Springtime for Washington
Daisies and rifles are never easy bedfellows, especially when both are just starting to bloom.
Politics
A collection of 176 issues
It’s Not Easy Being Green
Sometimes the best person for the job actually gets it. With a good friend running for political office in Maine, our writer hits the campaign trail.
The Missing Debate on Iraq
Reading the news last week, it seemed like there was little debate in Congress about authorizing force against Iraq. Turns out there wasn’t any debate at all.
John Ashcroft’s 2002 College Football Preview
Thanks to the 2001 PATRIOT Act, we can learn the dark secrets that lurk in the hearts of men. The time is upon us to take this information and put it to good use: predicting the 2002 college-football champions.
President Bush Merges Agencies
Shadow governments, merging powers, churches and children: It’s no secret that power breeds concealment. Yet behind the veils of rhetoric, simple men and women are simply doing business, PowerPoint and all.
A Fig for Thee, O Terror
The reason Mayor Giuliani sounded more effective than GW Bush was a simple matter of doing vs. planning. You trust a man who’s talking about lifting that brick right now and don’t ask about tomorrow yet. When work needs to be done, there isn’t time for fretting