George W. Bush Administration

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2008

Cheney's Legacy of Deception

Robert Scheer : Dick Cheney

In the end, the shame of Dick Cheney was total: unmitigated by any notion of a graceful departure, let alone the slightest obligation of honest accounting.
Bush Pushes Midnight Regulations

American News Project

George W. Bush is on pace to impose more last-minute changes to federal rules than any president in history. Can Congress undo the damage?
Bush's Battle for Executive Power

American News Project : Barack Obama Administration

Pulitzer Prize winner James Risen discusses the rise in executive power during Bush's tenure and the media's failure after 9/11.
Will Bush Block Obama's Gitmo Plan?

The Rachel Maddow Show : Guantanamo Bay

Glenn Greenwald discusses the implications of lame duck Bush actions on Barack Obama's plan to close Gitmo.
Bush's Nightmare Before Christmas

Brave New Films

Bush is giving the American people a lump of coal this year in the form of last minute measures attacking the environment, women's rights and more.
The Fall of Triumphalism

Michael T. Klare : US Foreign Policy

Because of the hubris of Bush and Cheney, we face a world of multiplied dangers, emboldened challengers and a paucity of reliable allies.
The Contempt of Karl Rove

Rep. John Conyers : Karl Rove

Fifty years ago, Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote that all citizens have an "unremitting obligation" to respond to Congressional subpoenas. Karl Rove has breached this obligation.
9/11 Plus Seven

Andrew J. Bacevich : September 11

Seven years after the attacks, the Bush Administration's strategy to transform the world has squandered our resources, buried us in debt and poses a greater strategic threat than Osama bin Laden ever did.
Why Misgovernment Was No Accident in Bush's Washington

Thomas Frank : US Politics & Government

The Bush Administration has simultaneously destroyed a government, left us in the lurch and yet managed to enrich itself.
RadioNation With Laura Flanders

Radio Nation

Should President Bush be tried as a war criminal? An interview with Vincent Bugliosi. Plus: Bob Moser on Democrats and the South.
Send Karl Rove to Jail

Brave New Films : Law & Justice

This sounds like a dream, doesn't it? Well, it's not. We have a unique opportunity right now to send Karl Rove to jail, but only if we take immediate action.
The Wedding Crashers

Tom Engelhardt : Iraq

In Bush's wars, the singer dies, the bride does not get a chance to run away, and the event might be relabeled my big, fat, collateral damage wedding.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Bush's Last Hurrah

The Editors : George W. Bush

What happens when the President gives a State of the Union address and nobody listens?
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

A Good Week for the Saudis

Robert Scheer : Pakistan

Their boy Nawaz Sharif's back in Pakistan, oil prices are soaring and the Bushies continue to do their bidding.
Taking Power

Jonathan Schell : Constitutional Questions

America is sleepwalking into one-man rule. What can the Democrats do about it?
Beware the Lame Duck

: George W. Bush

Bush may be a discredited President, but he can still do a lot of damage in the last sixteen months of his presidency.
The Secret White House

Ruth Rosen : Censorship

By classifying an unprecedented amount of information, the Bush Administration is shrouding its workings in mystery--and threatening our democracy in the process.
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?
King George W.: James Madison's Nightmare

Robert Scheer : History

This is the bellicose imperial presidency the authors of our Constitution warned us about.

George W. Bush Administration

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