Lou Dubose

Lou Dubose was the co-author, with the late Molly Ivins, of two New York Times bestsellers about George W. Bush: Shrub: The Short But Happy Political Life of George W. Bush and Bushwhacked: Life in George W. Bush's America, both published by Random House. He also wrote, with Texas Monthly senior writer Jan Reid, a political biography of Republican House majority leader Tom DeLay: The Hammer (Public Affairs, 2004). His final collaboration with Ms. Ivins was Bill of Wrongs (Random House, 2007). He currently edits the semi-monthly Washington Spectator and divides his time between Austin, Texas, and Washington, DC.

Currently

  • Winning Votes, Hearts & Minds

    March 5, 2008

    Hillary Clinton may have won Texas, but the huge crowds participating for the first time in the primary and caucuses were there mainly because of Barack Obama.

2001

  • Bush's Hit Man

    February 15, 2001

    Some wonder to what extent Karl Rove will use the power of the government against those who would cross Bush. Rove's past suggests such worries are not unfounded.

2000

1999

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