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Forging the way to war Forging the missing case for war

In further chronicles of Bush government deceit, author Ron Suskind drops a bombshell: The White House ordered the CIA to fake a letter linking Saddam Hussein to al-Qaida.
By Louis Bayard Aug 6, 2008

  • Why Ronald Reagan didn't completely suck

    In "The Age of Reagan," liberal historian Sean Wilentz reckons with the enormous, ongoing influence of the teflon president.
    By Louis Bayard May 13, 2008

  • America's next top spouse

    A guide to the brassy, opinionated, loud, difficult and plum-crazy partners on the arms of their president-running partners. Who says the campaign season is dull?
    By Rebecca Traister November 13, 2007

  • "Broken Government"

    I never thought that the GOP posed a threat to the well-being of our nation. But these days, I no longer recognize my old party.
    By John W. Dean September 11, 2007

  • How Obama learned to be a natural

    Today he drips with charisma and inspires fawning admiration from all quarters. But Obama began his journey as a smug young man with little political future.
    By Edward McClelland February 12, 2007

  • A presidential aura

    With the crowds growing, the campaign money flowing and the media swarming, John Kerry is looking more and more like the front-runner.
    By Tim Grieve May 29, 2004

  • Among the Democrats

    On a big night for the sitting president, his Democratic challengers gather together to rally the faithful -- and crack Bush jokes.
    By Jake Tapper April 10, 2003

  • Drunken sailor economics

    Bush's bloated budget will likely put the U.S. over $1 trillion in debt. But criticize it, and the White House calls you soft on terror.
    By Jake Tapper February 4, 2003

  • Poisoned fairways

    Among the big winners in Bush's proposed rollback of pesticide restrictions? The politically untouchable golf industry, where dangerous chemicals are par for the course.
    By Jake Tapper January 31, 2003

  • Joe Conason's Journal

    More Confederate nostalgia from the GOP. Was the Lott scandal the end, or just the beginning?
    January 6, 2003

  • Lott falls, but Democrats don't rise

    Author Charles Bullock, an expert in the politics of the South, says the GOP will dust itself off and get along fine in Dixie.
    By Eric Boehlert December 21, 2002

  • Life after Lott

    Bill Frist, the likely new Senate majority leader, is hailed as a moderate, but he's an antiabortion hard-liner who votes much like Trent Lott.
    By Michelle Goldberg December 21, 2002

  • Confederates in the attic

    In the wake of the Lott debacle, President Bush faces questions about the way his campaign used the Confederate flag to win the South Carolina primary.
    By Anthony York December 20, 2002

  • One last surprise

    Lieberman heard from a friend, confidants from CNN. Apparently, only the Gore family knew when the most famous presidential also-ran decided to walk away from politics.
    By Jake Tapper December 17, 2002

  • Lott: Apology No. 4

    The Senate's top Republican tries again to persuade America that he's not a closet segregationist.
    December 14, 2002

  • The ugly truth about Republican racial politics

    The GOP needs to do a lot more than rebuke Trent Lott to make up for its legacy of pandering to white bigots and suppressing the black vote.
    By Joan Walsh December 14, 2002

  • Lott: It gets worse

    Troubling new disclosures about the Senate's top Republican and his record on race relations raise questions about his fitness for office.
    By Anthony York December 13, 2002

  • Rock-ribbed Republican -- and anti-Bush

    The newest, most outspoken critics of the war on terrorism and Iraq are conservatives.
    By Michelle Goldberg December 13, 2002

  • The real Trent Lott

    A leading Mississippi segregationist says his old friend shares his racist views and his recantation is bogus.
    By Jake Tapper December 13, 2002

  • A whole Lott of trouble

    Sen. Trent Lott apologized again for his racially insensitive remarks, but even some conservatives called for him to step aside as the next majority leader.
    By Anthony York December 12, 2002

  • The antiwar movement goes mainstream

    Groups like NOW, the Sierra Club and the National Council of Churches -- plus a raft of celebrities -- reach out to Middle America as they denounce a preemptive, unilateral war with Iraq.
    By Michelle Goldberg December 12, 2002

  • Lott's amnesia

    The senator says he can't fully recall Thurmond's racist presidential run. Here's a refresher course: A 1948 ballot decrying "anti-lynching" legislation, and a letter to Lott from a racist supporter.
    By Jake Tapper December 12, 2002

  • White House economic policy: Confusion

    Stephen Friedman was set to be the next chair of Bush's National Economic Council. Then he wasn't. Then he was again. Clearly, the man has enemies.
    By Anthony York December 11, 2002

  • Caught whistling Dixie

    Four days later, Lott's controversial comment gets some attention. But not from top congressional Democrats.
    By Anthony York December 10, 2002

  • Bush shakes up economic team

    O'Neill and Lindsey are out. But critics of White House policy might not like what comes next.
    By Anthony York December 7, 2002
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