Two of the first bills passed by the 111th Congress yesterday had less to do with the incoming president than they did with the man he's replacing. O...
Assignment Earth | Posted 01.08.2009 | Green
New federal mining rules, a parting gift to the coal industry from the Bush administration, will allow mining companies to blast even more mountain pe...
The Daily Beast | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics
The Bush administration was notable for claiming dozens of political victims, only some of whom were Democrats. We interviewed the survivors who feel ...
Bob Cesca | Posted 01.07.2009 | Politics
The notion that Bush somehow rose above and beyond the very basic template -- the standard operating procedure for reacting to a crisis is nothing more than a tall tale. A lie, if you will.
Chris Gunn | Posted 01.07.2009 | Business
In a guest commentary published on The Exception Magazine's website, www.exceptionmag.com; the President and Founder of the American Small Business Le...
Stuart Whatley | Posted 01.07.2009 | Politics
A trailer is out for Bollywood's forthcoming mockumentary -- "The President Is Coming -- that will poke fun at President Bush, perhaps for the last ti...
Maura Judkis | Posted 01.07.2009 | Green
The January/February issue of the Atlantic has a neat graphic that shows how our country has changed over the Bush years. There are some interesting environmental stats here.
The Boston Globe | Posted 01.07.2009 | Green
LOS ANGELES -- The Bush administration appears ready to push through a change in Forest Service agreements that would make it far easier for mountain ...
Rick Horowitz | Posted 01.06.2009 | Politics
"What's the catch?" "Excuse me?" "What's the catch? What's the angle?" "I don't know what you're -- " "Obama. What's he up to?" "You mean beside...
Tamar Abrams | Posted 01.06.2009 | Style
In Istanbul last year, my daughter and I decided to pass as Canadians because it seemed easier. It was sad to "represent" a war I didn't support and a president I never voted for.
Tom Engelhardt | Posted 01.06.2009 | Politics
At a cost of nearly one trillion taxpayer dollars to date, Bush's mad "global war" simply sucked needed money out of our world at levels that made Bernie Madoff seem like a small fry.
John Feffer | Posted 01.06.2009 | World
We are both settler states -- the Puritans, who escaped oppression in the Old World only to mete out oppression in the New, unfolded their Zionist project in the 17th century with their "city built upon a hill" as the New Jerusalem.
Foreign Policy | Tom Ricks | Posted 01.05.2009 | World
News flash for the president-elect: All our troops are combat troops. It isn't like some American soldiers stroll around Iraq unarmed. Nor do the insu...
Moira Whelan | Posted 01.05.2009 | Politics
Taken individually, Iraq, Katrina, Abu Ghraib, or any other Bush failure would be a black mark on this president's legacy. Together, they serve as an indictment of the man who will be remembered as the worst president in US history.
Tina Dupuy | Posted 01.05.2009 | Politics
What is this group? It's none other than the George W. Bush Society. Their yearly gala (that happens every six months...'fuzzy math') is a riot!
Lisa Gans | Posted 01.04.2009 | World
The fact that Israel decided to launch this massive attack in the waning days of the Bush administration suggests that Tel Aviv, at least, thinks that the days for such an action might be limited.
James Moore | Posted 01.04.2009 | Politics
America's role as the unwavering good guy is a mythology that has sustained us but may ultimately be our ruin.
Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 01.04.2009 | Business
In essence the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, rather than being our oil safety valve, has become a welfare program for the oil industry and one of the nation's most outrageous boondoggles.
McClatchy | Posted 01.04.2009 | Politics
George W. Bush was supposed to be a president schooled in consensus building and tough, effective management. However, the first chief executive with...
Stephen Kaus | Posted 01.03.2009 | Media
I didn't know the Washington Post ran press releases on its front page. But clearly, actual journalism was not practiced in Friday's interview with Joshua Bolton and Stephen Hadley.
Esme E. Deprez | Posted 01.02.2009 | World
NEW YORK--Iraq's transition of power and the security agreement calling for the withdrawal of American troops from Iraq by 2011 leaves the fate of 3,0...
Bennet Kelley | Posted 01.01.2009 | Politics
The one word Americans use most to describe President Bush is "incompetent." While no compliment, the word fails to convey the condemnation warranted by the last eight years.
AP | SAMANTHA YOUNG | Posted 12.31.2008 | Green
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California is suing the Bush administration to block last-minute endangered species regulations that are intended to reduce...
AP | MATTHEW BROWN | Posted 12.31.2008 | Green
BILLINGS, Mont. — The Bush administration has approved a plan that could allow more than 18,000 natural gas wells to be drilled in southeastern ...
Eric Margolis | Posted 12.30.2008 | World
The proud towers of Wall Street have fallen, disgorging packs of thieves and fraudsters. The mighty US suddenly exposed as the proverbial king without clothes. Uncle Sam is bankrupt.
If you think people laugh at your skiing skills then think again. A man was a...
The Anchorage Daily News reports that Levi Johnston, the father of Bristol Palin's...
Rep. John Conyers has written a letter to Democratic colleagues urging them to join...
As January 20 grows larger in the window, I've been thinking more often about the...
I want to play poker with Harry Reid. Really I do. Rather than call for a...
America is in shock. It is not because of the unusual sight of the first black...
Are nude animal rights protests old hat? We got word of a...
Rachel Maddow appeared on "The Daily...
Scroll down for video and a slideshow WASHINGTON
Patrick Swayze, who has been battling pancreatic cancer for a year, sat down with Barbara Walters for...
An article in next month's Atlantic asks, "Is porn...
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The Internet is awash with rumors over the cause of the tragic death of actor John Travolta's...
CNN | Posted 01.08.2009 | Politics