Donald Rumsfeld was less afraid of what intelligence revealed than what it didn’t ― that is, almost everything. The New York Times recently ran a four-part post in its Opinionator section by […]
Donald Rumsfeld’s biggest unknown: himself
The 935 lies of George W. Bush (and friends)
By Martin Bosworth That Bush and his inner circle of neocon zealots lied and cooked the books to get us into a war we never should have fought is not news, of […]
Has the administration been quietly overthrown?
The Agonist – always a great place for thoughtful analysis – has an interesting piece suggesting that Dubya and The Dick may have lost control over their own machine. If so, it’s […]
Bob Novak reminds us how the economy works
Er, the D.C. economy, at any rate. From his latest exclusive newsletter: [F]amily members of senators and congressmen from both parties and in all regions of the country have for years benefited […]
Is the end near for Darth Cheney?
By Martin Bosworth The hot-off-the-presses announcement that the Senate Judiciary Committee has subpoenaed testimony about the Bush warrantless wiretapping program, and asked for a massive document dump, isn’t just significant for its […]
Bush to the law of the land: not in my backyard…!
“If this were a dictatorship, it’d be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I’m the dictator.” – George W. Bush, Dec. 19, 2000 Where to begin? We could […]
Taguba on torture: another frozen scandal
By Robert Silvey Major General Antonio Taguba, who directed the first investigation of abuse at Abu Ghraib prison, has now retired from the US Army and spoken at length with Seymour Hersh […]
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