Did Ashcroft Take the Low Road on the Highroad? Did Ashcroft Take the Low Road on the Highroad?
When George W.
Jan 15, 2001 / Feature / David Corn and Dan Moldea
The Man From Elroy The Man From Elroy
To a degree that's hard to appreciate outside Wisconsin, Tommy Thompson's impending move to Washington to become Secretary of Health and Human Services will transform this state'...
Jan 12, 2001 / Feature / Joel Rogers
Letters Letters
THE CHAD MAN COMETH... Providence, R.I. For nearly four decades, the fine New York Yankee outfielder, Roger Maris, suffered the ignominy of the asterisk after his...
Jan 12, 2001 / Our Readers
Whitman: A Toxic Choice Whitman: A Toxic Choice
When W. gave the nod to New Jersey Governor Christie Todd Whitman for the top EPA spot in his administration, the tone-deaf national press corps praised the appointment of a "mod...
Jan 11, 2001 / Feature / Doug Ireland
Rumsfeld: Star Warrior Returns Rumsfeld: Star Warrior Returns
The surprise selection of Donald Rumsfeld as Defense Secretary provides a clear signal of President-elect George W. Bush's intent to transform radically the military policy of th...
Jan 11, 2001 / Feature / Michael T. Klare
Labor’s Fight Has Just Begun Labor’s Fight Has Just Begun
In the end, Linda Chavez undid her own nomination through her disingenuousness. Bush's first nominee as Labor Secretary withdrew after a storm of publicity about her relationship...
Jan 11, 2001 / Feature / David Moberg
On Passing Up Marc Racicot for Attorney General in Favor of John Ashcroft On Passing Up Marc Racicot for Attorney General in Favor of John Ashcroft
This Racicot seemed like Bush's sort of guy: Pro-life, he thought that killers ought to fry. Though right-wing to the core in many ways, He was, the Christian right said, soft...
Jan 11, 2001 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Right Stuff The Right Stuff
It was one of those odd little paragraphs that leap out at you, so filled with unexpected images it was. "What would Al Sharpton do if Bush calls him?" inquired Peter Noel in a r...
Jan 11, 2001 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Different Players, Same Game Different Players, Same Game
But hold! Isn't it the demand of enlightened people that all within these borders have a right to work without being hassled by the INS or kindred state agency? You can argue whe...
Jan 11, 2001 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
The Clinton Era by the Numbers The Clinton Era by the Numbers
Far more federal investigators. Many more prosecutions of illegal immigrants. The continuing dominant role of the war on drugs. A decreasing emphasis on white-collar crime. More ...
Jan 11, 2001 / Feature / David Burnham and Susan Long