What Has Been Concluded Lately by People Discussing Dick Cheney.

deadline poet

By Calvin Trillin

This article appeared in the February 19, 2007 edition of The Nation.

February 1, 2007

They're saying that in many ways he
Is not just always wrong but crazy.

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About Calvin Trillin

Calvin Trillin is The Nation's "deadline poet." He has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1963 and has written the syndicated weekly column "Uncivil Liberties" since 1986. He has authored many, many books, including Tepper's Not Going Out and Deadline Poet: My Life as a Doggerelist. more...
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