On the Appointment of Alberto Gonzales as Attorney General On the Appointment of Alberto Gonzales as Attorney General
The AG's to be one Alberto Gonzales--
Dependable, actually loyal über alles.
Though we can't say "Viva!"
For him on Geneva
(Conventions he'd treat
Nov 18, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Peter Principle and the Neocon Coup The Peter Principle and the Neocon Coup
The bloodletting has begun.
Nov 16, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
Flu Vaccines and the Free Market Flu Vaccines and the Free Market
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Nov 15, 2004 / Column / Dr. Marc Siegel
Taking the Hospital Taking the Hospital
In the postelection world, holding evangelical Protestantism up to the light has become all the rage, which does seem somewhat like shutting the barn door after the horse has lef...
Nov 11, 2004 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Pin the Terrorist on the Donkey Pin the Terrorist on the Donkey
It's impossible to pinpoint any single factor that determined the Democrats' defeat on election day, but a significant disadvantage that is going unremarked in the discussion of ...
Nov 11, 2004 / Column / Eric Alterman
Infinitesimal Silver Lining Infinitesimal Silver Lining
The Nader Vote, we find, did not exist.
No harm was done by Ralph, that avis rarest.
So, not a factor, as he was before,
Nov 11, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin
He Won. Live With It, for Now. He Won. Live With It, for Now.
In no time at all, Bush will be the lamest of ducks.
Nov 10, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
In the Executive Suite of a Major Insurance Company, As Dark Clouds Gather Over New York State… In the Executive Suite of a Major Insurance Company, As Dark Clouds Gather Over New York State…
The CEO now wants a drink--
And something stronger than a spritzer.
His worry's not a storm or flood;
The dread calamity is Spitzer.
Nov 4, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Don’t Say We Didn’t Warn You Don’t Say We Didn’t Warn You
"Why Is He Losing?" was the title I initially gave my last column here two weeks ago, and my Nation editor, Roane Carey, worried that this was maybe too pessimistic, amid suppose...
Nov 4, 2004 / Column / Alexander Cockburn