A Silver-Lining View of George Bush’s Not Attending Military Funerals, Lest He Become Associated With Bad News A Silver-Lining View of George Bush’s Not Attending Military Funerals, Lest He Become Associated With Bad News
At least there's no Bush eulogy
On why they had to die.
It's better that they're laid to rest
Without another lie.
Nov 13, 2003 / Column / Calvin Trillin
On General Boykin’s Comments That His God’s Bigger Than the Islam God On General Boykin’s Comments That His God’s Bigger Than the Islam God
The general says Islam's God's so small
He's just an idol, not a god at all.
The man's a moderate. Yes, you can cite
Much worse from zealots of the Christian right
Nov 6, 2003 / Column / Calvin Trillin
On Four Members of the War Cabinet On Four Members of the War Cabinet
Dick Cheney: The Droner Speaks
Oct 30, 2003 / Column / Calvin Trillin
‘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