Ditch the Distraction in Chief Ditch the Distraction in Chief
Last month, I reluctantly joined the Anybody But Bush camp. It was "Bush in a Box" that finally got me, a gag gift my brother gave my father on his sixty-sixth birthday.
Jul 29, 2004 / Column / Naomi Klein
He’s the (Any)One He’s the (Any)One
Can someone win the presidency entirely on the basis of a negative asset?
Jul 29, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Alexander Cockburn
Let’s Not Devalue Ourselves Let’s Not Devalue Ourselves
It says something about the iron grip of the culture wars on our politics that no less a liberal than John Kerry--with his 100 percent ratings from NARAL, Human Rights Campaign, ...
Jul 29, 2004 / Column / Katha Pollitt
A White House Response To the 9/11 Commission’s Finding That Iran Had More Contact With the Hijackers Than Iraq Did A White House Response To the 9/11 Commission’s Finding That Iran Had More Contact With the Hijackers Than Iraq Did
The little error that we may have made
In picking out a country to invade
Was understandable. The names, of course,
Are close, and when you make a show of force
Jul 29, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin
An Excuse-Spouting Bush Is Busted by the 9/11 Report An Excuse-Spouting Bush Is Busted by the 9/11 Report
Before, incompetence and sloth; after, lies and the wrong war.
Jul 27, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
Homophobia and Apple Pie Homophobia and Apple Pie
Bush keeps claiming to represent "normal" Americans at the expense of "the other."
Jul 20, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
Wrong Again Wrong Again
Nearly every day brings fresh evidence that the Bush Administration deliberately undermined the security of this nation by misleading us into a costly and potentially ruinous war...
Jul 15, 2004 / Column / Eric Alterman
Lead Balloons Lead Balloons
I'm riding an elevator in downtown Boston. There is a sign warning of travel restrictions during the last week of July. A woman gets on. We both stare ahead as per elevator etiqu...
Jul 15, 2004 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
For the Day Ralph Nader Shuffles Off This Mortal Coil For the Day Ralph Nader Shuffles Off This Mortal Coil
In canned obits that papers keep,
The second graf relates
The fact that Nader gave us Bush,
Through votes in several states.
Jul 15, 2004 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Fact of the Matter Is That Facts Didn’t Matter Fact of the Matter Is That Facts Didn’t Matter
The Senate panel's report is a damning indictment of the Bush Doctrine.
Jul 13, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer