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  • Take-home test

    Gov. Bush says he has been reading a biography of former Secretary of State Dean Acheson. Here's a reading comprehension exam for the GOP front-runner.
    By David Corn December 13, 1999

  • The GOP's Hispanic high hopes

    George W. Bush's symbolic gestures to the Texas Latino community have gone a long way. But will the approach work in states like California?
    By Gregory Rodriguez December 7, 1999

  • Letters to the Editor

    In Texas, AIDS issues are about race, not sexuality
    Plus: Remembering James Bond's glory days; why let a cheating husband off the hook?
    Letters to the Editor November 29, 1999

  • Smog alert

    The Texas governor is trying to clear the air about his environmental record -- trouble is, the state's alarming pollution levels are getting in the way.
    By Robert Bryce November 24, 1999

  • The mediocrity that roared

    Three books probe the mystery at the core of the angry, ordinary guy who might just be our next president.
    By Joan Walsh November 23, 1999

  • Maybe I should buy you a globe for Christmas

    George W. Bush's father planned to hit then-Gov. Bill Clinton with a series of one-line "zingers" about his foreign policy ignorance in '92, but guess who's laughing now.
    By Robert Parry November 20, 1999

  • Bush channels Reagan on foreign policy

    With his first major speech, the GOP front-runner sought to put a string of gaffes behind him.
    By Mark Dennis November 20, 1999

  • Why won't George W. Bush talk about AIDS?

    Texas gays say their governor's "compassionate conservatism" doesn't include them.
    By Cliff Rothman November 19, 1999

  • Jasper's stand

    Shawn Berry was the hardest suspect to convict of the dragging murder of James Byrd Jr. Did his role in the killing come second to the town's need to clear its name?
    By Ashley Craddock November 18, 1999

  • "Boy, you sing like your granddaddy"

    Hank Williams III pays a debt to Nashville -- and looks toward Texas for real country music.
    By David Bowman November 3, 1999

  • Letters to the Editor

    Is it Spike Gillespie who should be restrained? Plus: Michael Lewis' bogus attack on J-schools; art should be about seeing, not theorizing.
    Letters to the Editor November 1, 1999

  • The truth about Texas school reform

    Has George W. Bush made his state's education system a model for the nation?
    By Joan Walsh November 1, 1999

  • Election coverage, gonzo-style

    Alternative Vote 2000 brings the counterculture to election coverage. Plus: High Times turns 25; what happens if Amazon tanks?
    By Jenn Shreve October 22, 1999

  • Top Bush flack grinds out candidate's memoir

    George W. mentions Robert H. Bork and Lewis Carroll, but communications director Karen Hughes reveals no literary influences.
    By Craig Offman October 7, 1999

  • Happy, Texas

    A cons-on-the-run caper gets its charm from witty, endearing performances and uncynical affection for its characters.
    By Mary Elizabeth Williams October 1, 1999

  • The Teflon governor meets the national media

    Bush is glib, none-too-smart and quick to anger, but reporters have yet to tell the truth about him.
    By Jerry Politex September 16, 1999

  • The real Bush drug scandal

    Texas Gov. George W. Bush has presided over a crackdown on first-time drug offenders from poor neighborhoods like Houston's Third Ward Bottoms.
    By Debra Dickerson September 14, 1999

  • Bush won't have to testify in whistle-blower case

    A Democratic judge rules Texas governor will not have to give a deposition in the so-called Formaldegate case.
    By Robert Bryce August 31, 1999

  • Texas judge rules against Bush

    A motion to force Eliza May to give a deposition in the Texas "Formaldegate" matter was rejected.
    By Robert Bryce August 27, 1999

  • Louder than words

    George W. Bush, who refuses to answer questions about his own drug use, slashed drug rehabilitation programs for inmates while ushering in tougher sentencing laws.
    By Robert Bryce August 24, 1999

  • The funeral scandal time line

    A chronology of the battle between the Texas Funeral Service Commission and Service Corporation International.
    Compiled by Robert Bryce August 20, 1999

  • Who is Eliza May?

    Is the woman at the center of the Texas funeral home scandal a wronged government watchdog or a Democrat with a political agenda?
    By Robert Bryce August 20, 1999

  • Austin, we have a problem

    What does his clumsy, evasive handling of rumors of cocaine use do to George W. Bush's much-heralded "electability"?
    By Jake Tapper August 20, 1999

  • Letters to the Editor

    George W. Bush's "compassionate conservatism" is a lie; Tibetans don't deserve their oppression; is "sex ed" just a way of controlling teenagers?
    Letters to the Editor August 16, 1999

  • Did Bush lie under oath in funeral home case?

    An SCI attorney says the Texas governor talked to him about a state agency investigation, contradicting Bush's affidavit in the case.
    By Robert Bryce and Anthony York August 9, 1999
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