Political Figures

Bush Overplays the Terror Card Bush Overplays the Terror Card

Has the war on terrorism become the modern equivalent of the Roman Circus, drawing the people's attention away from the failures of those who rule them?

Jun 26, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer

DYNASTIES! DYNASTIES!

How their wealth and power threaten democracy

Jun 20, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Kevin Phillips

Advice and Consent Advice and Consent

Senator Russ Feingold had hoped the Senate Democratic leadership would challenge George W. Bush's decision to withdraw the United States from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. At...

Jun 13, 2002 / John Nichols

Red Over Green Party Moves Red Over Green Party Moves

Minnesota can be considered a veritable mecca for insurgent third parties. Its governor is maverick independent Jesse Ventura.

Jun 7, 2002 / Feature / Marc Cooper

Cheney’s Head: An Explanation Cheney’s Head: An Explanation

One mystery I've tried to disentangle: Why Cheney's head is always at an angle. He tries to come on straight, and yet I can't Help notice that his head is at a slant. When Ch...

Jun 6, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin

The Future Wellstone Deserves The Future Wellstone Deserves

Greens running against Democrats, and maybe giving Republicans the edge? Anyone who thinks we'll have to wait till the Bush-Gore rematch in 2004 to get into that can of worms h...

May 30, 2002 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

The Full Rudy: The Man, the Mayor, the Myth The Full Rudy: The Man, the Mayor, the Myth

Giuliani's record includes big accomplishments and spectacular lapses.

May 30, 2002 / Feature / Jack Newfield

The Job Has Become Too Big for Ashcroft The Job Has Become Too Big for Ashcroft

OK, so maybe John Ashcroft and Robert Mueller are not the sharpest tools in the shed. How else to explain that, after September.

May 29, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer

The Warning Game The Warning Game

The question is not the 1970s cliché, What did the President know and when did he know it? The appropriate query is, What did US intelligence know--and what did the Pre...

May 23, 2002 / David Corn

September 11 Questions September 11 Questions

George W. Bush, it is true, did not create the FBI's smug, insular, muscle-bound bureaucracy or the CIA's well-known penchant for loopy spy tips and wrongheaded geopolitical analy...

May 23, 2002 / The Editors

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