Political Figures

Bush’s Black Faces Bush’s Black Faces

Many of George Bush's supporters say that his recent nominations of Colin Powell as Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice as National Security Adviser and Rod Paige as Secretary o...

Jan 11, 2001 / Michael Eric Dyson

Getting the Money Out Getting the Money Out

The emerging fight over the McCain-Feingold campaign finance bill, which Senator John McCain has promised to bring up right after George W. Bush's installation as President, has ...

Jan 11, 2001 / The Editors

Treasury Nominee Paul O’Neill: Just in Time for Trouble Treasury Nominee Paul O’Neill: Just in Time for Trouble

Something doesn't add up about the new Treasury Secretary nominated by George W. Bush. The supply-side conservatives who live for more big tax cuts on capital and upper-bracket i...

Jan 11, 2001 / Feature / William Greider

The Three Horsemen The Three Horsemen

President-elect Bush's naming of former Colorado Attorney General Gale Norton as Interior Secretary and recently defeated Michigan Senator Spencer Abraham as Energy Secretary sug...

Jan 11, 2001 / Feature / David Helvarg

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

Bush’s Hammer Bush’s Hammer

House GOP whip Tom DeLay will do his best to pull the President to the right.

Jan 5, 2001 / Feature / Bob Dreyfuss

Powell’s Secret Coup Powell’s Secret Coup

The coronation of Colin Powell will probably not be interrupted by any of the specific questions about his mediocre and sometimes sinister past that were so well phrased by David C...

Jan 5, 2001 / Column / Christopher Hitchens

George Bush’s Democrats George Bush’s Democrats

Who are George Bush's bipartisan Democrats?

Jan 5, 2001 / Feature / Jesse Jackson Jr.

Block Ashcroft–I Block Ashcroft–I

John Ashcroft's nomination as Attorney General is the first installment on George W. Bush's enormous political debt to the radical right. Remember back in early February when Bus...

Jan 5, 2001 / Burt Neuborne

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