‘State Dept. Study Foresaw Trouble In Iraq’ ‘State Dept. Study Foresaw Trouble In Iraq’
--Headline, New York Times, October 19
Oct 23, 2003 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Just Speculating Just Speculating
So Limbaugh has been hooked on pills, While Bennett's hooked on slots. Do all the right-wing morals police Have copybooks with blots?
Oct 16, 2003 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The President’s Response To the Report Stating That No Weapons of Mass Destruction Have Been Found in Iraq The President’s Response To the Report Stating That No Weapons of Mass Destruction Have Been Found in Iraq
The President now says that Kay's report-- Which plainly states that weapons of the sort
Oct 9, 2003 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Reflections on Geopolitics Reflections on Geopolitics
It seemed like such a good idea. Oh, when did it begin to sour, And start to be no fun to be The last remaining superpower?
Oct 2, 2003 / Column / Calvin Trillin
A Word to George Bush On the Occasion of His Mentioning That Iraq Was Not Responsible for the Attacks on 9/11 A Word to George Bush On the Occasion of His Mentioning That Iraq Was Not Responsible for the Attacks on 9/11
You tell us, with a casual by-the-way, Iraq was not behind that awful day, As if we'd never heard your staff and you Implying just the opposite was true.
Sep 25, 2003 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Arnie Juggernaut Encounters a Committed Feminist The Arnie Juggernaut Encounters a Committed Feminist
It may not do much good to beg her To cast her vote for Schwarzenegger: His flicks, the tales make pollsters rate her A hater of the Terminator.
Sep 18, 2003 / Column / Calvin Trillin
To Old Europe From the Last Remaining Superpower: A Polite Request for Help in Iraq To Old Europe From the Last Remaining Superpower: A Polite Request for Help in Iraq
Well, yes, we may have used the word "appease." We may have called you weenies who munch cheese. But now we're asking nicely for your aid--
Sep 11, 2003 / Column / Calvin Trillin
A Short Conversation With a Sissy-Hawk on the Possibility of a Quagmire A Short Conversation With a Sissy-Hawk on the Possibility of a Quagmire
"The nerve! Not so! That word still rankles." "You're sinking. I can't see your ankles." "The thugs are here; we now just squeeze."
Sep 4, 2003 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Just Wait Just Wait
The White House said, although it wasn't true, Iraq must be invaded, PDQ, Since terrorists, who'd caught us unaware, Were with Iraq, and always gathered there.
Aug 28, 2003 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Sleep Tight: A Lullaby Sung Each Night to Osama bin Laden Sleep Tight: A Lullaby Sung Each Night to Osama bin Laden
Sleep tight. There's no one making much ado. So sleep this night, Big O--in peace, sleep through it. The folks you bombed now never mention you.
Aug 14, 2003 / Column / Calvin Trillin