Enron and the Bushes Enron and the Bushes
When George W. Bush was first running for governor of Texas, Washington editor David Corn took a look at Bush family activities on behalf of Enron in Argentina--itself now suffer...
Jan 17, 2002 / David Corn
Bush to Lay: What Was Your Name Again? Bush to Lay: What Was Your Name Again?
If you believe President Bush, Kenneth Lay--one of his top financial backers and his "good friend"--was merely an equal-opportunity corrupter of our political system, buying off ...
Jan 15, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer
Judging the Wise Guys Judging the Wise Guys
It's that time of the decade again; time to ask the time-honored question, "Whither the Public Intellectual?" We did it in the 1980s when Russell Jacoby first published his still...
Jan 10, 2002 / Column / Eric Alterman
More Bush Poor Picks More Bush Poor Picks
When Washington gets back to business, there will be squawking over presidential appointments. Before the Christmas recess, GOPers were charging Senate majority leader Tom Daschl...
Jan 10, 2002 / David Corn and Emily Weintraub
What Price Stimulus? What Price Stimulus?
"Not over my dead body will they raise your taxes," George W. Bush cryptically proclaimed. The press dutifully translated what he really meant, but few commented on the tasteless...
Jan 10, 2002 / The Editors
Making Money on Terror Making Money on Terror
Four months after September 11, Osama bin Laden is on the run and the Pentagon is riding high. Our warmaker in chief, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, has been described by t...
Jan 10, 2002 / William D. Hartung
In Fact… In Fact…
ENRON: WHERE DOES THE BUCK STOP? The Justice Department and several Congressional committees are starting to look under the Enron rock. Representative Henry Waxman has been shoo...
Jan 10, 2002 / The Editors
Reading Between the Lines Reading Between the Lines
The new education law is a victory for Bush--and for his corporate allies.
Jan 10, 2002 / Feature / Stephen Metcalf
Lesson Learned Lesson Learned
Bush says he'd take a thousand whacks Before he'd let the income tax Of all the richest people go back up. Remember Daddy's tax-hike fix. An old dog may not learn new tricks,...
Jan 10, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin