State of the Union

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  • Money for nothing, chicks for free

    As Bush talks of fiscal stewardship, a former CPA official prepares to plead guilty in a sex and bribery scheme.
    By Tim Grieve February 1, 2006

  • "Addicted to oil"? You take that back, son!

    Bush takes heat from the right for daring to suggest that Americans need to break the habit.
    By Tim Grieve February 1, 2006

  • Bush on spying, or the "duty to speak with candor" revisited

    Dissecting the president's State of the Union defense of his warrantless spying program.
    By Tim Grieve February 1, 2006

  • Same old song

    Bush's State of the Union address played like a greatest hits of empty policy promises -- while the Dems clapped and frowned in disunion.
    By Michael Scherer February 1, 2006

  • State of the Union: George W. Bush and the "duty to speak with candor"

    The president talks a good game. Someday, maybe he'll even tell the truth.
    By Tim Grieve January 31, 2006

  • Enough about SOTU: How about some answers from Alberto Gonzales?

    Did the attorney general lie to the Senate about Bush's warrantless spying program?
    By Tim Grieve January 31, 2006

  • The State of the Union, or what ever happened to the purple finger?

    We're not in 2005 anymore. But does it matter?
    By Tim Grieve January 31, 2006

  • Cheney on trial

    Even if the vice president himself is not indicted, imagine the questions he might be asked, under oath, in Libby's case.
    By Sidney Blumenthal November 10, 2005

  • Tell us again about the women, George

    The Iraqi woman George W. Bush trotted out for his State of the Union address has words to say about the draft constitution -- and they're not what the president would like you to hear.
    By T.G. August 25, 2005

  • The truth hurts

    Bush used windy rhetoric and outright deception to sell his privatization plan. What else is new?
    By Joe Conason February 3, 2005

  • No time for euphoria

    If Bush believes what he said Wednesday night -- that we must stand with our allies to prevent tyranny -- he should stop his incoherent saber rattling over Iran's nuclear plans and join Europe in real negotiations.
    By Sidney Blumenthal February 3, 2005

  • Straight up the union

    President vows to increase security against a sudden attack of humanitarianism.
    By Joyce McGreevy January 26, 2004

  • The long march to New Hampshire

    Edwards and Kerry may have passed Iowa unscathed, but the new king of Democrats is not yet crowned.
    By Sidney Blumenthal January 22, 2004

  • Bush 3.0

    It's time, once again, for the State of the Union Updater!
    Cartoon by Mark Fiore January 22, 2004

  • Bush loses his aura of invincibility

    In his State of the Union address, the president posed once again as the indomitable wartime leader -- but it didn't play as well this time.
    By Gary Kamiya January 21, 2004

  • Right Hook

    State of the Bush doctrine: Iraq-war hawks wonder whether administration distortions of prewar intelligence now cast an "ugly shadow" on U.S. foreign policy. Plus: "Dean Loses It."
    By Mark Follman January 21, 2004

  • Bush leaves no bride behind

    We have 12 million uninsured children and record-breaking deficits -- and the president's boldest domestic initiative is the promotion of matrimonial bliss?
    By Arianna Huffington January 21, 2004

  • U.S. intelligence under Bush is a "mess"

    The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee calls for reform of the system -- and wants answers from the White House about Iraq's missing WMD.
    January 16, 2004

  • Lying in exile

    Bush took the unsubstantiated word of Iraqi renegades about WMD over intelligence experts in every branch of the U.S. government.
    By Robert Scheer September 3, 2003

  • Joe Conason's Journal

    Former Sen. Gary Hart says President Bush "didn't do his job" before 9/11. Plus reader responses to Bush's latest baffling reason for the war in Iraq.
    July 16, 2003

  • Yellowcake-gate

    What price will President Bush have to pay for his 16-word scam?
    By Arianna Huffington July 16, 2003

  • "Horrible" speaker, great speech

    An expert on great speakers says President Bush is among the worst ever, but on Tuesday night, he tapped into his inner Clinton.
    By Edward W. Lempinen January 30, 2003

  • The State of the Union: Frightened

    President Bush did his best to scare the bejesus out of his audience Tuesday to make his case for war. And afterward, he was probably the only person to get a good night's sleep.
    By Jake Tapper January 29, 2003

  • Bush squanders America's victory

    The greatest threat to U.S. dominance is not Islamic extremism, it's our arrogance, says a Times of London writer.
    February 8, 2002

  • Did I watch the wrong channel?

    The media gushed over an "eloquent" and "passionate" State of the Union address many of us didn't see.
    By Gary Kamiya January 31, 2002
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