Bush Could Really Use a Fireside Chat With FDR Bush Could Really Use a Fireside Chat With FDR
It's cherry blossom time in Washington, DC, and there's no better place to retreat from the lobbyist feeding ground that is called the US Congress than the Franklin Delano Roosev...
Apr 10, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer
The Heck With That Global Warming Stuff The Heck With That Global Warming Stuff
Time to ease up on George W. So what that he tore up the Kyoto agreement, which had been painstakingly hammered out among 100 nations in an attempt to control global warming. B...
Apr 3, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer
Bush Crawls Into Bed With the Money Lenders Bush Crawls Into Bed With the Money Lenders
If only George W. Bush were content to merely market nights in the Lincoln Bedroom or issue some questionable pardons, the public would be much better off. But no, the new Pres...
Mar 30, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer
It’s Payback Time for Bush Contributors It’s Payback Time for Bush Contributors
Let's see which Bush softball we can hit out of the park this week. Should it be tolerating arsenic in the water supply, cutting funds for abused children or eliminating the hist...
Mar 28, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer
Bush Family Conversations on Retaking the White House Bush Family Conversations on Retaking the White House
The first son seemed anointed, then The tide began to ebb. Did anybody ever ask, "So could we bring in Jeb?"
Mar 2, 2000 / Column / Calvin Trillin
A Moderate Wouldn’t Make Appointments Like These A Moderate Wouldn’t Make Appointments Like These
It may be legal, but it's still a coup d'état. The nomination of Theodore B. Olson to be solicitor general, a position of such influence that it is often referred to as "t...
Feb 20, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer
Bush’s Sop to the Right Hits Women Worldwide Bush’s Sop to the Right Hits Women Worldwide
George W. Bush has a sweet appealing face until he reveals his dark side, as when he, in one of his first official acts, cut off funds to international population control groups....
Jan 30, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer
Despite the Cloud Over His Presidency, Clinton Excelled Despite the Cloud Over His Presidency, Clinton Excelled
Although he endured great hardship, Bill Clinton comes out of the Oval Office smelling like roses.
Jan 23, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer
The Last Job Ashcroft Should Be Given Is AG The Last Job Ashcroft Should Be Given Is AG
That John Ashcroft is a right-wing, pro-gun religious fanatic who laments the civil rights gains of the past decades and believes that leaders of the pro-slavery Southern Confede...
Jan 16, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer
Her Compassion for One Is Deserved by Many Her Compassion for One Is Deserved by Many
Let's assume that Linda Chavez had the best of intentions when she broke the law by harboring an illegal immigrant. More power to her for her compassion, even if at the very sa...
Jan 11, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer