Snake Oil Market Softening

December 19, 2007

Is that what makes his hair so nice?

George Bush, Upon Hearing That the Iranians Abandoned Their Nuclear Weapons Program in 2003

December 12, 2007

All fired up and nowhere to go.

A Short Summary of What Karl Rove Now Says About the Origins of the War

December 5, 2007

War? What war?

Bare-Bones Huckabee Creeps Up on Free-Spending Romney in Iowa, While Humming 'O Tannenbaum'

November 29, 2007

Great hair and lots of money can't get you everything.

Judith Regan's Lawsuit Against Fox News

November 21, 2007

This is only going to get more interesting.

Pat Robertson, Protector of Traditional Family Values, Endorses Rudy Giuliani, a Serial Adulterer...

November 15, 2007

Why Pat loves Rudy.

Rudy G. Responds to Accusations of Using Phony Statistics

November 8, 2007

The GOP front-runner's dubious miracle cure.

The Nicest Republican

November 1, 2007

Huckabee wins the prize for "Mr. Congeniality" hands down...whatever else you might say about him.

Advise and Consent

October 25, 2007

What sets Michael Mukasey apart from the rest of the Bush crowd?

The End Game

October 18, 2007

What kind of trouble can Bush and the boys get us into now?

On Larry Craig's Decision to Serve Out His Term in the Senate

October 11, 2007

The GOP learns a thing or two about what it means to be gay.

A Slightly Insincere Expression of Regret That Newt Gingrich Has Decided Not to Enter the Republican Presidential Primary

October 4, 2007

Newtie, we hardly knew ye.

Blackwater, Blackwater

September 27, 2007

Tevye couldn't have sung it any better.

Bush on Iraq

September 20, 2007

He's digging us in, deeper and deeper.

The Decider's Decider

September 13, 2007

The mysterious David Petraeus.

Family Values Agenda

September 6, 2007

Republicans are a randy bunch.

Adieu, Karl Rove

August 23, 2007

Say farewell to the Prince of Slime.

Disappointment in Iowa

August 9, 2007

The Corn Belt looks askance at a highly disagreeable field of GOP contenders.

On the Latest Washington Scandal

July 26, 2007

David Vitter, caught in the act.

Two Sets of Parents Hear That Ralph Nader May Run Again

July 12, 2007

The word "spoiler" doesn't even begin to describe it.

Blair Steps Down at Westminster (the Parliament, Not the Dog Show)

June 27, 2007

How good a pup will Gordon Brown be?

On the Tributes to Scooter Libby That So Underwhelmed the Judge

June 21, 2007

It takes one to know one.

George W. Bush's Reception in Albania

June 14, 2007

The President's offshore approval ratings get a boost.

Alberto Gonzales Is Still at His Post

June 7, 2007

Don't worry, he's got it all under control.

Monica Goodling Testifies on US Attorney Firing

May 31, 2007

Follow the leaders.

A Letter to Paul Wolfowitz on How His Departure From the World Bank Will Be Dealt With in His Obituary

May 24, 2007

Out, out, damned spot!

Exit Tony Blair

May 17, 2007

Fetch--go get it! Good boy!

On Three Out of the Ten Republican Presidential Candidates Stating That They Don't Believe in Evolution

May 10, 2007

The Big Bang is something else entirely.

Studs Terkel, Listener

May 10, 2007

In celebration of Studs Terkel's 95th birthday, here's a tribute to a writer whose curiosity and generosity of spirit embraces everyone, without regard to rank or station.

Another Exasperating Account of the Bunker

May 2, 2007

Sinking Tenet's "slam dunk."

A Bring-the-Troops-Home Rally in Baghdad

April 26, 2007

Help for the troops might come from an unlikely source.

The Saga of Paul Wolfowitz

April 19, 2007

Rummy's fork-tongued understudy finally gets his.

On John McCain's Much-Ridiculed Attempt to Use His Shorja Market Visit as Proof That Baghdad Is Being Pacified

April 12, 2007

McCain bought himself trouble in his visit to Baghdad.

On the News That Mitt Romney Finished First Among Republicans in First-Quarter Fundraising

April 5, 2007

As a candidate, Mitt is now legit.

What Congress Is Concluding About the Attorney General's Relationship With The Truth

March 29, 2007

The truth gets whacked on Fredo's watch.

Mistakes Were Made

March 22, 2007

A cheer for all seasons.

'Additional Troop Increase Approved'

March 15, 2007

The real meaning of "surge."

A Dispiriting Thought On the 2008 Presidential Election Campaign

March 8, 2007

What a long, strange trip it's going to be.

Some Former Backsliders Try to Please the Christian Right

March 1, 2007

Want us to jump? How high?

A Republican Talks Straight to an Anti-Surge Democrat

February 22, 2007

The ultimate test of patriotism.

Report by the Pentagon's Inspector General Concludes That Douglas Feith Cooked the Books on Pre-war Intelligence

February 15, 2007

A prize-winning piece of work.

The Madness of Nanny Dick

February 8, 2007

Diagnosis: Late-stage insanity.

What Has Been Concluded Lately by People Discussing Dick Cheney on the Public Airwaves and the Floor of the Senate

February 1, 2007

Is there a screw loose somewhere?

After Tuning In to the Sunday Talk Shows to See What the Sabbath Gasbags Have to Say

January 24, 2007

It's a long way to 2008.

A Question and a Follow-up for George W. Bush's Next Press Conference

January 18, 2007

It's not the surge we're worried about. It's the soldiers.

George W. Bush Explains His Signing Statements, Among Other Things

January 11, 2007

Can you say "Decider"?

Another New Policy for Iraq

January 4, 2007

Once again, God help us, Bush follows his gut.

A New Policy for Iraq

December 20, 2006

Why don't we just ask the wise men?

Four Options That the Baker-Hamilton Report Offers to Those Prosecuting the War in Iraq

December 14, 2006

And each one has to do with getting the hell out.

On the Iraq Memo Donald Rumsfeld Wrote as He Was About to Be Fired

December 7, 2006

Goodness, gracious! He was right all along.

An Analysis of the War by the Newly Rehabilitated Trent Lott

November 30, 2006

Now here's a guy who knows whereof he speaks.

On When We Can Leave Iraq

November 22, 2006

Can you say "never"?

Trying to Be at Least Civil in Bidding Don Rumsfeld Farewell

November 16, 2006

Pentagon briefings won't be the same.

A Silver Lining for House Republicans

November 9, 2006

At least one person in the GOP might feel relieved.

An Explanation of Karl Rove's Confidence About the Midterm Elections

November 2, 2006

Hint: It starts with the M-word.

New White House Strategy on Iraq

October 26, 2006

What passes now for West Wing policy is whatever will cover their collective derrieres.

A Short History of 'Cut and Run,' Using the George W. Bush Definition

October 18, 2006

From 'Nam to Lebanon, the Gulf War and, um, Texas.

As Denny Hastert Stumbles Through an Array of Denials That He Knew About Mark Foley's Behavior and Did Nothing About It

October 18, 2006

What makes you think he knows anything?

We Got Those Wall- To-Wall 24/7 Damage-Control Blues

October 5, 2006

Bush and his boys will be singing this little ditty all the way to the voting booth.

On the Intelligence Report Finding That the War in Iraq Has Produced a New Generation of Jihadists and Increased Terrorism

September 28, 2006

Yes, there is indeed a link between Iraq and Bush's "war on terror."

George W. Bush and Some Republican Senators Discuss the Geneva Conventions

September 21, 2006

The Decider takes on that bothersome Constitution and that meddling Congress.

George Bush Explains His Policy on Torture To Someone Who Is Being Waterboarded

September 14, 2006

Don't worry--it only feels like you're drowning.

George Bush's Pledge to the People of New Orleans on the Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina

September 7, 2006

The President gives us a lesson in drive-by personal diplomacy.

The Choice on Iraq

August 31, 2006

Here's how Democrats should spin the biggest political question in the midterm elections.

Presidential Eating Preferences

August 24, 2006

Everyone knows what his predecessors liked for dinner. But there's one special dish we'd really like to serve George W. Bush.

'Mushroom Cloud' Rice, The Icy Spinmeister, Tries Again

August 10, 2006

Condi takes her "birth pangs" mantra on the road.

Reading Less Bad News From Iraq

July 27, 2006

The papers simply cannot find the space.

A Summary of Bush Administration Statements on Its Conduct of the 'War on Terror'

July 13, 2006

There's not a lot anyone needs to know.

Historical Note

June 28, 2006

For once, the President tells the truth.

Some Perspective

June 21, 2006

Celebrating the death of Zarqawi, the President puts his spin on the truth.

After Forty-one Suicide Attempts at Guantánamo Bay, Three Prisoners Manage to Kill Themselves

June 14, 2006

Another winning strategy for Team Bush and its war on terror.

As the Republican Base Grows Restive, George Bush and Bill Frist Receive Some Marching Orders From Karl Rove and Co.

June 8, 2006

A vote to ban gay marriage always works like a charm.

Bush Is Asked Again If He Can Recall Any Mistakes

June 1, 2006

A contrite Commander in Chief will watch his words from here on.

On John McCain's Willingness to Speak at Jerry Falwell's University

May 25, 2006

What it takes to make him change his mind.

Reassurance on Phone Call Records...

May 18, 2006

Don't worry. Just trust them.

The Great Decider

May 11, 2006

A doo-wop ditty, performed by the decider-in-chief.

Cheney at the Pump

May 4, 2006

Why should anyone be surprised that Dick Cheney's good oil boys are making out like bandits?

Adieu, Scott McClellan

April 27, 2006

Goodbye to a Bush official who has been remarkably consistent.

Calls For Rumsfeld's Resignation

April 20, 2006

The Pentagon chief has been too wrong for too long.

If This Isn't War

April 13, 2006

A musical answer to a bellicose question, with apologies to Yip Harburg and Burton Lane.

A Considered Jurisprudential Analysis of the Guilty Plea by Yet Another Former Aide to Tom DeLay and DeLay's Resignation Announcement Three Days Later

April 6, 2006

DeLay cut his losses when they were cut for him.

On the Revelation That Dick Cheney Requires The Television to Be Pre-set to Fox News in Any Hotel Room He Is About to Occupy

March 30, 2006

All the news the Veep agrees to watch is for minds that are not only closed, but locked.

A Summary of Remarks By George W. Bush and Dick Cheney on the Third Anniversary of the Invasion of Iraq

March 23, 2006

A Summary of Remarks By George W. Bush and Dick Cheney on the Third Anniversary of the Invasion of Iraq

George W. Bush's Approach to Maintaining Constitutional Rule in a Democracy Through a Series of Checks and Balances

March 16, 2006

Bush's approach to maintaining control: Can you say Caine Mutiny?

George Bush's Approval Rating Sinks to 34 Percent

March 9, 2006

Bush's low approval rating is irrelevant, considering who is still on his side.

On the Uproar Over Allowing a Dubai Government Company to Run American Ports

March 2, 2006

Turnabout is fair play when it's the terror card you're playing.

Cheney's Hunting Accident...

February 23, 2006

It's going to take more than a polite request to make Cheney speak.

On the Report by House Republicans (Yes, Republicans) That Excoriates the Bush Administration for Its Fumbling Response to Hurricane Katrina

February 16, 2006

Michael Brown is just one of many members of Team Bush who did a heckuva job.

Government's the Problem

February 9, 2006

Complicated drug plans are the result of promises fulfilled.

I Dreamt That George W. Bush Adopted James Frey's 3-Step Program--Denial, Larry King and Oprah--To Get to the Truth About the War in Iraq

February 2, 2006

Maybe Oprah can get the truth out of Bush--just don't try to screen her questions.

On Roy Blunt's Promise to Reform Lobbying Rules If He Becomes House Majority Leader

January 26, 2006

With plenty of friends on K Street, Roy Blunt is not as forthright as his name suggests.

George W. Bush Explains the 'Signing Statement' Issued When He Signed John McCain's Anti-Torture Amendment Into Law

January 19, 2006

Using special "signing" language, the torturer-in-chief shows the world who's boss.

A Member of Congress Tries to Recall Jack Abramoff

January 12, 2006

Testing a Congressman's memory of the former super-lobbyist: Good old what's-his-name...but me? I hardly knew him.

The President's Measured Response to Criticism of His Secret Domestic Spying Operation

January 5, 2006

A White House Response to Senator Feingold

December 21, 2005

Chastised by Russ Feingold for extrajudicial spying, the President who would be king invokes the divine right of kings.

Pentagon Secretly Paid to Place Articles In Iraqi Newspapers: Another Lesson in Democracy

December 15, 2005

This just in: The Pentagon offers yet another lesson in democracy. Just don't look for any bylines.

A Transcript

December 8, 2005

9/11 Commission calling, with questions on accountability. But from the White House side of the line come no answers, only talking points.

Reprehensible

December 1, 2005

Dick Cheney channels Nat King Cole in an unforgettable rendition of the meaning of the word "reprehensible."

Cheney, Speaking From Experience

November 22, 2005

Cheney maintains tough guys never run: They stick. Well, don't they, Dick?

Don't Criticize Me

November 17, 2005

Karl Rove and his Singing Slimemeisters riff You Go To My Head.

Another Lesson in White House Values

November 10, 2005

Scooter Libby: A Republican Nursery Rhyme

November 2, 2005

Catching small fry, letting the big fish go.

Another Miracle From Bill Frist

October 26, 2005

The doctor who proved himself a master of distant diagosis has one more trick up his sleeve.

Deadline for Saddam

October 24, 2005

Saddam Hussein went to trial on Wednesday declaring he was still the president of Iraq. A decade-old series of odes to Hussein's dictatorial days show the tyrant was always out of touch with reality.

One Possible Scenario

October 20, 2005

One twisted tale of how Harriet Miers's confirmation hearings will unfold.

Reassuring the Right

October 13, 2005

Though her style is not dramatic, Harriet Miers is definitely enough of a fanatic to sit on the Bush Supreme Court.

I Think I Heard a Liberal Say

October 6, 2005

For working in the shadows of K Street pay-to-play, here's to The Hammer getting the slammer.

A New Gilbert and Sullivan Song About George W. Bush as a Take-Charge Guy

September 29, 2005

Where normal human beings see a storm-devastated community, George W. Bush sees only a photo opportunity.

Government's the Problem

September 22, 2005

As the waters rise, how about a sea chantey for the Bush Administration?

Further Words From George W. Bush After He Said to FEMA Chief Michael Brown, 'Brownie, You're Doing a Heckuva Job.'

September 15, 2005

Perhaps Bush is beginning to regret picking a horse expert to heard FEMA.

President Inert As City Goes Under

September 8, 2005

Such a tough hombre: When the hurrincane hit, Bush did a 9/11 reprise.

A Robertson Republican

September 1, 2005

Bush's paean to his staunchest ally's murderous impulses, with apologies to Gilbert & Sullivan.

A Presidential Explanation of Patriotic Loafing

August 25, 2005

The true and patriotic purpose of presidential loafing revealed.

On President Bush's Recess Appointment of John Bolton as Ambassador to the United Nations

August 11, 2005

The job's too vital to be left unfilled. So Bush will stiff the Senate now--and name Bolton anyhow.

Karl Rove Contemplates Fine Distinctions

July 28, 2005

To Bush, Karl Rove is fine--as long as his leaking is not a crime.

An Odd Turn in the Criminal Justice System

July 14, 2005

Judy Miller's in prison, but what about...?

A Short Summary of the Questions Being Asked About Governor Jeb Bush...

June 23, 2005

What's the deal with Governor Jeb Bush?

Cheney Says Iraq Insurgents Are in 'Last Throes'

June 16, 2005

A poem on Dick Cheney and his penchant for war.

William Donaldson Is Replaced as Chairman Of the Securities and Exchange Commission by Christopher Cox

June 9, 2005

A look at the changing of the guard at the SEC.

White House Says Bolton Can Continue To Do the Job Even While in Straitjacket

June 2, 2005

A future headline on John Bolton as American Ambassador to the UN.

Bolton Chases French Ambassador Up Tree

May 26, 2005

John Bolton and the French Ambassador have it out at the UN.

An Advance Look...

May 19, 2005

An advance look at John Bolton speaking to the UN Security Council.

Debate on Democracy

May 12, 2005

Bush in Russia.

George W. Bush, Who Says He's a Man With a Lot of Political Capital, Finds That He Has No Liquidity

May 5, 2005

Remember what Bush was like before bin Laden?

Bill Frist Appears at a Rally That Accuses Democrats of Opposing 'People of Faith'

April 28, 2005

A reflection on Justice Sunday.

George Bush Nominates John Bolton, a 'Kiss-Up-Kick-Down Sort of Guy,' to Be Ambassador to the United Nations

April 21, 2005

Bush's bully.

Tom DeLay and the Courts

April 14, 2005

Tom's crimes.

'Curveball,' the Wacko Who Turned Out to Be Our Only Source for thePresence of Bioweapon Vans in Iraq...

April 7, 2005

A poem.

Senator Bill Frist, a Thoracic Surgeon...

March 31, 2005

Orange Alerts

March 24, 2005

George W. Bush, the Lion of Baghdad, Demands That Syria Withdraw From Lebanon

March 16, 2005

On the Secret 'Rendition' of Terror Suspects to Countries Known to Use Torture

March 10, 2005

On the Risk of Having a Notoriously Foul-Mouthed Comedian Host the Oscars

March 3, 2005

Ambassador John Negroponte's Intelligence on the Subject of Torture and Murder Squads

February 24, 2005

Condoleezza Rice

February 17, 2005

A Tabloid Reader Responds to Mayor Michael Bloomberg's Announcement That He's Appealing the Decision Making Gay Marriage Legal in New York

February 10, 2005

Democracy Flowers in the Middle East

February 3, 2005

We Could Have Danced All Night

January 27, 2005

On the Confirmation of Condoleezza ('Mushroom Cloud') Rice as Secretary of State

January 20, 2005

Hunky Dory in Iraq

January 13, 2005

Assigning Responsibility

January 6, 2005

On the Reappointment of John Snow as Secretary of the Treasury

December 22, 2004

On the Poisoning of the Opposition Candidate In the Ukrainian Presidential Election

December 16, 2004

The Party of Moral Values Displays Its Own in the Case of Majority Leader Tom (The Hammer) DeLay

December 9, 2004

The Party of Moral Values Displays Its Own in the Case of Majority Leader Tom (The Hammer) DeLay

December 2, 2004

Farewell, Colin Powell

November 24, 2004

On the Appointment of Alberto Gonzales as Attorney General

November 18, 2004

Infinitesimal Silver Lining

November 11, 2004

In the Executive Suite of a Major Insurance Company, As Dark Clouds Gather Over New York State...

November 4, 2004

Bill Clinton Joins the Campaign

October 28, 2004

A President Who Listens To a Higher Authority

October 21, 2004

A White House Spokesman Explains...

October 14, 2004

On the President's Boast That He Knew Osama Bin Laden Rather Than Saddam Hussein Was Behind 9/1

October 7, 2004

Why the Republicans Might Be Right That Osama bin Laden Is Rooting for John Kerry

September 30, 2004

A Poem of Republican Populism

September 23, 2004

A Short History of Someone Who Failed to Get Into the Champagne Unit of the Texas Air National Guard in 1968

September 16, 2004

Still Sliming Away

September 9, 2004

A Suggestion as America Begins Preparations for The Next Olympics

September 2, 2004

The Vietnam Confessions of George W. Bush

August 26, 2004

Bush, After Saying He'll Cede Hollywood to the Democrats Because He Has the Regular People Behind Him, Sings a Song to That Effect, to the Tune of That Old

August 12, 2004

A White House Response To the 9/11 Commission's Finding That Iran Had More Contact With the Hijackers Than Iraq Did

July 29, 2004

For the Day Ralph Nader Shuffles Off This Mortal Coil

July 15, 2004

On the Prime-Time Schedule for the Republican National Convention

July 1, 2004

Concerning Nanny Dick Cheney's Continued Statements About Iraq's Role in 9/11

June 24, 2004

Bush Administration Priorities on National Secrets

June 17, 2004

Concerning Speculation On the Political Impact of President Ronald Reagan's Death

June 10, 2004

The United States Describes the Wonders of Sovereignty to the Iraqi People

June 3, 2004

On the Rupture of Relations Between Ahmad Chalabi and the United States of America

May 26, 2004

The Coalition Authority Explains Democracy to the Iraqi People

May 20, 2004

On the Abuse of Prisoners in Iraq

May 13, 2004

On the Selection (and De-Selection) of a Baathist General From the Republican Guard to Pacify the Populace, Using American Weapons, Or, Pick of the Week

May 6, 2004

Not Wounded Enough

April 29, 2004

We Were Ready

April 22, 2004

Condoleezza ("Mushroom Cloud") Rice Explains Her Silver Bullet Theory to the 9/11 Commission

April 14, 2004

I Can't Appear Without My Nanny Dick

April 8, 2004

The 9/11 Commission Hears From Richard Clarke

April 1, 2004

Antonin Scalia Explains

March 25, 2004

'I'm an Old Cowhand,' as Sung by George W. Bush

March 18, 2004

On Whether the Martha Stewart Guilty Verdict Carries Implications for Those Involved in Prewar Intelligence Gathering

March 11, 2004

George W. Bush Speaks Out on Gay Marriage

March 4, 2004

Farewell, Howard Dean

February 26, 2004

New (Sort of) Issue

February 19, 2004

Saddam as a Gathering Threat

February 12, 2004

Explaining in His State of the Union Address...

February 5, 2004

A Response From Cloud Cuckoo Land to David Kay's Departing, Weaponless

January 29, 2004

On Paul O'Neill's Revelation That the Bushmen Were Planning A War With Iraq From The Earliest Days of The Administration

January 22, 2004

Herein Ralph Nader's Latest Rationale for Another Presidential Run Is Explained Without the Use of the Word 'Cockamamie'

January 15, 2004

On Winning the War and Losing the Alerts

January 8, 2004

Reaction in the Justice Department to Federal Appeals Court Ruling 'War on Terrorism' Detention Policies Unconstitutional

December 24, 2003

Memo

December 18, 2003

What Tom DeLay Might Have Had in Mind When He Hatched the Cockamamie and Short-Lived Scheme to Use a Cruise Ship During the Republican Convention

December 10, 2003

One Way George Bush's Surprise Visit to Baghdad (Sort of) May Have Come About

December 4, 2003

George W. Bush Reaches for the Geezer Vote

November 26, 2003

A Short History of Dick Cheney as Minder

November 20, 2003

A Silver-Lining View of George Bush's Not Attending Military Funerals, Lest He Become Associated With Bad News

November 13, 2003

On General Boykin's Comments That His God's Bigger Than the Islam God

November 6, 2003

On Four Members of the War Cabinet

October 30, 2003

'State Dept. Study Foresaw Trouble In Iraq'

October 23, 2003

Just Speculating

October 16, 2003

The President's Response To the Report Stating That No Weapons of Mass Destruction Have Been Found in Iraq

October 9, 2003

Reflections on Geopolitics

October 2, 2003

A Word to George Bush On the Occasion of His Mentioning That Iraq Was Not Responsible for the Attacks on 9/11

September 25, 2003

The Arnie Juggernaut Encounters a Committed Feminist

September 18, 2003

To Old Europe From the Last Remaining Superpower: A Polite Request for Help in Iraq

September 11, 2003

A Short Conversation With a Sissy-Hawk on the Possibility of a Quagmire

September 4, 2003

Just Wait

August 28, 2003

Sleep Tight: A Lullaby Sung Each Night to Osama bin Laden

August 14, 2003

'Sixteen Little Words'

July 31, 2003

The Truth Emerges, Sort Of

July 17, 2003

A Summary of Justice Antonin Scalia's Dissent In Lawrence v. Texas

July 2, 2003

A Photo, With Caption, in the New York Times

June 26, 2003

The Ballad of Private Lynch

June 19, 2003

Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld And, Alas, Powell Talk To the American People

June 12, 2003

Report on the Search For Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq, From the Republican Military Command (Karl Rove, Lt. General, Commanding)

June 5, 2003

We're Safe From Saddam

May 29, 2003

Thoughts of Those Who Served in George W. Bush's Air National Guard Unit

May 22, 2003

Wal-Mart Bans Maxim, Stuff and FHM

May 15, 2003

On the Revelation of William Bennett's Gambling Habit

May 8, 2003

On the Search for Weapons of Mass Destruction, Whose Presence Was the

April 30, 2003

Wars

April 24, 2003

On The Halliburton Corporation's Iraq Contracts

April 17, 2003

Everything George Bush Needs to Know He Learned on the Playground

April 10, 2003

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

April 3, 2003

On Richard Perle, Lobbyist, Businessman And, Perhaps Not Coincidentally, Chairman of the Defense Policy Board

March 27, 2003

The Loyal Opposition

March 20, 2003

A Cheer for the New Nation of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro

March 13, 2003

The Kurds Are in the Way Again

March 5, 2003

An Analysis of the Turkish-American Alliance, Its Diplomatic Significance and Its Role in Establishing Democracy in the Middle East

February 27, 2003

We Speak Not of Osama

February 13, 2003

We Speak Not of Osama

February 6, 2003

On the Democratic Presidential Race

January 30, 2003

Two Bad Guys

January 22, 2003

A Republican Discusses Taxes

January 16, 2003

The Question of North Korea

January 8, 2003

On Not Running For the Presidency

December 23, 2002

Republican Anger at Trent Lott

December 18, 2002

New Federal Hires

December 12, 2002

Silver Lining Department

December 5, 2002

Inspections: The White House Fallback Position

November 26, 2002

Shmeer the Kids In

November 20, 2002

The Silver Lining of General Rove's Victory In the Midterm Elections

November 14, 2002

The Ballad of Harvey Pitt

November 7, 2002

More Danger in Sniper Case

October 31, 2002

Saddam Hussein's Election Victory

October 24, 2002

A Short Summary of the Nobel Peace Prize Announcement

October 17, 2002

A Chickenhawk Cheer

October 10, 2002

Exit Robert (The Torch) Torricelli

October 3, 2002

There's No, No In Your Eyes

September 26, 2002

A Scholarly Analysis of Developments (Including Satellite Photos,

September 19, 2002

Building a Coalition, W.-Style

September 12, 2002

War Against Iraq: The Context

September 5, 2002

Richard Perle: Whose Fault Is He?

August 29, 2002

The Accidental Commoner

August 15, 2002

George W. Bush and Dick Cheney Lecture CEOs on Corporate Responsibility

August 1, 2002

A Spirited Defense of George W. Bush Against Accusations That He Dumped His Harken Stock Because of Inside Information

July 18, 2002

On the Congressional Response to the 'Under God' Controversy

July 3, 2002

Death and Taxes 2010

June 27, 2002

A Crisis of Faith Brought On by Martha Stewart

June 27, 2002

In Martha Stewart's Kitchen

June 20, 2002

Department of Earth Security

June 13, 2002

Cheney's Head: An Explanation

June 6, 2002

Joie de Vivre in the Land of Color-Coded Terrorism Alerts

May 30, 2002

Dick Cheney's Primer on the Constitution

May 23, 2002

A Solution at Last

May 16, 2002

A Short History of the French Presidential Election

May 9, 2002

The Saudis and Their Oil Rigs

May 2, 2002

A Survey Offering Democrats Two Responses to the Return of Al Gore

April 18, 2002

Elizabeth Dole

April 11, 2002

The Middle East Troubles: A Summary

April 4, 2002

Nixon Library Woes

March 28, 2002

2002 Remake of Boys' Town

March 21, 2002

Billy Graham's Explanation of His Taped Conversation With Richard Nixon

March 14, 2002

The Bush Plan for a Shadow Government

March 7, 2002

On the Pentagon's Office of Strategic Influence

February 28, 2002

Campaign Finance Reform

February 21, 2002

Kenny Boy

February 14, 2002

A Summary of the Response of Democratic Loyalists to the Prospects of Another Presidential Race by Albert Gore

February 7, 2002

Enron Hearings

January 31, 2002

Speculation

January 24, 2002

The Sinking of the USS Enron--A Free-Market Metaphor

January 17, 2002

Lesson Learned

January 10, 2002

Rudy Giuliani, Triumphant

January 3, 2002

Dissent

December 20, 2001

One Problem

November 29, 2001

We Hear You

November 21, 2001

The Republican Plan to Stimulate the Economy

November 15, 2001

A Few Words on the Northern Alliance

November 8, 2001

Running Out of Targets (A Pilot's Lament)

November 1, 2001

Day-O, an Afghan Calypso

October 25, 2001

On V.S. Naipaul's Nobel Prize

October 18, 2001

A Two-Pronged Approach to the Afghan People

October 11, 2001

Indispensable

October 4, 2001

A Concise History of Danny Almonte's Little League Career

September 6, 2001

The Sultan's Brother Does a Service to Humanity

August 23, 2001

On Kim Jong Il's Announcement

August 9, 2001

The Leader of the Last Remaining Superpower Asserts Minimal Qualifications

July 26, 2001

A Strong Dollar Clouds Prospects For Quick Rebound

July 12, 2001

A New, Simpler Analysis of the Recent Bush-Putin Summit

June 28, 2001

A Former Fraternity President Deals With the Nuclear Proliferation Issue

June 21, 2001

Post-Jeffords Slippery Slope in the Senate

June 14, 2001

The Republicans and John McCain

June 7, 2001

On the Gradual End of the Estate Tax

May 31, 2001

Brilliant Legal Tactics By Raoul Felder

May 24, 2001

The FBI in Peace and War

May 17, 2001

Will China Deign to Give Us Back Our Plane?

April 26, 2001

Retro

April 19, 2001

On the Bush Administration's Reversal Of Its Announcement That Testing School-Lunch Meat for Salmonella Would No Longer Be Required

April 12, 2001

The McCain-Feingold Bill

April 5, 2001

On the Bush Administration Rescinding Stricter Limits on Arsenic in Drinking Water

March 29, 2001

On Bush Breaking His Campaign Pledge To Limit Carbon Dioxide Emissions*

March 22, 2001

On the White House Dress Code

March 15, 2001

A Scholarly Analysis of Dick Cheney's Role in the George W. Bush Administration

March 8, 2001

A Democratic Lullaby to Bill Clinton

February 22, 2001

A Short Course on Getting a Presidential Pardon While a Fugitive From Justice

February 15, 2001

One Bush Scenario

February 8, 2001

Lessons Drawn From the Marc Rich Pardon

February 1, 2001

Adieu (Sort of) to Bill Clinton

January 25, 2001

The Only King We Have Is Jesus

January 18, 2001

On Passing Up Marc Racicot for Attorney General in Favor of John Ashcroft

January 11, 2001

Silver Linings

January 4, 2001

What Must Have Happened to Create the Supreme Court Decision in Bush v. Gore

December 21, 2000

On Late-Term Presidential Travels

December 14, 2000

Shut It Down

December 7, 2000

I'm Counting My Heart Out for You

November 30, 2000

The Vietnam Peace

November 27, 2000

A Day in the Life of the Palm Beach County Recount

November 16, 2000

Rare Good News

November 9, 2000

Nader Voters: An Explanation

November 2, 2000

Whose Side's Jesus On?

October 26, 2000

Trick or Treat

October 19, 2000

On the Events in Serbia

October 12, 2000

On the Fading of the Euro Dream

October 5, 2000

Newt, Still

September 28, 2000

A Scientific Observation (Using Some Experts Gail Sheehy Didn't Know About) on the Speaking Problems That Seem to Run in the Bush Family

September 24, 2000

A Short History of Bill Richardson's Campaign for the Vice Presidential Nomination

June 29, 2000

Oh, Say It Isn't So, Perot

June 15, 2000

A Rise in Unemployment Arrives on Schedule

June 8, 2000

A Summary of Two Weeks in the Life of Mayor Rudolph Giuliani

May 25, 2000

Corporate Responsibility

May 18, 2000

My Advice for the Final Enraged Cuban-American Demonstrator in Miami

May 3, 2000

A Question Concerning Al Gore's Reconsideration of the Elián González Case

April 13, 2000

Extending the Elián González Policy

April 5, 2000

John McCain Is Welcomed Back to the Senate

March 30, 2000

Second Thoughts

March 22, 2000

The Outcome of the Primaries

March 16, 2000

A Robertson Republican

March 9, 2000

Bush Family Conversations on Retaking the White House

March 2, 2000

A Theological Analysis of the South Carolina Primary

February 23, 2000

Farewell, Steve Forbes

February 16, 2000

Farewell, Gary Bauer

February 10, 2000

Orrin Hatch Ends Whatever It Was

February 3, 2000

Old King Kohl, or A Very Fine Fiddle Had He

January 27, 2000

The Russians in Chechnya

January 20, 2000

The Ballad of John Rocker, A Slur-Driven Man

January 13, 2000

Campaign Mystery

January 6, 2000

On the Latest Republican Debate

December 15, 1999

On the Release of John McCain's Psychological Records

December 9, 1999

One Problem of Bradley's Candidacy Solved

December 2, 1999

The Message of Those Spreading Rumors About John McCain's 'Temperament'

November 25, 1999

Missing in Action

November 18, 1999

The Effect on His Campaign of the Release of George W. Bush's College Transcript

November 11, 1999

Admiration From Afar

November 4, 1999

A Family Dynamics Analysis of Elizabeth Dole's Withdrawal

October 28, 1999

Thoughts About Kenneth Starr As He Leaves Office

October 21, 1999

More Nixon Tapes Released

October 14, 1999

On Gary Bauer's Announcement That He Is Not Having an Affair With a Young Staff Member

October 7, 1999

Adieu, Dan Quayle

September 30, 1999

A Demographic Analysis of the Reform Party

September 23, 1999

George W. Bush's Education Plan

September 16, 1999

On the Possibility That Pat Buchanan Will Run as a Third-Party Candidate

September 9, 1999

The Rest of Them Are Clean

September 2, 1999

A Word of Sympathy for Candidates Who Did Not Do Well in the Ames Voting

August 19, 1999

Not for Me

August 5, 1999

Not for Me

August 5, 1999

Remembering the 1993 Healthcare Debate While Listening to the 1999 Healthcare Debate

July 22, 1999

The Wreck of the Primary Campaign

July 8, 1999

On Rumors of a Plea Deal for Webster Hubbell

July 1, 1999

Advise and Consent

June 24, 1999

The Strategy of the Other Republican Presidential Candidates

June 17, 1999

Progress in the Kosovo Talks

June 10, 1999

Wall Street Analysts Do a Cautious Reassessment of Technology Offerings

June 3, 1999