Questions for Ashcroft Questions for Ashcroft
As the Senate begins its hearings on the nomination of John Ashcroft as Attorney General, it is important to focus on the different roles that his office plays in the administrati...
Jul 9, 2001 / Leon Friedman
Rove-r and Out? Rove-r and Out?
Maybe that Karl Rove ain't such a genius. In the past few weeks Democrats have, with a touch of glee, been wondering about George W. Bush's Svengali-strategist as Rove has stepped...
Jun 28, 2001 / David Corn
The Man From Alcoa The Man From Alcoa
Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill is turning out to be a dangerous crank.
Jun 28, 2001 / Feature / William Greider
Liberating Vieques Liberating Vieques
When George W. Bush announced from Sweden on June 14 that he planned to pull the US Navy out of the Puerto Rican island of Vieques by 2003, it struck some as odd when he referred ...
Jun 21, 2001 / Angelo Falcón
Elliott Abrams: It’s Back! Elliott Abrams: It’s Back!
"How would you feel if your wife and children were brutally raped before being hacked to death by soldiers during a military massacre of 800 civilians, and then two governments tr...
Jun 14, 2001 / David Corn
Bush’s Tax Savings: Unreal! Bush’s Tax Savings: Unreal!
A Nation analysis finds that benefits to Bush, Cheney and the Cabinet could top million.
Jun 7, 2001 / Feature / Michael Scherer
Bringing Down the Senate Bringing Down the Senate
Vermont, as John Kenneth Galbraith once observed, is the only state in the union represented in Congress by a Democrat, a Republican and a Socialist, who all vote more or less ali...
May 31, 2001 / The Editors
Shrub Flubs His Dub Shrub Flubs His Dub
Austin Oh, sure, blame it on Texas. It's all our fault Jim Jeffords walked. Many, many people in Washington are assuming "the Texans" in the White House are responsible ...
May 31, 2001 / Molly Ivins