Political Figures

President George W. Bush speaks at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC, in 2007.

The Republican Party’s Goal Is to Destroy the Federal Government The Republican Party’s Goal Is to Destroy the Federal Government

For years, their driving ambition has been to get government “down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub.”
 

Apr 24, 2003 / Feature / William Greider

Bush Goes AWOL Bush Goes AWOL

One of the many maddening feats of this Administration is that in choosing to fight the war on terror by going to war with Iraq, George W. Bush has inspired new terrorist threa...

Apr 17, 2003 / Column / Eric Alterman

History? What History? History? What History?

Allowing the looting of Iraq's museums is another indication of our contempt for the Mideast -- and our unfitness to rule it

Apr 16, 2003 / Column / Robert Scheer

Sacrifice Is for Suckers Sacrifice Is for Suckers

In his address to the nation on the eve of the invasion of Iraq, George W.

Apr 10, 2003 / Robert L. Borosage

Everything George Bush Needs to Know He Learned on the Playground Everything George Bush Needs to Know He Learned on the Playground

Let's say that from the east while you look south
An icy snowball hits you in the mouth.
You see the kid who did it run, the wretch,

Apr 10, 2003 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Rumsfeld Should Go

Rumsfeld Should Go Rumsfeld Should Go

This editorial was originally published in the April 21, 2003 issue of The Nation.

Apr 3, 2003 / The Editors

The Washington Wars The Washington Wars

By the start of the third week of war, Bush was bogged down in Mesopotamia and Washington.

Apr 3, 2003 / David Corn

On the Resignation of Richard Perle, Captain of The Sissy Hawk Brigade, On the Resignation of Richard Perle, Captain of The Sissy Hawk Brigade,

And so for Richard Perle was writ
The second graf of his obit:
This soaring bird of hawkish myth
Was grounded when discovered with
His talon in the cookie jar

Apr 3, 2003 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Richard Perle’s Corporate Adventures Richard Perle’s Corporate Adventures

Richard Perle's resignation as chairman of Donald Rumsfeld's Defense Policy Board on March 27 capped a tumultuous month for the neoconservative who spent the past decade stokin...

Apr 3, 2003 / Feature / Tim Shorrock

Stanford U. and the Bush Administration Stanford U. and the Bush Administration

As student antiwar activists work to make their case against war persuasive to ambivalent classmates, the leaders of a Stanford University peace group have launched a different k...

Mar 28, 2003 / Feature / Emily Biuso

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