Karen Hughes

Bush's old world disorder Bush's old world disorder

Gone are the days when stern words by a U.S. president could prevent rash action by an errant foreign leader like Musharraf.
  • Time to invest in U.S. foreign policy?

    James "Dow 36,000" Glassman gets the nod to succeed Karen Hughes as Undersecretary of Spin. Should we laugh or cry?
  • How George Bush really found Jesus

    The story Bush tells about how Billy Graham converted him is a fable, concocted during the 2000 presidential campaign. Here's the truth.
  • When results don't matter

    The White House says it's "inappropriate" to judge Karen Hughes' performance by world opinion.
  • An open letter to Karen Hughes

    Your duty is to defend America's reputation in the world. To do so, you must persuade the Bush administration to renounce its abhorrent and hypocritical policy on torture.
  • Karen Hughes, mission accomplished

    Another member of Bush's inner circle packs up for home.
  • Bush's stairway to paradise

    Hoping that history will somehow vindicate him, the president has entered a phase of decadent perversity.
  • Dan Bartlett's birthday present

    On his 36th birthday, the counselor to the president, one of Bush's closest aides, announces his resignation.
  • Pissed off about Iraq? Blame the women

    American Enterprise Institute scholar Michael Ledeen says Bush's female advisors are running the show.
  • Bush's top female enabler

    Like Karen Hughes and Harriet Miers, Condi Rice dotes on her boss and shields him from critics. Meanwhile, the State Department suffers neglect.
  • First time for everything

    Karen Hughes once said she'd never heard George W. Bush utter a profanity.
  • A deluded king and his court lickspittles

    Cut off from reality and surrounded by flatterers like Rice and Cheney, Bush clings to grandiose illusions of heroism.
  • The undersecretary's dangerous trip

    Karen Hughes takes her "Innocents Abroad" tour to the Middle East -- and plays into the hands of Osama bin Laden.
  • Suggested reading for Karen Hughes

    The president's undersecretary of state teaches the Arab world about the U.S. Constitution. Perhaps she should read it first.
  • Questions for Karen Hughes

    Bush's advisor is returning to Washington and may soon face a Senate confirmation hearing. We've got a few things to ask.
  • The Texas chainsaw massacre

    With Bush's victory, the Lone Star State's right-wing ethos reigns supreme.
  • Reality-based reporting

    Ron Suskind, who exposed the ruthless internal operations of Team Bush, tells Salon that many Republicans, too, are frightened by the White House's "kill-or-be-killed desire to undermine public debate based on fact."
  • Unwitting Drudge indicts Bush

    A 1968 document from the president's military file, posted on the Internet, merely reminds us of how far short he fell in fulfilling his service commitments.
  • One minute from abnormal

    A Texas reporter explores Karen Hughes' cultlike devotion to George W. Bush.
  • Karen Hughes' high-octane gall

    With amazing chutzpah, the Bush flack says reporters should ask more questions about John Kerry's military history. What they really ought to explore is her role in covering up Bush's spotty National Guard record.
  • Dubya's angels

    Laura Flanders talks about her book "Bushwomen," and why the media has given a free pass to Condi Rice, Christie Whitman, Elaine Chao and the other women who've put a pretty face on ugly policies.
  • Fighting stem cells, not terror cells

    Weeks before 9/11, the president was "consumed" by a pressing policy matter -- but it wasn't al-Qaida.
  • Widows' watch Part II

    If 9/11 commission director Philip Zelikow is impartial, why did he allow the Bush White House to sit on 9,000 pages of Clinton documents?
  • Grand old profiteering

    Conservatives accuse Richard Clarke of using 9/11 revelations to peddle his book, but plenty of Republicans are cashing in on the war on terror.
  • Right Hook

    Defending Bush's 9/11 ads, former White House speechwriter David Frum says terrorists will rejoice if Kerry wins the election.
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