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.
While the Sept. 11 inquiry is far from done, in recent months the House and Senate intelligence committees released reports showing that the systemic stuff is pretty awful.
Posted on Sep 6, 2002, Source: The Nation
Bush's words, and those of his underlings, are practicing no-way-out geopolitics, setting the course for war.
Posted on Aug 30, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Donald Rumsfeld is acting less like Defense Secretary and more like Secretary of State, hurling everything he can to build a case against Saddam, and much of it doesn't stick.
Posted on Aug 23, 2002, Source: AlterNet
We'll take Al Gore's populist schtick again if that will prevent the self-righteous, warmongering Joe Lieberman from running for president in 2004.
Posted on Aug 16, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Bush's approach to Iraq has been, threaten to shoot first, ask questions later.
Posted on Aug 9, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Some politicians think the U.S. ought to use the talents of the glitter industry and we-can-sell-anything copywriters to enhance its standing within foreign cultures.
Posted on Aug 2, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Bush may be rahrahing domestic adoption, but he's creating more orphans worldwide with rightwing policies.
Posted on Jul 26, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Clinton wonders why the West stood by and did little as the AIDS crisis in Africa exploded. He could start by answering why his administration didn't respond in the first place.
Posted on Jul 19, 2002, Source: AlterNet
The latest U.S. military mishap in Afghanistan proved once again that neither the Pentagon nor the Bush administration care to evaluate claims, determine guilt or even apologize.
Posted on Jul 11, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Thanks to business scandals involving WorldCom, Tyco International, Xerox, Enron, and Martha Stewart, the President's own shady corporate past has been revived.
Posted on Jul 5, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Bush made a stunning declaration to select judges "who understand that our rights were derived from God." How does this fundamentalism differ from that of America's enemies?
Posted on Jun 28, 2002, Source: AlterNet
How long can U2's Bono sing a song of hope when Bush's paltry AIDS plan for Africa is merely a retreat, rather than a step forward?
Posted on Jun 21, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Sen. Maria Cantwell makes a bold proposal to create a director of privacy and civil liberties accountability, in the wake of new FBI domestic spying guidelines.
Posted on Jun 14, 2002, Source: AlterNet
The world is becoming hotter and the air you breathe can give you cancer, according to two new EPA studies. But, the Bush administration says, don't worry about it.
Posted on Jun 7, 2002, Source: AlterNet
By taking the fall for the FBI's 9/11 oversight, Director Robert Mueller may have unintentionally provided the CIA and the Pentagon plenty of cover for their mistakes.
Posted on May 31, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Let’s see the he-men of the not-if-but-when gang -- Dick Cheney, Tom Ridge, Donald Rumsfeld, and Robert Mueller III -- give us news we can use.
Posted on May 24, 2002, Source: AlterNet
By establishing himself as an iconoclastic legislator who pushes issues few others will touch, Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich's candidacy would tread where others can't reach.
Posted on May 21, 2002, Source: LA Weekly
The President knew last August that terrorists might be planning to hijack an airliner. What else is the White House not telling us?
Posted on May 20, 2002, Source: The Nation & WorkingForChange.com
Jimmy Carter criticized the U.S. economic embargo against Cuba and Castro's anti-Democratic regime, but wisely didn't link the two -- demonstrating you don't have to choose sides.
Posted on May 17, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Richard Perle, head of the Defense Policy board that advises the Department of Defense, makes it sound as if Mission Iraq could be a breeze. Who's listening when he says "Trust me"?
Posted on May 10, 2002, Source: AlterNet
The Bush administration just let a private firm called NeuStar sell off valuable Web addresses in the .us domain. E-speculators scrambled to grab the goods, but the public was largely excluded.
Posted on May 3, 2002, Source: AlterNet
U.S. government -- particularly the Pentagon -- has denied credible reports from eyewitnesses and pro-American Afghan officials that errant U.S. bombs have killed and maimed Afghan civilians.
Posted on Apr 26, 2002, Source: AlterNet
In a speech to the Senate, Sen. James Inhofe said that Israel is "entitled" to the West Bank and chastised those within the U.S. who have urged Israeli restraint.
Posted on Apr 19, 2002, Source: AlterNet
There is a specter haunting the conservatives of Washington, D.C. -- that Bush may wimp-out in the Middle East.
Posted on Apr 12, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Recent events in Israel may well have put the kibosh on Bush's plan to extend his war on terrorism to Iraq.
Posted on Apr 5, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Will someone please buy George W. Bush a dictionary? His administration has been misusing common words and, in the process, perverting political discourse.
Posted on Mar 29, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Bush is maneuvering to limit peacekeeping operations in Afghanistan -- showing he doesn't care much if the country disintegrates into warlord-ravaged territory.
Posted on Mar 22, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Conservatives like the new group AVOT have conniptions whenever anyone dares to differ with -- or even ask questions about -- the war on terrorism. What are they afraid of?
Posted on Mar 15, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Every Administration seeks power without interference. But Bush and Cheney are setting new standards of secrecy that would make Nixon blush.
Posted on Mar 8, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Theories that the U.S. government aided or engineered the 9/11 attacks aren't just horribly misguided -- they distract from the nefarious deeds our leaders actually do perpetrate.
Posted on Mar 1, 2002, Source: AlterNet
If the new Office of Strategic Influence is planting false information oversees, why did they tell the press? An imaginary conversation with Donald Rumsfeld makes it all clear ...
Posted on Feb 22, 2002, Source: AlterNet
George W. Bush's new global warming plan (and, no, that shouldn't read "anti"-global warming plan) will let polluters spew out more waste than ever before in history.
Posted on Feb 15, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Within the next few days, a bill limiting "soft-money" political donations will come to a vote in Congress. Whether it passes or not, real reform is still a long way off.
Posted on Feb 8, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Did U.S. troops wrongly slay two dozen anti-Taliban Afghans? Should we pay damages to killed and maimed Afghan civilians? And why does asking these question make you a traitor?
Posted on Feb 1, 2002, Source: AlterNet
A new ailment, "enronitis," is decimating Republican ranks, causing discombobulation and the tendency "to talk foolishness" when questioned about a particular energy company.
Posted on Jan 25, 2002, Source: AlterNet
The Bush crowd was not simply duped by Enron and its partners-in-fraud. In fact, the White House deliberately created a friendly climate for such scoundrels.
Posted on Jan 21, 2002, Source: AlterNet
The FBI just announced that it is developing a controversial Internet spying software -- code-named Magic Lantern -- that can enter a personal computer and record every keystroke.
Posted on Jan 4, 2002, Source: AlterNet
Even with the Taliban routed, we still hear that the United States has not triumphed in the P.R. war and must adopt Madison Avenue tactics to promote itself to Muslim people.
Posted on Dec 21, 2001, Source: AlterNet
In the face of war, Bush may seem more "presidential," but he hasn't grown out of stiffing the poor, exploiting the environment and shoving unilateral decisions down the world's throat.
Posted on Dec 14, 2001, Source: AlterNet
Now that journalists in Afghanistan are sending in reports about civilian casualties there, the Pentagon has resorted to lies and distortions to cover up the bloodshed.
Posted on Dec 7, 2001, Source: AlterNet
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