Political Figures

Bush’s Rough Justice Bush’s Rough Justice

Bush insisted that Saddam Hussein's trial be held in Iraq so that an international tribunal would never expose America's history of support for the tyrant.

Nov 8, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer

Lost in Connecticut Lost in Connecticut

Joe Lieberman won an idiosyncratic victory. He holds his seat despite his relentless support for Iraq, rather than because of it.

Nov 8, 2006 / Feature / Bruce Shapiro

Beginning of the End Beginning of the End

The Iraq Study Group report comes too late for the 600,000 people who died in carnage that is likely to worsen. It won't satisfy the antiwar movement because it sets no timetable f...

Nov 7, 2006 / Feature / Bob Dreyfuss

Memo to Kerry: Criticize, Don’t Apologize Memo to Kerry: Criticize, Don’t Apologize

John Kerry should stop being nice about the Deserter in Chief. He should be reminding voters that the President who has sent more than 3,000 US soldiers and allies and untold thous...

Nov 3, 2006 / Feature / Ian Williams

Enron’s Enablers Enron’s Enablers

Ken Lay and Jeffrey Skilling would have remained small time crooks were it not for the energy industry deregulation measures they effectively purchased from Bush I and II.

Oct 25, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer

Lamont vs. Lieberman, Round 2 Lamont vs. Lieberman, Round 2

Lamont now lags behind Liebermans, but the Connecticut electorate is so volatile that the outcome is far from certain.

Oct 20, 2006 / Feature / Bruce Shapiro

The Dubya Diaries The Dubya Diaries

"Some expert on CNN said, 'A stitch in time saves nine.' And I thought, Doesn't anyone speak clearly anymore? Nine what?"

Sep 28, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Rosecrans Baldwin

Get Me Rewrite Get Me Rewrite

Bill Clinton maintains that the mainstream media has misrepresented his record on fighting terror. But it will take a generation to meaningfully assess his effectiveness.

Sep 26, 2006 / Mark Updegrove

A Distinct Lack of Intelligence A Distinct Lack of Intelligence

If George W. Bush took the latest National Intelligence Estimate seriously, he would end the ineffectual "war on terror" model and treat terrorism as a pathology to be clinically ...

Sep 26, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer

George W. Bush and Some Republican Senators Discuss the Geneva Conventions George W. Bush and Some Republican Senators Discuss the Geneva Conventions

The Decider takes on that bothersome Constitution and that meddling Congress.

Sep 21, 2006 / Column / Calvin Trillin

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