Roberts Helped O’Connor With Confirmation
As a young Justice Department lawyer, John Roberts helped guide Supreme Court nominee Sandra Day O'Connor through the Senate confirmation process he now confronts as the choice to replace her.…
Bush Screwed the Pooch on Postwar Planning
An independent panel headed by two former U.S. national security advisers said Wednesday that chaos in Iraq was due in part to inadequate postwar planning.…
Court Nominees Should State Their Positions
Imagine if during last fall's presidential debates the candidates had refused to answer specific questions about what they would do about various controversial issues, but instead insisted on giving only…
Rethinking Amtrak
If our nation were ruled by cold logic, we would not have Amtrak. It makes no economic sense. But we are ruled by Congress, and so we do have Amtrak…
Time to Come Clean
Our focus here is White House denials that Bush political strategist Karl Rove had any involvement in leaking the identity of a once-covert CIA agent who was the wife of…
White House Ducks Immigration Hearing
The Bush administration has clammed up on immigration, just as Congress starts to seriously debate it. …
Selling Out Our Country
Others can be polite if they want. It’s a waste of time. You don’t fight demagoguery with civility. You get down and dirty because these maniacal conservatives are doing everything…
Busy May Bypass Senate With Recess Appointment of Bolton
The White House signaled on Monday that President Bush may bypass the Senate and appoint John Bolton, his embattled nominee for U.N. ambassador, to the post temporarily as hope faded…
Challenging the Status Quo
While it is not unusual for a president to name a blue-ribbon panel to study problems of national import, it is rare for him to act on its recommendations. Usually,…
Roberts’ Reserve Perplexes Senators
As a schoolboy in Indiana, one of his former teachers recalls, John Roberts staked out his seat in the back row at the far corner of the room. …
