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The Great Decider The Great Decider

A doo-wop ditty, performed by the decider-in-chief.

May 11, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Cheney at the Pump Cheney at the Pump

Why should anyone be surprised that Dick Cheney's good oil boys are making out like bandits?

May 4, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Adieu, Scott McClellan Adieu, Scott McClellan

Goodbye to a Bush official who has been remarkably consistent.

Apr 27, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Calls For Rumsfeld’s Resignation Calls For Rumsfeld’s Resignation

The Pentagon chief has been too wrong for too long.

Apr 20, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin

If This Isn’t War If This Isn’t War

A musical answer to a bellicose question, with apologies to Yip Harburg and Burton Lane.

Apr 13, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin

A Considered Jurisprudential Analysis of the Guilty Plea by Yet Another Former Aide to Tom DeLay and DeLay’s Resignation Announcement Three Days Later A Considered Jurisprudential Analysis of the Guilty Plea by Yet Another Former Aide to Tom DeLay and DeLay’s Resignation Announcement Three Days Later

DeLay cut his losses when they were cut for him.

Apr 6, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin

On the Revelation That Dick Cheney Requires The Television to Be Pre-set to Fox News in Any Hotel Room He Is About to Occupy On the Revelation That Dick Cheney Requires The Television to Be Pre-set to Fox News in Any Hotel Room He Is About to Occupy

All the news the Veep agrees to watch is for minds that are not only closed, but locked.

Mar 30, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin

A Summary of Remarks By George W. Bush and Dick Cheney on the Third Anniversary of the Invasion of Iraq A Summary of Remarks By George W. Bush and Dick Cheney on the Third Anniversary of the Invasion of Iraq

A Summary of Remarks By George W. Bush and Dick Cheney on the Third Anniversary of the Invasion of Iraq

Mar 23, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin

George W. Bush’s Approach to Maintaining Constitutional Rule in a Democracy Through a Series of Checks and Balances George W. Bush’s Approach to Maintaining Constitutional Rule in a Democracy Through a Series of Checks and Balances

Bush's approach to maintaining control: Can you say Caine Mutiny?

Mar 16, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin

George Bush’s Approval Rating Sinks to 34 Percent George Bush’s Approval Rating Sinks to 34 Percent

Bush's low approval rating is irrelevant, considering who is still on his side.

Mar 9, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin

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