Perversion of Justice
Emily Berman : Attorney General
A scathing new report confirms some of our worst fears about Bush Administration's politicization of the Justice Department.
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The White Whale
E.L. Doctorow : Philosophy
Just as Moby-Dick was too much for Ahab, our new century may be too difficult for us to comprehend.
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Anatomy of a Price Surge
Michael T. Klare : Oil
Oil companies, speculators and OPEC helped spike the cost of oil, but ruinous Bush Administration policies have compounded the damage.
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Wiretapped Out
The Editors : US Intelligence/Covert Ops
The House stalemate with the White House over electronic surveillance creates a rare moment to reconsider an array of unconstitutional post-9/11 laws.
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Undoing the Bush Legacy
Aziz Huq : Civil Rights & Liberties
No matter who becomes the next President, the clammy fingers of Bush and Cheney will be wrapped around vital national policies. It's up to Congress to break their grip.
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Bush's Last Hurrah
The Editors : George W. Bush
What happens when the President gives a State of the Union address and nobody listens?
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The Bush Legacy: Journey to the Dark Side
Tom Engelhardt : Civil Rights & Liberties
We have not come to grips with how centrally the Bush Administration has planted torture, abuse, kidnapping, and illegal imprisonment at the heart of governmental practice, the news, and everyday life.
2007
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A Good Week for the Saudis
Their boy Nawaz Sharif's back in Pakistan, oil prices are soaring and the Bushies continue to do their bidding.
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Taking Power
Jonathan Schell : Constitutional Questions
America is sleepwalking into one-man rule. What can the Democrats do about it?
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Beware the Lame Duck
Bush may be a discredited President, but he can still do a lot of damage in the last sixteen months of his presidency.
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The Secret White House
By classifying an unprecedented amount of information, the Bush Administration is shrouding its workings in mystery--and threatening our democracy in the process.
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How the Democrats Blew It in Only 8 Months
Alexander Cockburn : Democratic Party
Are we better off or worse since the Democrats won back Congress?
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King George W.: James Madison's Nightmare
This is the bellicose imperial presidency the authors of our Constitution warned us about.
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The Surgeon General's Commissars
Stanley I. Kutler : Health Care Policy
The testimony of three former Surgeons General offers more proof of how the Bush Administration's corps of inept political operatives subverts our system of checks and balances.
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Surge Mentality: White House in Denial
A White House report that claims the surge is working only throws fuel on the fire among both parties in Congress to push for withdrawal.
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Neoconned Again
Expect no changes as Bush Administration hit man Robert Zoellick takes the helm of the World Bank.
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The Abstinence Gluttons
Michael Reynolds : Conservatives & The American Right
Meet the religious conservatives at the faith-based feeding trough who are getting rich controlling sex education in America.
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Bush Blames the Troops
Bush is hiding behind the fiction that officers in the field are calling the shots.
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Heck of a Job, Wolfie
Wolfowitz is in trouble. The World Bank leader got his girlfriend a pay raise, lied about it and alienated his staff. But don't worry--Bush still thinks he's doing a bang-up job.
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Pelosi and Diplomacy
By refusing to negotiate at home and abroad, Bush has become isolated and dangerous.
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Bush's Shadow Army
An investigation into Blackwater USA reveals a frightening picture of a politically connected private army that serves as the administration's Praetorian guard.
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Cheney's Henchman Gets His
Nicholas von Hoffman : Government
Why should the Vice President have a national security adviser to begin with?
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How to Fix Our Democracy
In just six years, Bush has squandered centuries of American progress. It's time to start repairing the damage.
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Thelma and Louise Imperialism
Are Bush and Cheney so wedded to their delusions that they might gun the car and head directly over the cliff in a confrontation with Iran?
2006
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An Immodest Proposal
David Cole : Constitutional Questions
Modesty is a virtue, but rather than telling the courts to practice restraint, the Bush Administration should rein in its own abuses of power.
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It's Over for Bush
As voters expressed their disgust, this election signaled a repudiation of the corrupt Bush regime, a clear antiwar victory and the collapse of the conservative order.
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Senate Vote Advances President's Effort to Kill War Crimes Act
Jeremy Brecher & Brendan Smith : US Military
The 109th Congress, led by Republican Senators McCain, Warner, and Graham and with the acquiescence of many Democrats, is poised to legalize torture, trials with secret evidence, and annulment of the right of habeas corpus
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War Signals?
As a strike group of six US naval vessels prepares to deploy to the Persian Gulf, wary critics of the Bush Administration and members of the military are raising flags that an "October surprise" attack on Iran may be imminent. Others are skeptical.
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A Scandal If Not a Crime
The White House behaved unethically by exposing Valerie Plame's identity. Escaping prosecution is not the same as escaping judgment.
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Gaping Holes Remain in the 9/11 Story
It's no wonder so many Americans are examining alternative explanations that range from the plausible to the absurd.
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Knock on Wood
The Bush Administration's illegitimate use of renditions, disappearances, torture and an illegal war has fostered the growth of a loose-knit global band of fanatics willing to do unspeakable violence against us.
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The Path From 9/11
The fifth anniversary of 9/11 prompts grief and sadness, but also anger. We must free ourselves from the idea that the "war on terror" is an organizing principle for our foreign policy.
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Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: Guidepost or Relic?
As the Bush Administration continues to exercise an inordinate amount of power, will the Supreme Court's Hamdan v. Rumsfeld ruling become a guidepost for future government or a last lonely relic of a proud lost era?
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Lawyers Challenge Bush
Mickey Edwards : Constitutional Questions
Citizens, lawyers and constitutional scholars of all political stripes have reason to be concerned about President Bush's use of "signing statements," which assert his right to ignore a law and threaten the central tenet of America's system of constrained government.
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For His Eyes Only: Bush's Secret Crimes
By blindly accepting Bush's expansion of state secrets claims, the courts are allowing the executive branch to operate above the law, putting the core principles of our democracy at risk.
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A President Rebuked
The Supreme Court's Hamdan v. Rumsfeld decision is to Bush what the Pentagon Papers were to Nixon: a devastating rebuke of a President who thought he had a blank check and a clear affirmation of human rights and the rule of law.
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Henry Paulson's Treasury
Nomi Prins : Corporate Influence in Washington
Goldman Sachs chairman and CEO Henry Paulson faces ethical, political and economic challenges if confirmed as Bush's latest Treasury Secretary.
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The UN Bites Back
If the Bush Administration is serious about UN reform, it should replace Ambassador John Bolton and stop linking payment of dues to action on reform.
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The Pincer Strategy
Jeremy Brecher & Brendan Smith : Constitutional Questions
Growing concern over Bush's abuses of executive power could be the force that unites Democrats, Republicans and libertarians in a broad, nonpartisan effort to defend the Constitution and the rule of law.
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The Wiretapping Tango
Bruce Shapiro : Privacy Rights
The NSA surveillance scandal raises questions about whether phone companies will become pawns of an Administration bent on expanding its power.
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Spymaster Disaster
: Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
The CIA is in need of reinvention and a director who can oversee the transformation. Gen. Michael Hayden is not the right man for the job.
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Anthems of Outrage
The crankily contrarian Neil Young has a knack for making music that reflects the times. Living With War, his blistering attack on the Bush presidency, marks the turning of a cultural tide.
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Watching What You Say
Tim Shorrock : Corporate Responsibility & Accountability
How are AT&T, Sprint, MCI and other telecommunications giants cooperating with the National Security Agency's warrantless surveillance program?
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FEMA Braces for Another Storm
With hurricane season approaching and another Bush crony at the helm of FEMA, a few restive lawmakers are seeking real reform for the storm-tossed agency. Whether they will succeed is another story.
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Attack Iran, Ignore the Constitution
Jeremy Brecher & Brendan Smith : Congress
Congress and the American people must challenge the Administration's assertion that the President can take military action without consulting Congress.
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The Gospel of Scooter
A political nightmare, with a scriptural spin, tells the true story of two nefarious lords and their faithful servant.
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Can You Say 'Permanent Bases'?
Despite recent press visits, the building of bases in Iraq has not come under much scrutiny. If Congress and opposition Democrats continue to ignore the issue, there will be no withdrawal from Iraq.
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The Price of Inflation
Nicholas von Hoffman : U.S. Economy
Bush is using inflation to pay off the deficits incurred by his Administration, leaving future generations with more problems than just debt.
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Cherry-picked Intelligence
: Iraq War
It's now clear that Bush & Co. had no interest in reality-based intelligence to justify the decision to invade Iraq.
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Less Butter, More Guns
: Budget
If the war in Iraq is winding down, why does the Pentagon need so much money? Because the Bush Administration has visions of a permanent war economy.
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NSA Spying Myths
The Bush Administration has propagated five myths in its current campaign to rationalize its illegal domestic spying program.
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Madness of King George
: Al Gore
Democrats should follow Al Gore's lead and challenge the Bush Administration's ongoing surveillance of American citizens. If this illegal action goes unchecked, our liberties will be dramatically impaired.
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Part D From Outer Space
The Bush Administration's ill-advised new prescription drug program could destroy Medicare as a benefit for all Americans.
2005
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A White House Response to Senator Feingold
Chastised by Russ Feingold for extrajudicial spying, the President who would be king invokes the divine right of kings.
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Conspiracy to Torture
No nation is immune from the insidious downward spiral signified by torture. In this special issue, The Nation confronts the sweeping moral seriousness what the torture conspiracy will do to America and its democratic institutions. The facts are known: Now it's time to hold the conspirators accountable.
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Secrets and Lies
Karen J. Greenberg : Guantanamo Bay
By the time the first prisoners were taken in Iraq, a green light to abuse had been issued in writing. Now torture is cloaked in a veil of secrecy, with obscured statistics, dismissal of human rights reports and outright denial. Torture has proved to be a window into the Bush Administration's pursuit of the war on terror.
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The Torture Administration
Despite what we know of history, it comes as a shock to discover that American leaders would open the way for torture of prisoners, that the President would fight legislation prohibiting inhumane treatment, and that Congress would barely react. A moment of historical reckoning has come: It is time to establish an independent commission with a special prosecutor and bring executors of abuse to justice.
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Make Levees, Not War
Liza Featherstone : Peace Activism
New Orleans was top-of-mind for more than 100,000 peace advocates in Washington who delivered a clear and unified message, protesting the Bush Administration's war in Iraq and its callous indifference to the victims of the Gulf Coast hurricanes.
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New Orleans Is Us
New Orleans was not an unpredictable disaster--it was a model for the incompetence of the Bush Administration. And when the next disaster comes, we will all be under water.
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Government's the Problem
As the waters rise, how about a sea chantey for the Bush Administration?
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Prez on the Precipice
The waning political power of the Bush Administration poses a huge opportunity for Democrats to revitalize the party and challenge the President's flawed vision of hurricane recovery and continuing involvement in Iraq.
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Further Words From George W. Bush After He Said to FEMA Chief Michael Brown, 'Brownie, You're Doing a Heckuva Job.'
Perhaps Bush is beginning to regret picking a horse expert to heard FEMA.
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Bread, Roses and the Flood
The only bright spot in this man-made disaster has been the wave of public outrage at the Administration's failure to provide aid to the most vulnerable.
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William Rehnquist
William Rehnquist showed little regard for the social consequences that followed his unrelenting application of conservative legal theory.
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FEMA: Confederacy of Dunces
FEMA enjoyed bipartisan praise during the 1990s under President Clinton. By the time Hurricane Katrina roared into the Gulf, the Bush Administration had dismantled it.
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The Disaster President
: Politicians & Political Leaders
The incompetence revealed by the response to Hurricane Katrina can be traced to a twenty-five-year project, begun in the Reagan era, of discrediting government.
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Iraq's Fig-Leaf Constitution
Bush may crow about a new constitution, but he can't deny that autocrats, theocrats and terrorists are clearly in control.
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On President Bush's Recess Appointment of John Bolton as Ambassador to the United Nations
Calvin Trillin : United Nations
The job's too vital to be left unfilled. So Bush will stiff the Senate now--and name Bolton anyhow.
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Mortgaged to the House of Saud
More evidence that President Bush is losing the "war on terror."
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Anonymous Lies From Anonymous Sources
Frances Cerra Whittelsey : Karl Rove
The Valerie Plame affair should be an occasion for soul-searching about how the media covers the President.
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Republican Wilding
Robert L. Borosage : Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
The corruption that characterizes the Administration will not be curbed by reasoned argument, appeals to moderates, public skepticism or the Democratic minority.
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Bolton Sent to UN
The conservatives who applauded the President's courage in making a recess appointment to John Bolton are normally strict constructionists.
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Letter From Ground Zero
Like every important government crisis, the outing of undercover CIA officer Valerie Plame by Karl Rove, must be seen in many contexts at once.
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On China at Least, Nixon Was Right
Nixon had it right: A prosperous China is good for us all.
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The Iran War Buildup
The building blocks for an attack in Iran are beginning to be put into place.
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The Stakes in Roberts's Nomination
If you like the Patriot Act and Guantánamo, you'll love John Roberts.
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Iraq's Dangerous New Friend
Is it surprising to find the Iraqi government looking for help from powerful Iran?
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The Real Rove Scandal
Truth and competence are virtues easily shed by the Bush Administration.
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Iranian Revolution Is Thriving in Iraq
Did those wily ayatollahs give us the purple finger again?
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Even Bush's GOP Allies Are Breaking Ranks
Several Republicans in Congress now recognize that Bush's war in Iraq is only getting worse.
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MIA: News of Prison Toll
The media has ignored prisoner deaths suffered at American hands.
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The War Debate Reopens
: Iraq War
America has reached a turning point in its debate on the Iraq war.
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Pattern of Deception Persists in Tillman's Death
The White House knew more than it let on as it played the Pat Tillman story for political benefit.
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William Donaldson Is Replaced as Chairman Of the Securities and Exchange Commission by Christopher Cox
Calvin Trillin : Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
A look at the changing of the guard at the SEC.
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Surrender at the SEC
: Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
Sending Christopher Cox to the SEC is as shameful as sending John Bolton to the UN.
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Blaming the Messenger Fools No One
The Bush Administration respects Amnesty International only when doing so suits its political agenda.
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After Downing Street
It is time for the Bush Administration to answer for its lies about Iraq.
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The Other Bomb Drops
Bush began the Iraq invasion before he went to Congress.
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A Cover-Up as Shameful as Tillman's Death
Once again, grieving relatives point out that the Bush Administration will exploit anything for political purposes.
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Just Say Não
Brazil turns down $40 million in defiance of Bush's AIDS policy.
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Bush's War on the Press
Eric Alterman : Journalists & Journalism
Our independent media is under attack.
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Leaving Adults Behind
Alexa Rose Steinberg : California
If Bush's proposed funding cuts go through, many Americans seeking basic literacy will have nowhere to go.
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Missing WMD Report
When is a priority not a priority? When it's after the election.
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The Bankruptcy Bill: A Tutorial in Greed
Robert Scheer : Corporate Welfare
Lesson No. 1: Campaign cash is worth more than family values.
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Bush's Perverse UN Pick
John Bolton's career has been dedicated to subverting the UN.
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The Force Bush Won't Use on Iran
Bush's policies have left the leaders of Iran defending a more logical position than that of our own government.
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Is Al Qaeda Just a Bush Boogeyman?
Is it possible that a vast and well-organized terrorist conspiracy does not exist?
2004
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The GOP's Sabotage of Social Security
Robert Scheer : Social Security
The President considers my longevity a grave threat to the nation.
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Kerik's 'Nannygate' Was the Least of It
Robert Scheer : Immigration to the US
NYC's media have been looking into allegations of far more consequential transgressions.
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The Bush AIDS Machine
Bush did something Reagan never dreamed of: He made AIDS his own.
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He Won. Live With It, for Now.
Robert Scheer : Presidential Election 2004
In no time at all, Bush will be the lamest of ducks.
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Carlyle Covers Up
Have James Baker's business interests compromised his performance as debt envoy in Iraq?
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Follow the Money
Esther Kaplan : Reproductive Rights
The Christian right's comeback has been fueled by Bush Administration grants.
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Potemkin Government
Jonathan Schell : US Foreign Policy
Misrepresentation of programs, including weapon systems, is an old story.
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The Dangers of a 'What the Heck' Vote
Robert Scheer : Presidential Election 2004
Don't say you weren't warned.
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Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
An anti-Bush backlash is growing among ranchers, hunters and property owners.
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Nonproliferation Politics
Michael T. Klare : Nuclear Arms & Proliferation
Nonproliferation must be applied in a nondiscriminatory fashion to be effective.
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Keep the Promise to Our Children
Robert L. Borosage : Education Policy & Reform
The largest mobilization ever for public schools has one simple demand.
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Vote for Bush or Die
Judd Legum & David Sirota : Republican Party
The Republicans politicize terror.
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Israel's Albatross: US Neocons
With friends like these, Israel doesn't need enemies.
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One More Chalabi Black Eye
Robert Scheer : Iraqi Reconstruction/ Occupation
A close alliance between Iraq and the fanatical ayatollahs of Iran is the most likely accomplishment of the US invasion.
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Bush's House of Cards
As bad as Bush's economic record is, it would appear far worse if not for the housing bubble.
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Bush Zones Go National
Jim Hightower : Civil Rights & Liberties
In the undeclared war against dissent, disagreement has become a crime.
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An Excuse-Spouting Bush Is Busted by the 9/11 Report
Robert Scheer : Intelligence Leading Up To 9/11
Before, incompetence and sloth; after, lies and the wrong war.
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Time's Up
Though Bush trumpets his commitment to the AIDS fight, the delegation he sent to Bangkok was rather anemic.
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Neocon Riots Rock DC
Eric Kenning : Conservatives & The American Right
Areas of the nation's capital were in ruins as protests continued against a bill that would revive the military draft, but only for neoconservatives.
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Fact of the Matter Is That Facts Didn't Matter
Robert Scheer : Iraqi Reconstruction/ Occupation
The Senate panel's report is a damning indictment of the Bush Doctrine.
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Even a Tyrant Is Entitled to Due Process
Robert Scheer : Saddam Hussein
Hussein's trial is shaping up as just US theatrics.
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Bush's AIDS Hypocrisy Cons the NY Times
New anti-condom CDC regs give the lie to Bush's election-year rhetoric.
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Election Matters
The most intriguing story in Washington is a subterranean conflict that reporters cannot cover because some of them are involved.
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Marriage on the Mind
Sharon Lerner : Marriage & Divorce
The Bush Administration's misguided poverty cure.
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Tout Torture, Get Promoted
The Bush Administration awards a judgeship to the author of an infamous memo.
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Former Bush (41) and Reagan Officials Say Bush (43) Must Go
Katrina vanden Heuvel : US Foreign Policy
these old hands are taking a stand against the most arrogant and incompetent foreign policy in their lifetimes.
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Under the Banner of the 'War' on Terror
William Greider : War on Terrorism
A political slogan is not a strategy for national defense.
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Hawks Eating Crow
Eric Alterman : Jails & Prisons
The Bush Administration has not made it easy on its supporters.
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Orders to Torture
The evidence emerging from Abu Ghraib reveals high crimes and misdemeanors in the precise sense of the Constitution's impeachment clause.
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The Moral Case Against the Iraq War
The crimes at Abu Ghraib are a direct expression of the kind of war we are waging in Iraq.
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Is Koppel a Commie?
Eric Alterman : Jails & Prisons
Even by the debased standards of Bush-era punditocracy discourse, Sinclair stands out as an impressively dumbed-down operation.
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The Archives and Allen Weinstein
Weinstein is considered by many archivists and historians to be unqualified on ethical grounds.
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Debtor Nation
William Greider : U.S. Economy
When will this hemorrhaging debtor nation be compelled to pull back from profligate consumption?
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The Sharon-Bush Axis of Occupation
Rabbi Michael Lerner : Israeli/Palestinian Conflict
The policies of these two militarists has little chance of bringing lasting peace.
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Bush Puts 'a Cancer on the Presidency'
Robert Scheer : Secrecy in the Bush Administration
Watergate insider calls this White House "scary."
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Three Mile Island
Mark Hertsgaard : Radioactive Waste/Contamination
Wall Street may have turned its back on nuclear power but the industry's backers in Washington have not.
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Turn the Paige
Robert L. Borosage & Earl Hadley
Rod Paige isn't protecting children, he's protecting the President.
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The Goldwater Parallel
Frances FitzGerald : Democratic Party
The Democrats can make a persuasive case that Bush is outside the mainstream.
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The Empire Backfires
Jonathan Schell : Nuclear Arms & Proliferation
If the engine of a train suddenly goes off the rails, a wreck ensues. Such is the war in Iraq, now one year old.
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The Worst Form of Exploitation
Robert Scheer : Presidential Election 2004
A hypocritical Bush uses 9/11 images but resists an accounting of the truth.
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Beware the Bushwomen
Laura Flanders : Republican Party
Cast as moderate and benign, the White House's women are anything but.
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The New Scopes Trials
Eric Alterman & Mark Green : Science
When a President starts appointing scientists as he does campaign staffers, we risk an era of Lysenkoism in America.
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The Blame Game
David Corn : US Intelligence/Covert Ops
George Bush owes the public a big explanation on WMDs.
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A Stealth Tax on Wages
Eric Laursen : Gap Between Wealth & Poverty
The White House is trying to radically restructure the federal government's revenue-raising activities.
2003
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In Search of Rumsfeld's 5,000 Iraqi Small Businesses
John H. Brown : Donald Rumsfeld
One man's minor quest for truth from the Bush Administration.
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Bush Flunks Schools
Susan Ohanian : Education Policy & Reform
If "no child left behind" meant what it said, it would offer help, not sanctions.
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No-Brainer
David L. Kirp : Education Policy & Reform
Devising a fair federal policy for higher education would not be hard.
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The Aiken Solution Lives!
William Greider : Republican Party
The recent Senate roll call was a decisive rebuke to our warrior President and one that will be understood eventually as having pivotal meaning.
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The Soul of Capitalism
William Greider : Globalization
A transformation of Wall Street's core values is possible, using financial tools.
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Homeland Insecurity
David Corn : Terrorism Targeting the US
The President claims he is doing everything he can to protect us. But he's not.
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On the Road With Ashcroft
He's trying to talk up the Patriot Act, but americans may no longer be buying.
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Kleptocrat Nation
Look at America's leadership today. Tell me you wouldn't trade the whole mess of them for one good kindergarten teacher.
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Bush Was All Too Willing to Use Émigrés' Lies
American experts urged the White House to be skeptical, but they hit a stone wall.
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Where's the Compassion?
Joe Conason : Conservatives & The American Right
Bush's "compassionate conservatism" is a deft--and dishonest--strategy.
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The Legacy of Hanford
Robert Alvarez : Native Americans
Washington continues to evade responsibility for forty-seven years of contamination.
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Ugly Americans in Paris
William D. Hartung & Michelle Ciarrocca : Arms Spending & Proliferation
The US may have won the war, but US companies are in danger of losing the peace.
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...and the Poor Get Poorer
Collateral damage mounts in Bush's ideological war on the welfare state.
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Getting the Blues
The Administration appears to be bent on teaching liberal states a lesson.
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A New Hard-Liner at the DEA
Jason Vest : Drug Policy/Drug War
Bush's new appointee Karen Tandy has a professional history deserving serious Congressional scrutiny.
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Blame Bush for California's Budget Woes
His daddy, his appointees at FERC and his old buddies at Enron screwed the state, but good.
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What Did He Know and When Did He Know It?
The Case of the Phantom Uranium raises questions that could lead to legitimate calls for impeachment.
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Bad Iraq Data From Start to Finish
Evidence of Administration mendacity just keeps rolling in.