Email Author James Ridgeway

2006 Stories by James Ridgeway

• Reprint: Team Bush Swamped by Crisis

  published September 5, 2006

  Editor's note: The following article by James Ridgeway was posted... More >>

• Bolten: Loyalist, Lone Voice of Dissent—or Both?

  published March 28, 2006

  WASHINGTON, D.C.—On the morning of 9-11, it was White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card who whispered into the president's ear the news... More >>

• Few Answers as Sago Mine Reopens

  published March 14, 2006

  WASHINGTON, D.C.—It’s business as usual over in West Virginia, where the More >>

• Moussaoui's Guilt: Less Profound Than Airline's Own Incompetence?

  published March 14, 2006

  WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Moussaoui trial controversy has almost nothing to do about the would-be hijacker's guilt or innocence and... More >>

• Moussaoui's Guilt: Less Profound Than the FBI's Own Negligence?

  published March 14, 2006

  WASHINGTON, D.C.—FBI Special Agent Harry Samit's testimony yesterday at the Zacarias Moussaoui trial adds just one more piece of... More >>

• Congress Sinks Port Deal

  published March 7, 2006

  WASHINGTON, D.C.—By declaring today that it will give up its... More >>

• Dubai's Port of No Return

  published February 21, 2006

  WASHINGTON, D.C.—No matter More >>

• Ports: All 'Bout a Dealer Named Bout

  published February 21, 2006

  WASHINGTON, D.C.—To hear the administration and its supporters talk, you'd think the workers in New York ports are carefully... More >>

• Al Qaeda's L.A. Plot? Yawn. . .

  published February 7, 2006

  WASHINGTON, D.C.—President Bush's revelation that the U.S. and its allies More >>

• Water, Logged

  published February 7, 2006

  WASHINGTON, D.C.—In strokes large and small, the congressional inquiry into the government’s handling of the Hurricane Katrina... More >>

• Bush All Mixed Up on Iran

  published January 31, 2006

  WASHINGTON, D.C.--President Bush seemed to be backing down on Iran in his More >>

• Is George Bush Opening Your Mail?

  published January 31, 2006

  WASHINGTON, D.C.—Attorney General Alberto Gonzales refused to say today whether the National Security Agency's domestic surveillance... More >>

• Stickler's for the Rules

  published January 31, 2006

  Notwithstanding the governor of West Virginia's order last week to stop coal production for safety inspections, the efforts at reducing hazardous ... More >>

• Hamas Victory Is Bush's Nightmare

  published January 24, 2006

  WASHINGTON, D.C.--Hamas's stunning victory in the More >>

• Exxon's Big, Big, Big Bucks

  published January 24, 2006

  WASHINGTON, D.C.--Exxon’s just-announced fourth-quarter earnings of a record $10.7 billion--up from $8.4 billion in the year-ago... More >>

• Barricading the Storm

  published January 24, 2006

  The reason for the government not turning over documents and making available top officials to testify about the Hurricane Katrina debacle before... More >>

• State of the Union Not Looking So Stately

  published January 24, 2006

  WASHINGTON, D.C.— President Bush's State of the Union address... More >>

• On Bin Laden's Bedside Table

  published January 17, 2006

  WASHINGTON, D.C.--Having spent the weekend digging through a stack of e-mail with opening lines like "Death to you and your family" and... More >>

• Reform School Dropouts

  published January 17, 2006

  The proposals for the reform of lobbying announced last week by both parties are window dressing for this year's midterm elections. The measures... More >>

• A Question of Presidential Power

  published January 17, 2006

  WASHINGTON, D.C.--As the Senate moves towards a vote on Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito, there will be additional debate over his views... More >>

• Unanswerable Questions for Mike Ledeen

  published January 17, 2006

  Several websites have featured Michael Ledeen, the neocon just about every liberal learned to hate during Iran-Contra because of his supposed... More >>

• Sticky Fingers

  published January 10, 2006

  The Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal on Capitol Hill is dragging the Republicans down. It is "no secret that over the past several months, our... More >>

• Iran Crisis: Cheney Plays the Egypt Card

  published January 10, 2006

  WASHINGTON, D.C.--With both Russia and China seeking to quiet the crisis over Iran’s nuclear program, Vice President Dick... More >>

• Spygate: And No Special Counsel, Either

  published January 10, 2006

  WASHINGTON, D.C.--If recent statements its players are any guide, the Bush administration is digging in his heels on the president's... More >>

• Report: U.S. Should Pay for Genocide in East Timor

  published January 10, 2006

  WASHINGTON, D.C.--A report to be presented to the United Nations Secretary General Kofi Anan today charges that Indonesia, through its... More >>