Stories by David Corn
David Corn is the Washington bureau chief of Mother Jones and the co-author of Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War and is the author of The Lies of George W. Bush. He writes a blog at davidcorn.com.
I don't think we should forget how certain scoundrels crassly exploited this family conflict.
Posted on Mar 31, 2005, Source: DavidCorn.com
Wolfowitz's record on Iraq is one of miscalculation and exaggeration. And the poor of the world deserve a World Bank president with better judgment.
Posted on Mar 16, 2005, Source: The Nation
Ignoring the fact that America's image problem stems from policy and not P.R., Bush appoints his spin doctor Karen Hughes to fix it.
Posted on Mar 15, 2005, Source: The Nation
Can independent publishers step up and provide support to the progressive authors they seek to publish?
Posted on Mar 11, 2005, Source: DavidCorn.com
Bush's appointee to the new post of Director of National Intelligence, John Negroponte, has skated through appointments in the past, and is likely to do so again.
Posted on Feb 18, 2005, Source: The Nation
Whether speaking about the Iraq war, gay marriage or Social Security, in his State of the Union the president re-affirmed that he does not reside in a reality-based community.
Posted on Feb 4, 2005, Source: The Nation
Whether speaking about the Iraq war, gay marriage or Social Security, in his State of the Union the president re-affirmed that he does not reside in a reality-based community.
Posted on Feb 3, 2005, Source: The Nation
How many other right-wing pundits are on the administration payroll?
Posted on Jan 11, 2005, Source: The Nation
Easy to run for office, hard to govern: It didn't take long for problems to crop up for George Bush post-election.
Posted on Dec 23, 2004, Source: LA Weekly
The folks propagating the election theft hysteria would be better off focusing on the real culprit: our flawed election system.
Posted on Dec 1, 2004, Source: The Nation
Keep an eye on the highway to the Baghdad International Airport. That's where the Bush administration's rosy rhetoric meets the road.
Posted on Nov 22, 2004, Source: The Nation
Clear away the rhetoric, and what mostly remains are the odd early exit polls, troubling instances of bad electronic voting, and curious – or possibly curious – trends in Florida. This may be the beginning of a case; it is not a case in itself.
Posted on Nov 10, 2004, Source: The Nation
The Red-Blue battle – a war of culture, ideology, politics and psychology – will not end with the final tally in Ohio.
Posted on Nov 3, 2004, Source: The Nation
The October surprise surely must be that George W. Bush has dodged at least a dozen scandals that probably would have taken down most other presidents.
Posted on Oct 31, 2004, Source: The Nation
Before a televised discussion of Iraq, a reporter faces the incomprehensible cost of war and the glibness of the man who chose to wage it.
Posted on Oct 27, 2004, Source: DavidCorn.com
Has George Bush blown his re-election by saying just one word?
Posted on Oct 18, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Vice presidential picks haven't mattered in the past. And vice presidential debates haven't mattered. Neither will the one between Edwards and Cheney.
Posted on Oct 6, 2004, Source: The Nation
The McCain-Bush conflict has been one of the most-watched soap operas in Washington. Now it appears the Arizona senator may have a rude surprise for the president.
Posted on Sep 21, 2004, Source: The Nation
Everyone these days has advice for the presidential contender. But what's the campaign to do when fear is the prime motivator of this year's voter?
Posted on Sep 16, 2004, Source: TomPaine.com
In the final weeks of the election, expect to see more of Colin Powell, who will have plausible-sounding explanations for the screw-ups and offer soothing words about the "challenges" ahead.
Posted on Sep 13, 2004, Source: The Nation
W.'s speech attempts to define the election as a referendum on his war and his mission from God.
Posted on Sep 3, 2004, Source: The Nation
A few tips for George Bush's speechwriters.
Posted on Sep 2, 2004, Source: LA Weekly
The GOP's real message on Tuesday night was Safety First.
Posted on Sep 1, 2004, Source: The Nation
The good soldier pays the price of being a Republican.
Posted on Aug 31, 2004, Source: The Nation
The hard right and the mushy right clash in New York over gay rights.
Posted on Aug 30, 2004, Source: The Nation
David Corn didn't get his sushi dinner, but at least he got to lock horns with a few conservatives.
Posted on Aug 29, 2004, Source: The Nation
"The Bush crowd's response to the Swift Vets' campaign is hardly surprising. And it is hardly honorable."
Posted on Aug 23, 2004, Source: AlterNet
Why did Porter Goss, Bush's new CIA nominee, go easy on the CIA's Iraq and 9/11 screw-ups?
Posted on Aug 11, 2004, Source: AlterNet
When Republicans fret, they tend to lash out. Desperate times call for desperate negative ads.
Posted on Aug 5, 2004, Source: TomPaine.com
With his Big Speech, Kerry changes the political meaning of Vietnam and positions himself well for the battle ahead.
Posted on Jul 30, 2004, Source: The Nation
Edwards' keynote on Wednesday night lacked the spark of his speeches during the primaries.
Posted on Jul 29, 2004, Source: The Nation
"Even when a decisive election is only three months away, there still is time and opportunity for politicians (and their handicappers in the media) to gaze further down the road."
Posted on Jul 28, 2004, Source: The Nation
Bush, that is. And that is not the question. For it has already been answered. And the answer is, no. But not exactly.
Posted on Jul 27, 2004, Source: The Nation
The Democrats enter Boston on-message: unity and energy. The funny thing is, it seems to be true.
Posted on Jul 26, 2004, Source: The Nation
Want to know why the conservatives are going after Joe Wilson? Just read the Wall Street Journal.
Posted on Jul 23, 2004, Source: The Nation
The 9/11 Report confirms many of the preliminary findings that shed a dark light on the actions of the Bush administration.
Posted on Jul 23, 2004, Source: The Nation
Republicans are using the Senate Intelligence Committee report to settle scores with former Ambassador for embarrassing the President. That he is also John Kerry's foreign policy advisor doesn't hurt.
Posted on Jul 19, 2004, Source: The Nation
New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof says President is no liar; he just stretches the truth. Maybe he needs to consult the dictionary.
Posted on Jul 1, 2004, Source: The Nation
The editors of The New Republic, unabashed in their support for the Iraq war, sort of, not entirely, regret their cheerleading.
Posted on Jun 23, 2004, Source: The Nation
In a new edition of his book, David Corn wonders how civil should debate be if the president is not telling the truth about life-and-death issues.
Posted on Jun 22, 2004, Source: AlterNet
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