Email Author James Ridgeway

2003 Stories by James Ridgeway

• Slaughterhouse Politics

  published December 30, 2003

  WASHINGTON, D.C.—When it comes to politics you just can't beat the cattlemen for bellyaching. They are forever running around... More >>

• Dean Calls 9-11

  published December 30, 2003

  WASHINGTON—Setting aside Sunday's puerile attacks on Howard Dean by a desperate John Kerry and the by now embarrassing Joe Lieberman,... More >>

• Slaughterhouse Jive

  published December 30, 2003

  The beef industry, along with its representatives in the Bush administration, is temporarily off the hook on mad cow after promising not to make... More >>

• Flying Blind

  published December 30, 2003

  The much heralded crackdown on terrorism over the holidays, which forced delayed or canceled flights from Paris, London, and Mexico to the U.S.,... More >>

• And the Saddam-Capture Conspiracy Theories Begin

  published December 23, 2003

  WASHINGTON, D.C.—The whole Saddam saga dribbles out in bits and pieces. It now appears that Bush claimed Saddam possessed not only... More >>

• The Martial Plan

  published December 23, 2003

  WASHINGTON—Every day the U.S. looks more like a police state. An internal Justice Department probe, based on surveillance videos... More >>

• Uncle Sam Wants You, Eh?

  published December 23, 2003

  As Bush was ramping up the Iraq war last winter, Canadian military officials were startled to discover Pentagon recruiters roaming through their... More >>

• Bush-League Censorship

  published December 23, 2003

  Even when John Ashcroft is beaten back, as he was in Congress in his attempts to set up neighborhood watches to rat out suspected terrorists, he... More >>

• Rumsfeld Watch

  published December 16, 2003

  WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. military has now killed Afghan children on two separate occasions: six in one town last Friday and nine in... More >>

• You Got Him? Get Out!

  published December 16, 2003

  The capture of Saddam Hussein looked like one more reason for Bush sweeping the 2004 presidential election. Led by the happy and feisty Joe... More >>

• Rumsfeld Watch

  published December 9, 2003

  WASHINGTON, D.C.—If Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld has his way, the vaunted U.S. military of the future will be transformed into... More >>

• Settling Some Debts

  published December 9, 2003

  The appointment of James Baker, a senior partner at Baker Botts, the big Houston law firm, ought to be a reassuring sign to Big Oil and other... More >>

• Attack? What Attack?

  published December 9, 2003

  Last week, Howard Dean raised the question whether Bush had foreknowledge of a 9-11 attack. "The most interesting theory that I've heard so... More >>

• Tortured Explanations

  published December 9, 2003

  At this point just about everyone knows that while the U.S. itself doesn't officially sanction torture, it is more than ready to ship suspects out... More >>

• Hearts & Mines

  published December 9, 2003

  "With a heavy dose of fear and violence, and a lot of money for projects, I think we can convince these people that we are here to help... More >>

• Leftover Democracy

  published December 2, 2003

  When asked for his long-term plan for Iraq, President Bush recently said, "In terms of security we will do whatever it takes. . . . We will find... More >>

• Neil Finally Makes It

  published December 2, 2003

  While former president George Bush's sons Dubya and Jeb are hanging in there as pols and son Marvin is a low-public-profile financier, son Neil is... More >>

• Intrigue in Gaza

  published December 2, 2003

  Against a background of terror attacks on Israelis at Mombasa, Kenya, and on Jerba Island, off the Tunisian coast, Ariel Sharon and Israeli... More >>

• Rumsfeld Watch

  published November 25, 2003

  WASHINGTON, D.C.—With the military's ranks stretched thin and faced with a prolonged guerrilla war, there is sudden speculation about... More >>

• Rummy's Kids

  published November 25, 2003

  WASHINGTON, D.C.—It's well known that Donald Rumsfeld, the Secretary of Defense, is running a not so little government across the... More >>

• One Unusually Scared Turkey

  published November 25, 2003

  With Turkey now the new "frontier" in the war against terror, the Bush administration is fighting Al Qaeda all over the place. The world is... More >>

• Royal George as Honest Abe?

  published November 25, 2003

  Pressured as they are under the weight of public opinion to come up with a rationale for the situation in Iraq, top dogs in the Bush... More >>

• A New Colonial War

  published November 25, 2003

  Confronted with Bush tariffs on British steel, Stephen Byers, a former Blair minister, is proposing to strike back by using tariffs to attack the... More >>

• Bush: The Reality Show

  published November 25, 2003

  Following is the script of a Republican National Committee TV ad, released November 21, titled "Reality." The role of "Bush" is played by George... More >>

• John Edwards's Mudslinging Ways

  published November 18, 2003

  WASHINGTON, D.C.—Southern politics can be mudslinging at its best. And John Edwards, North Carolina's candidate for the Democratic... More >>