Political Figures

Goodbye Keynes, Hello Coolidge Goodbye Keynes, Hello Coolidge

Paying off the national debt used to be an obsession of Calvinist fundamentalists on the fringes of the Republican Party, but this year it is the boldest banner held aloft by t...

Aug 10, 2000 / Feature / William Greider

Pity Bush, Gamely Shedding Treaties Like Dandruff Pity Bush, Gamely Shedding Treaties Like Dandruff

It is time to rally around our President and forego the constant drumbeat of criticism that has been his lot on the world stage ever since he discovered that foreign policy invol...

Jul 31, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer

Hard Right Burning for Bush? Hard Right Burning for Bush?

Perhaps it was because he was recovering from painful back surgery, but a few weeks before the Republican convention, Paul Weyrich, a founder of the religious right, was awful gr...

Jul 27, 2000 / Feature / David Corn

Bush’s Touchy-Feely Economics Bush’s Touchy-Feely Economics

The economics of George W.

Jul 27, 2000 / Feature / William Greider

Politics 2001: Bush Rules, Gore Drools Politics 2001: Bush Rules, Gore Drools

Where is Al Gore? Maybe he hasn't noticed, but all sorts of horrible things are happening under the Bush Administration--just as he predicted. Yet Gore has been totally silent. ...

Jul 17, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer

If Not Now… If Not Now…

There are a number of persuasive reasons to cast a vote for Ralph Nader in the fall, and a number of unpersuasive reasons, too.

Jul 13, 2000 / Column / Christopher Hitchens

Bush Under Strain, a Heartbeat Away Bush Under Strain, a Heartbeat Away

So much good news has been generated by the Bush Administration concerning the health of Dick Cheney that perhaps all of us should have four heart attacks, a quadruple bypass, a st...

Jul 3, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer

On the Road With Ralph Nader On the Road With Ralph Nader

On a spectacular spring day at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, about 1,500 college kids are sitting by the lake outside the student union, drinking beer, listening to bands...

Jun 29, 2000 / Feature / Ruth Conniff

Nader: A Personal View Nader: A Personal View

The Ralph Nader running for President this year is quite a different person from the driven crusader whom I first met as a young reporter, covering the advent of his public-inter...

Jun 29, 2000 / Feature / William Greider

Does President Bush Have the Guts to Abandon a Bad Idea? Does President Bush Have the Guts to Abandon a Bad Idea?

Despite early stumbles, George W. Bush has the potential to be an effective foreign policy president. But his willingness to back off from the "Star Wars" missile defense, which ...

Jun 19, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer

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