Bush Threw Us a ‘Curveball’ Bush Threw Us a ‘Curveball’
A presidential commission's report shines a light on a "crazy" Iraqi informant.
Apr 5, 2005 / Column / Robert Scheer
Senator Bill Frist, a Thoracic Surgeon… Senator Bill Frist, a Thoracic Surgeon…
Who Made a Neurological Diagnosis of Terri Schiavo After Watching a Video of Her, Reports on a Physical Examination He's Done of Jeb Bush, His Potential Rival for the 2008 Rep...
Mar 31, 2005 / Column / Calvin Trillin
A Con Job by Pakistan’s Pal, George Bush A Con Job by Pakistan’s Pal, George Bush
Trying to follow the US policy on the proliferation of nuclear weapons is like watching a three-card monte game on a city street corner. Except the stakes are higher.
Mar 29, 2005 / Column / Robert Scheer
George W. Bush, the Lion of Baghdad, Demands That Syria Withdraw From Lebanon George W. Bush, the Lion of Baghdad, Demands That Syria Withdraw From Lebanon
You must withdraw, since nations can't Install their troops in other places To change regimes that they don't like. Except, of course, in certain cases.
Mar 17, 2005 / Column / Calvin Trillin
‘Ownership’ Swindle ‘Ownership’ Swindle
George W. Bush hasn't even spelled out the details of his plan to privatize Social Security and it's already in trouble, even among some Republican lawmakers--for good reason.
Mar 17, 2005 / David Moberg
Dr. Arnold’s Diet: Take a Steroid, Kick a Woman Dr. Arnold’s Diet: Take a Steroid, Kick a Woman
Back in the early 1990s, the right-wing taste of the year was Newt Gingrich. He led the Republican sweep into Congress in the 1994 midterm elections.
Mar 3, 2005 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
On the Risk of Having a Notoriously Foul-Mouthed Comedian Host the Oscars On the Risk of Having a Notoriously Foul-Mouthed Comedian Host the Oscars
Though having Rock, some said, was plain insane, he Eschewed the sort of language used by Cheney.
Mar 3, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Calvin Trillin
Negroponte: Unfit to Lead Negroponte: Unfit to Lead
"You have to ask, Who would want this job?" So said a former senior CIA official referring to the new post of director of national intelligence, to which George W.
Feb 24, 2005 / David Corn