W’s Biggest Enron Liability: The Case Against Thomas White Grows W’s Biggest Enron Liability: The Case Against Thomas White Grows
Army Secretary Thomas White, a former high-ranking Enron, told reporters a few days ago that "if I ever get to the point....where the Enron business represe...
Mar 29, 2002 / Capital Games / David Corn
Finally, A Not-So-Bad Bush Doctrine: Poverty Breeds Terrorism Finally, A Not-So-Bad Bush Doctrine: Poverty Breeds Terrorism
President George W. Bush has joined the root-causes-of-terrorism crowd. It seems this stunning development has escaped the attention of the conserv...
Mar 25, 2002 / Capital Games / David Corn
Is The Enron Scandal Over?–It’s Up to Joe Lieberman UPDATED Is The Enron Scandal Over?–It’s Up to Joe Lieberman UPDATED
[FOR AN UPDATE ON THIS STORY SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM] Is the Enron scandal over? It doesn't dominate the Sunday talk shows. It doesn't overwhel...
Mar 20, 2002 / Capital Games / David Corn
W’s Corporate-Improvement Plan: Breaking with an Enron-ish Past W’s Corporate-Improvement Plan: Breaking with an Enron-ish Past
It may well be easier to preach corporate responsibility than to practice it. At least for George W. Bush. Earlier this month, Bush released a "plan to impr...
Mar 14, 2002 / Capital Games / David Corn
Bush’s New Nuclear Weapon Plan: A Shot at Nonproliferation Bush’s New Nuclear Weapon Plan: A Shot at Nonproliferation
After George W. Bush's tough talk about the "axis of evil" unnerved allies--and forced the Administration to dispense assurances it was not about to go half...
Mar 11, 2002 / Capital Games / David Corn
W.’s First Enron Connection: Update on the Bush-Enron Oil Deal W.’s First Enron Connection: Update on the Bush-Enron Oil Deal
Editor's note: Below is David Corn's article, posted on March 4, 2002, that first broke news of the Bush-Enron oil deal. An update follows. Did Geor...
Mar 4, 2002 / Capital Games / David Corn
Bush Tells Welfare Moms to Work More–How Pro-family Is That? Bush Tells Welfare Moms to Work More–How Pro-family Is That?
It's amazing some politicians don't get whiplash when they speak. Take the President. On Tuesday, while unveiling his new welfare plan at a church in Washin...
Feb 27, 2002 / Capital Games / David Corn
Bush’s War in Afghanistan: A Case of Big Mission Creep? Bush’s War in Afghanistan: A Case of Big Mission Creep?
Did the United States recently engage in an illegal act of war? On February 19, "The New York Times" placed on its front page a story headlined, "In...
Feb 20, 2002 / Capital Games / David Corn
US Mis-strikes in Afghanistan: Accidents or Possible War Crimes? US Mis-strikes in Afghanistan: Accidents or Possible War Crimes?
Have US forces in Afghanistan engaged in war crimes? That's a provocative question, the sort of query that few, if any, reporters at the Pentagon br...
Feb 13, 2002 / Capital Games / David Corn
US Commandos Kill Innocents, CIA Pays Off Kin–A Model Program? US Commandos Kill Innocents, CIA Pays Off Kin–A Model Program?
Two months ago, I wrote a piece for the "The Los Angeles Times" proposing that Afghan civilians who had lost relatives, limbs, homes and businesses due to e...
Feb 7, 2002 / Capital Games / David Corn