By now, all of us — fans and critics alike — have learned to pay attention to what George Bush says. He is indeed a man who says what he means and means what he says. Even before September 11, you could see the signs of a pending Iraq war. And now — in […]
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America’s party
It is a tradition, this extravagant inauguration of an American president. And however much we liberals enjoy finding reasons to scold (The war! The tsunami!), George Bush is not the first president to hold a bunch of glitzy do’s during times of great stress and tragedy. So go ahead, if you’re in the mood […]
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How smart are you?
After the presidential election, a lot of Democrats insisted that the red-blue divide was really an intelligence gap: that no well-educated person could have voted for Bush. Balderdash; plenty of smart people voted for him. Plenty of smart people support the war in Iraq. Plenty of smart people agree with Bush on tort reform. But […]
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Fight back: Rice, no; Gonzales, no!
The next Bush administration is taking shape, and the cabinet resignations have been flying. There’s reason to celebrate some of them, especially Attorney General John Ashcroft’s. But if the first replacement announcements — Condoleezza Rice for secretary of state, Alberto Gonzales for attorney general — are any indication, we’re in for a rough four years. […]
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After the vote: the shock of the Red and the Blue
Now, one week after the presidential election, reality has set in. And as noticeable as the horror among Kerry supporters is the shock. It’s not so much that we were confident that Kerry would win (not, at least, until the peculiar election-day exit polls said that he would); it’s that we didn’t seem to recognize […]
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In a time of great challenge: Kerry for president
Three years after the terrorists’ attacks of 9/11, the United States is a divided country, and an angry one. And, rightly or wrongly, it is a fearful one. In less than a week, the country will select the president who will lead us, and will serve as the leader of the world’s most powerful […]
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Vietnam reminders, Bush and science, downtown shopping
