On John McCain’s Much-Ridiculed Attempt to Use His Shorja Market Visit as Proof That Baghdad Is Being Pacified On John McCain’s Much-Ridiculed Attempt to Use His Shorja Market Visit as Proof That Baghdad Is Being Pacified
McCain bought himself trouble in his visit to Baghdad.
Apr 12, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Katrina vs. Colbert Katrina vs. Colbert
Katrina vanden Heuvel appears on The Colbert Report to debate the host on the question of truthiness and much more.
Apr 10, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel and Stephen Colbert
On the News That Mitt Romney Finished First Among Republicans in First-Quarter Fundraising On the News That Mitt Romney Finished First Among Republicans in First-Quarter Fundraising
As a candidate, Mitt is now legit.
Apr 5, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin
What Congress Is Concluding About the Attorney General’s Relationship With The Truth What Congress Is Concluding About the Attorney General’s Relationship With The Truth
The truth gets whacked on Fredo's watch.
Mar 29, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Mistakes Were Made Mistakes Were Made
A cheer for all seasons.
Mar 22, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin
‘Additional Troop Increase Approved’ ‘Additional Troop Increase Approved’
The real meaning of "surge."
Mar 15, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Bush Approval Rating Drops Below Zero Bush Approval Rating Drops Below Zero
Polling experts say that Bush's numbers are at an all-time low, and that only certain toxic molds have come close to those numbers in the past.
Mar 12, 2007 / Editorial / Eric Kenning
A Dispiriting Thought On the 2008 Presidential Election Campaign A Dispiriting Thought On the 2008 Presidential Election Campaign
What a long, strange trip it's going to be.
Mar 8, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Some Former Backsliders Try to Please the Christian Right Some Former Backsliders Try to Please the Christian Right
Want us to jump? How high?
Mar 1, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin
A Republican Talks Straight to an Anti-Surge Democrat A Republican Talks Straight to an Anti-Surge Democrat
The ultimate test of patriotism.
Feb 22, 2007 / Column / Calvin Trillin