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