Bush to Lay: What Was Your Name Again? Bush to Lay: What Was Your Name Again?
If you believe President Bush, Kenneth Lay--one of his top financial backers and his "good friend"--was merely an equal-opportunity corrupter of our political system, buying off ...
Jan 15, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer
Judging the Wise Guys Judging the Wise Guys
It's that time of the decade again; time to ask the time-honored question, "Whither the Public Intellectual?" We did it in the 1980s when Russell Jacoby first published his still...
Jan 10, 2002 / Column / Eric Alterman
Forbidden Truth? Forbidden Truth?
Conspiracy is going mainstream. Paula Zahn of CNN went into wide-eyed mode as she parleyed with Richard Butler, former head of the UN inspection team in Iraq, latterly part of th...
Jan 10, 2002 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Lesson Learned Lesson Learned
Bush says he'd take a thousand whacks Before he'd let the income tax Of all the richest people go back up. Remember Daddy's tax-hike fix. An old dog may not learn new tricks,...
Jan 10, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Let Down His Rich Pals? Over His Dead Body Let Down His Rich Pals? Over His Dead Body
Talk about the politics of class struggle. George W. Bush now is apparently willing to give his life to make the rich richer.
Jan 10, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer
Johnnie Walker Blackened Johnnie Walker Blackened
That would-be martyr John Walker--the mujahid of Marin County--has done something more than give a bad name to my favorite Scotch whiskey. He has illuminated the utter unfitness of...
Jan 3, 2002 / Column / Christopher Hitchens
Rudy Giuliani, Triumphant Rudy Giuliani, Triumphant
So Rudy is the person of the year. We join the world in offering a cheer To him--a man, some thought, was sent by heaven To guide us through the shock of 9/11. At certain tim...
Jan 3, 2002 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Enron Is a Cancer on the Presidency Enron Is a Cancer on the Presidency
Enron's Ken Lay is no stranger to not only the Bush family, but the Bush administration. Finally, reporters are starting to take notice and ask questions.
Jan 2, 2002 / Column / Robert Scheer
Dissent Dissent
Now Ashcroft says his critics aid An enemy whose plans are laid To turn our torch of liberty quite dim. So we should say, "Do what you please, Forget the usual guarantees"-- Unless, of course, the enemy is Him.
Dec 20, 2001 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Begging to Disagree Begging to Disagree
In these heated times, what does the word 'fundamentalist' mean? Well, it all depends on whom you ask.
Dec 20, 2001 / Column / Patricia J. Williams