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Bush Jokes About Tax Dodgers Bush Jokes About Tax Dodgers

Does George W. Bush believe it's okay for rich people to avoid paying for taxes? Or does he think that it's just one of those inevitable facts of life that ...

Aug 10, 2004 / David Corn

Bush’s House of Cards Bush’s House of Cards

As bad as Bush's economic record is, it would appear far worse if not for the housing bubble.

Aug 9, 2004 / Feature / Dean Baker

George ‘Hoover’ Bush George ‘Hoover’ Bush

Here's a joke which was circulating among Wall Street traders last Friday: "Fewer jobs were created in the US in the entire month of July than the number of people who will be in...

Aug 9, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Kerry on the Media Kerry on the Media

John Kerry and George W. Bush, the Democrat and Republican who will compete this November for the presidency, both attended similar New England preparatory schools, both graduated...

Aug 7, 2004 / John Nichols

Sharp Tongues for Sharpton Sharp Tongues for Sharpton

Why did the pundits declare the Reverend's rousing DNC address to be "off-message"?

Aug 6, 2004 / Feature / Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw

Labor Rights and the Olympics Labor Rights and the Olympics

Despite scant notice from the media, a potentially historic bill was recently introduced in Congress by Representatives Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and George Miller (D-CA). The "Play ...

Aug 6, 2004 / Peter Rothberg

Bush’s Military Past Bush’s Military Past

This article was adapted from Williams's new book, Deserter: George W. Bush's War on Military Families, Veterans, and His Past . Click here to purchase a copy.

Aug 5, 2004 / Feature / Ian Williams

Return of the White-ist Return of the White-ist

Not that you missed him while he was gone, but David Duke is back.

Aug 5, 2004 / Feature / Leonard Zeskind

Of Hawks and Hacks Of Hawks and Hacks

In an icy blast from the past, Cold War Hawks (the original neo-conservatives) recently resurrected their decades-old group--the Committee on the Present Danger. Originally fo...

Aug 4, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Help Defend the ‘Roadless Rule’ Help Defend the ‘Roadless Rule’

In his last year in office, President Bill Clinton passed the so-called Roadless Area Conservation Rule, a conservation initiative that protected 58.5 million acres of wild natio...

Aug 4, 2004 / Peter Rothberg

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