Stories by Molly Ivins
For decades, Molly Ivins wrote hundreds of columns about politics, Texas and other bizarre happenings.
The extent to which corporate power has taken over the country can't be exaggerated. Thankfully, a slew of young authors know this.
Posted on May 11, 2006, Source: AlterNet
Who can pass up a scandal involving poker, hookers and the Watergate building?
Posted on May 9, 2006, Source: AlterNet
They decided to play the race card when they tackled the immigration issue. Now what?
Posted on May 4, 2006, Source: AlterNet
This weak 'reform' bill proves that the entire Congress is rotten with corruption, and Republicans are proud of not cleaning it up.
Posted on May 2, 2006, Source: AlterNet
Why does the FBI want to go through a dead man's files and reclassify public information?
Posted on Apr 28, 2006, Source: AlterNet
The abuse heaped on two academics by America's Israel lobby only proves the point that we need an honest debate on the topic.
Posted on Apr 26, 2006, Source: AlterNet
As Zacarias Moussaoui and Ken Skilling illustrate, the quality of justice in this country is deeply affected by how much you can pay for it.
Posted on Apr 20, 2006, Source: AlterNet
There always seemed to be an FBI investigation of some sitting Democrat either announced or leaked to the press. Now it's Rove's turn.
Posted on Apr 19, 2006, Source: AlterNet
The 'mobile weapons labs' introduced by Bush as pre-war evidence of WMDs were not, in fact, mobile weapons labs. What?
Posted on Apr 18, 2006, Source: AlterNet
Bush's newest defense of his rush to war in Iraq is another doozy in a regular stream of lies and deception coming from the Oval Office.
Posted on Apr 14, 2006, Source: AlterNet
In another example of Congress' corporate shilling, the House just repealed more than 200 food safety protections -- with nary a public hearing.
Posted on Apr 11, 2006, Source: AlterNet
I never minded DeLay being a tough guy -- it was his syrupy claims to carry the banner for Christianity that I found offensive.
Posted on Apr 6, 2006, Source: AlterNet
For a profession that thrives on pushing the panic button, many journalists are remarkably ho-hum about global warming.
Posted on Apr 4, 2006, Source: AlterNet
Racists seem to think that illegal workers -- the hardest-working, poorest people in the US -- are getting away with something.
Posted on Mar 30, 2006, Source: AlterNet
The Pentagon has investigated its own habit of paying people to lie -- and, lo and behold, it found itself not guilty.
Posted on Mar 28, 2006, Source: AlterNet
For some reason, publishers assume people will want to buy more newspapers if they have less news in them and are less useful to people.
Posted on Mar 23, 2006, Source: AlterNet
Finally, there's a dandy way to abolish the Electoral College and elect the president by popular vote.
Posted on Mar 22, 2006, Source: AlterNet
As Rep. John Murtha put it, 'The only people who want us in Iraq are Iran and al-Qaida.'
Posted on Mar 16, 2006, Source: AlterNet
For a president who openly scoffed at the idea of nation-building, Bush is meddling an awful lot in other countries' affairs.
Posted on Mar 15, 2006, Source: AlterNet
Despite Rumsfeld's public rationalizing, Iraq is in a deep pile of poop.
Posted on Mar 9, 2006, Source: AlterNet
Who needs choice when South Dakota senator Bill Napoli is around to decide for us?
Posted on Mar 7, 2006, Source: AlterNet
The Bush administration's unique brand of ineptitude is both chilling and really, really expensive.
Posted on Mar 3, 2006, Source: AlterNet
The Dubai ports controversy is only the latest example of how willing Republicans are to bend over backwards to fight for Big Business's right to make massive profits.
Posted on Mar 1, 2006, Source: AlterNet
The government is willing to outsource American jobs for the holy grail of free trade. Why is it surprising that national security is ditto?
Posted on Feb 23, 2006, Source: AlterNet
Abramoff got indicted; but all we got was this lousy $20 gift ban.
Posted on Feb 21, 2006, Source: AlterNet
Of course the Cheney shooting was an accident, but it still helps illustrate the Bush administration's curiously shifting history on issues of blame and responsibility.
Posted on Feb 14, 2006, Source: AlterNet
In politics, as in kindergarten, the all-important word is 'no.'
Posted on Feb 9, 2006, Source: AlterNet
Apparently, the push for energy independence is just another Bush punchline.
Posted on Feb 8, 2006, Source: AlterNet
A rebuttal to Bush's naive assertions that we're doing well in Iraq.
Posted on Feb 3, 2006, Source: AlterNet
As Bush officials keep more and more information from us, they are less and less accountable for what they do.
Posted on Jan 31, 2006, Source: AlterNet
We have made a horrible mess of this 'war on terrorism' -- now how do we fix it?
Posted on Jan 25, 2006, Source: AlterNet
If Democrats in Washington haven't got enough sense to own the issue of political reform, I give up on them entirely.
Posted on Jan 23, 2006, Source: AlterNet
What matters here is not what the Republicans or the Democrats do -- it's what
you do before November.
Posted on Jan 17, 2006, Source: AlterNet
For sheer government incompetence, this administration sets new records daily.
Posted on Jan 12, 2006, Source: AlterNet
Corrupt politicians think we're morons. It's time to strike back -- with reform, not cheap cynicism.
Posted on Jan 11, 2006, Source: AlterNet
Abramoff and DeLay used nonprofit organizations to launder money and pay for high-flying perks. That's just Bad Taste.
Posted on Jan 10, 2006, Source: AlterNet
So Bush unnecessarily breaks a law, then denounces anyone who discusses it as helping 'the enemy.'
Posted on Jan 5, 2006, Source: AlterNet
The end of the year is occasion to pause in wonder that we have once again survived, even in the face of fresh heights of human stupidity.
Posted on Dec 31, 2005, Source: AlterNet
I don't mean to scare you silly -- but there's a reason we have never given our government this kind of power.
Posted on Dec 29, 2005, Source: AlterNet
Bush is not above the law, so why is he acting like a God-appointed king?
Posted on Dec 22, 2005, Source: AlterNet
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