Mark Follman

Ricky goes to Hollywood Ricky goes to Hollywood

Ricky Gervais, the comic whiz behind "The Office," aims his nervy, discomfiting humor at the stand-up stage and movie stardom.
By Mark Follman Jul 8, 2008

  • Requiem for a right-wing icon

    Never mind that the Republican right is in chaos, William F. Buckley is up for sainthood -- and John McCain is in on the act.
    By Mark Follman February 28, 2008

  • An Iran bombshell for Bush

    The White House knew months ago about Iran's stalled nuclear program. But Bush and Cheney have kept up the war rhetoric.
    By Mark Follman December 5, 2007

  • The U.S. attorneys scandal gets dirty

    As Congress prepares to grill Alberto Gonzales, Salon has uncovered another partisan issue connected to the mass firings: Pornography.
    By Mark Follman April 19, 2007

  • How U.S. attorneys were used to spread voter-fraud fears

    Long before it fired eight U.S. attorneys for political reasons, the Bush administration had politicized their jobs by making them push a favorite GOP talking point.
    By Mark Follman, Alex Koppelman and Jonathan Vanian March 21, 2007

  • Manipulating Justice to win elections

    More details on how the Bush administration used the Justice Department as a partisan tool.
    By Mark Follman March 30, 2007

  • Smearing the U.S. attorneys

    New details show the Bush administration's "document dump" gives a misleading rationale for the firing of two U.S. attorneys.
    By Mark Follman March 19, 2007

  • Inside Bush's prosecutor purge

    Why has the administration fired U.S. attorneys with sterling track records? To make room for its political loyalists, critics say, and exert its last shred of control.
    By Mark Follman February 28, 2007

  • The Scandal Sheet

    Don't just read it and weep -- pin it on your wall, fax it to Nancy Pelosi. A dozen reasons to throw the bums out of Washington.
    By Mark Follman and Tracy Clark-Flory November 6, 2006

  • The needle and the damage undone

    Vancouver has halted a drug epidemic by helping street addicts shoot up in safety. Will U.S. cities -- and Bush's drug czar -- learn from the Canadians' success?
    By Mark Follman September 22, 2006

  • The road to 9/11 and beyond

    In a riveting new book that ranges from ancient Mecca to the corridors of the FBI, Lawrence Wright brings to life the fanatics behind 9/11 -- and the turf wars that caused U.S. intelligence to miss it.
    By Mark Follman August 30, 2006

  • Big Joe-mentum, in the wrong direction

    A new poll shows Lieberman in big trouble in Connecticut's Democratic primary race for U.S. Senate.
    By Mark Follman August 3, 2006

  • "Kill counts," coverups and the chain of command

    Confronting ultimate responsibility for a trail of atrocities in Iraq.
    By Mark Follman August 3, 2006

  • Rumsfeld and the fine art of lying

    The defense secretary, testifying to the Senate about the war: "I have never painted a rosy picture."
    By Mark Follman August 3, 2006

  • Another British memo belies Bush on Iraq

    A confidential memo from the outgoing British ambassador in Iraq warns that the war-torn country is likely headed for civil war.
    By Mark Follman August 3, 2006

  • Blunt vows a freeze on global warming fight

    While the country cooks under a heat wave, the House majority whip drops some icy attitude on global warming.
    By Mark Follman August 2, 2006

  • Other fallout from the Israel-Hezbollah war

    An environmental disaster, a wave of cyberterrorism and a dangerous escalation of the propaganda wars.
    By Mark Follman August 2, 2006

  • The war between Bush and Bush

    In matters of foreign policy and war, it's like father, not so like son.
    By Mark Follman August 2, 2006

  • Losing hearts and minds in the Middle East

    The civilian death toll in Lebanon has been ugly -- but pales in comparison with the recent carnage in Iraq.
    By Mark Follman August 2, 2006

  • In bench warfare, Republicans sit this round out

    Senate Republicans leave us hanging on the fate of four divisive Bush judicial nominees.
    By Mark Follman August 2, 2006

  • Spying on Americans gets its day in court

    A federal judge rebukes a key tactic used to cover up the dark side of the Bush-Cheney war on terror.
    By Mark Follman July 20, 2006

  • Another Bush judge gets downgraded

    Terrence Boyle is the second Bush appellate nominee to take a ratings hit, after a Salon report uncovers ethics violations.
    By Mark Follman July 17, 2006

  • The Bush code of secrecy

    How the White House is covering up CIA abductions, brutal interrogations and spying on Americans.
    By Mark Follman June 23, 2006

  • End of the line for a key Bush judge?

    Speculation is mounting that circuit-court nominee Terrence Boyle, now dogged by ethics allegations, will never see a full Senate vote.
    By Mark Follman May 5, 2006

  • More top brass blast Rumsfeld

    Two retired generals and an admiral denounce his leadership -- and say he's protected by a handpicked ring of high-ranking yes men.
    By Mark Follman April 25, 2006
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