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William Safire

Welcome back, Garrison Keillor: Salon's former columnist returns, just in time to solve the Rove-Plame-Cheney mystery.; By Garrison Keillor Jul 26, 2005
Right Hook: Conservatives cheer Condi, scratch their heads over Colin, and see bright days ahead for Bush's faith-based team. Plus: Rich Lowry cackles with glee over the prospect of more blacks voting Republican.; By Mark Follman Nov 17, 2004
William Safire, minister of disinformation: The New York Times runs corrections when reporters get a middle initial wrong. So why does its conservative columnist get away with glaring errors that shape world affairs?; By Barry Lando Feb 21, 2004
Joe Conason's Journal: Safire & Co. peddle an apparently bogus memo as "proof" of a Saddam/al-Qaida connection. But the blame for 9/11 may lie closer to home.; Dec 18, 2003
Right Hook: New York Post's Ralph Peters tags Wesley Clark a softy on terror, while Coulter sees a devious Hillary plot.; By Mark Follman Sep 24, 2003
"Shut your mouth": As radio giants censor antiwar musicians, TV networks bully pro-peace actors, and Attorney General John Ashcroft prepares a new assault on civil liberties, a climate of intimidation creeps over America.; By Tim Grieve Mar 25, 2003
Is the pro-Israel media lobby losing its grip?: Polls show that the American public increasingly sees two sides to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict -- despite the best efforts of the neoconservative punditocracy.; By Eric Boehlert Apr 17, 2002
Where's the media mea culpa?: Though the final Whitewater report clearly shows the Clintons were innocent, the New York Times and Washington Post arrogantly refuse to admit they were wrong.; By Joe Conason Mar 28, 2002
The Elian metaphor: If we really cared about Cuban children, we'd end the embargo.; By Joe Conason Apr 25, 2000
Letters to the editor: Readers squawk over Conason's offer of crow Plus: Electronic music isn't dead; a new club for Bush watchers.; Mar 16, 2000
Fresh feathers, Mr. Safire?: You always wanted to have your crow and eat it too on the Clinton scandals, so now it's time for you to keep your word.; By Joe Conason Mar 14, 2000
"Scandalmonger" by William Safire: The pundit and language columnist crafts a potboiler of sleaze and slander in the republic's infancy.; By Katharine Whittemore Mar 1, 2000
Put a price on his head: Now that we've won the war and silenced the critics, let's put a bounty on Milosevic.; By Joe Conason Jun 15, 1999
"Hardball" strikes out: Chris Matthews mistakenly identifies a Clinton friend on the air as the "jogger" who frightened Kathleen Willey.; May 18, 1999
Gone with the windbags: The election took some of the steam out of the Washington Punditocracy's hot air balloon.; By Gary Kamiya Nov 5, 1998
Gone with the windbags: The election took some of the steam out of the Washington Punditocracy's hot air balloon.; By Gary Kamiya Nov 5, 1998
Gloves off: Over the next two weeks, President Clinton and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will undergo a very public battle of wills over the future of Middle East peace.; By Jonathan Broder May 12, 1998
Armchair pundits to Clinton: Bring us the head of Saddam Hussein!: BY ERIC ALTERMAN Nov 26, 1997
Hating Hillary: By Andrew Ross Jan 13, 1996

Salon Directory › w › William Safire (19 stories)

William Safire

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