The Hubris of the Neocons The Hubris of the Neocons
It took US policymakers and the American public many years, perhaps decades, to realize that hubris--arrogant and uninformed self-confidence--had played a c...
Mar 31, 2003 / Capital Games / David Corn
Postwar Democracy? Iraq is a Hard Place Postwar Democracy? Iraq is a Hard Place
The angry guy with the shoe. Those who have been watching the war on television are familiar with the video footage: after the US military took cont...
Mar 26, 2003 / Capital Games / David Corn
Finally, A Dream of War Comes True Finally, A Dream of War Comes True
A few months ago, I was in a television studio with one of Washington's leading pro-war cheerleaders. After we finished our mini-debate, he asked if I thoug...
Mar 18, 2003 / Capital Games / David Corn
Bush’s Irrelevant Case for War Bush’s Irrelevant Case for War
President George W. Bush has a case for going to war. It's a slim case, but a case. And he keeps undermining it with dishonest remarks. During his Thursday ...
Mar 7, 2003 / Capital Games / David Corn
The Democratic Beauty Contest The Democratic Beauty Contest
As was evident during the most recent episode of the Democratic Party's Star Search--a meeting in Washington of the Democratic National Committee, where mos...
Feb 25, 2003 / Capital Games / David Corn
Bush’s Presidential Malpractice Bush’s Presidential Malpractice
If a doctor handed you a strong medication--saying you had no choice but to swallow it--but didn't talk to you about the host of new ailments and problems t...
Feb 14, 2003 / Capital Games / David Corn
The Banning of Rabbi Lerner The Banning of Rabbi Lerner
War looms. Troops are moving into place. Administration officials refuse to discuss alternatives. And everyday George W. Bush has some new rhetorical device...
Feb 11, 2003 / Capital Games / David Corn
Powell’s One Good Reason To Bomb Iraq–UPDATED Powell’s One Good Reason To Bomb Iraq–UPDATED
Secretary of State Colin Powell convinced me. I am ready to bomb Iraq and wipe out the terrorists. Allow me to explain. It's not that an invasion an...
Feb 6, 2003 / Capital Games / David Corn
Bush: Eager for Combat Bush: Eager for Combat
The compassionate warrior. That's the image Bush offered in his second State of the Union address, as he deftly blended his 2000 campaign schtick (and all o...
Jan 29, 2003 / Capital Games / David Corn
Class Warfare By (Fuzzy) Numbers Class Warfare By (Fuzzy) Numbers
How does he do it? Every day Ari Fleischer takes the stand--so to speak--but, luckily for him, it's not under oath. That is, he provides a briefing in the W...
Jan 14, 2003 / Capital Games / David Corn