach of the Congressional Republican leadership in cramming through the Medicare prescription-drug benefit this past N...
Feb 26, 2004 / Wayne S. Smith
New (Sort of) Issue New (Sort of) Issue
Bush trotted out his whoppers with tranquillity, Because the press responded with docility. His goal was war. In order to fulfill it, he
Feb 19, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Bush Family Values Bush Family Values
It's hard to know which is more interesting: the latest book by Kevin Phillips or Phillips himself.
Feb 12, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Elizabeth Drew
Twenty Ways to Think About Bush and His Money Twenty Ways to Think About Bush and His Money
While the Democratic presidential candidates were bickering among themselves over accepting campaign contributions from lobbyists, a far more significant political development oc...
Feb 12, 2004 / Feature / David Corn and Micah L. Sifry
Saddam as a Gathering Threat Saddam as a Gathering Threat
So the weapons weren't there--so what, Bush says, Saddam was a "gathering threat." We were certainly right to start a war. This threat simply had to be met.
Feb 12, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Bush’s Credibility Gap Bush’s Credibility Gap
"There's going to be ample time for the American people to assess whether or not I made good calls," George W. Bush told Meet the Press host Tim Russert in their recent one-on-on...
Feb 12, 2004 / The Editors