Enron’s Enablers Enron’s Enablers
Ken Lay and Jeffrey Skilling would have remained small time crooks were it not for the energy industry deregulation measures they effectively purchased from Bush I and II.
Oct 25, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer
Lamont vs. Lieberman, Round 2 Lamont vs. Lieberman, Round 2
Lamont now lags behind Liebermans, but the Connecticut electorate is so volatile that the outcome is far from certain.
Oct 20, 2006 / Feature / Bruce Shapiro
The Dubya Diaries The Dubya Diaries
"Some expert on CNN said, 'A stitch in time saves nine.' And I thought, Doesn't anyone speak clearly anymore? Nine what?"
Sep 28, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Rosecrans Baldwin
Get Me Rewrite Get Me Rewrite
Bill Clinton maintains that the mainstream media has misrepresented his record on fighting terror. But it will take a generation to meaningfully assess his effectiveness.
Sep 26, 2006 / Mark Updegrove
A Distinct Lack of Intelligence A Distinct Lack of Intelligence
If George W. Bush took the latest National Intelligence Estimate seriously, he would end the ineffectual "war on terror" model and treat terrorism as a pathology to be clinically ...
Sep 26, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer
George W. Bush and Some Republican Senators Discuss the Geneva Conventions George W. Bush and Some Republican Senators Discuss the Geneva Conventions
The Decider takes on that bothersome Constitution and that meddling Congress.
Sep 21, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Bush’s Selective Perception Bush’s Selective Perception
President Bush's address to the UN General Assembly was less disdainful than earlier speeches, but it shined a light on the President's willful blindness to the complexity of the p...
Sep 21, 2006 / Ian Williams
Cashing In on Catastrophe Cashing In on Catastrophe
Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani is now using his public image, burnished by 9/11, to conceal crooked business deals and reap handsome profits from a national tragedy.
Sep 8, 2006 / Feature / Wayne Barrett and Dan Collins
Bush’s Plebiscitary Presidency Bush’s Plebiscitary Presidency
Thanks to an acquiescent Congress, we are now being governed by an Administration that is radically trying to change the nature of our democracy.
Aug 30, 2006 / Barney Frank
Clinton’s Blindness on Welfare Reform Clinton’s Blindness on Welfare Reform
You'd think Bill Clinton doesn't know the difference between getting mothers and their children off the welfare rolls and getting them out of poverty.
Aug 30, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer