Political Figures

Bush Goes AWOL Bush Goes AWOL

One of the many maddening feats of this Administration is that in choosing to fight the war on terror by going to war with Iraq, George W. Bush has inspired new terrorist threa...

Apr 17, 2003 / Column / Eric Alterman

History? What History? History? What History?

Allowing the looting of Iraq's museums is another indication of our contempt for the Mideast -- and our unfitness to rule it

Apr 16, 2003 / Column / Robert Scheer

Sacrifice Is for Suckers Sacrifice Is for Suckers

In his address to the nation on the eve of the invasion of Iraq, George W.

Apr 10, 2003 / Robert L. Borosage

Everything George Bush Needs to Know He Learned on the Playground Everything George Bush Needs to Know He Learned on the Playground

Let's say that from the east while you look south An icy snowball hits you in the mouth. You see the kid who did it run, the wretch,

Apr 10, 2003 / Column / Calvin Trillin

The Washington Wars The Washington Wars

By the start of the third week of war, Bush was bogged down in Mesopotamia and Washington.

Apr 3, 2003 / David Corn

On the Resignation of Richard Perle, Captain of The Sissy Hawk Brigade, On the Resignation of Richard Perle, Captain of The Sissy Hawk Brigade,

And so for Richard Perle was writ The second graf of his obit: This soaring bird of hawkish myth Was grounded when discovered with His talon in the cookie jar

Apr 3, 2003 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Richard Perle’s Corporate Adventures Richard Perle’s Corporate Adventures

Richard Perle's resignation as chairman of Donald Rumsfeld's Defense Policy Board on March 27 capped a tumultuous month for the neoconservative who spent the past decade stokin...

Apr 3, 2003 / Feature / Tim Shorrock

Rumsfeld Should Go

Rumsfeld Should Go Rumsfeld Should Go

This editorial was originally published in the April 21, 2003 issue of The Nation.

Apr 3, 2003 / The Editors

Stanford U. and the Bush Administration Stanford U. and the Bush Administration

As student antiwar activists work to make their case against war persuasive to ambivalent classmates, the leaders of a Stanford University peace group have launched a different k...

Mar 28, 2003 / Feature / Emily Biuso

Bush and God Bush and God

Not since Jimmy Carter's confession that he had lusted in his heart after women other than his wife have Americans been so interested in the religious life of the man occupying...

Mar 27, 2003 / Randall Balmer

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