Natasha Hunter

For all the attention being paid to drilling for oil in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) so as to — here’s that tired phrase again — “reduce our dependence on foreign oil,” few are listening to what the U.S. industry itself has to say about its possible future windfall. The answer? Not much. Environmentalists […]

Another group has slid between the sheets of the strange bedfellows club supporting drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). In addition to the Teamsters, the Bush administration has enlisted veterans’ groups — including the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and AMVETS — in its push to tap ANWR. The […]

Kudos to Dana Milbank for cataloging the rash of Bush administration family hirings in his recent Washington Post column (and he had the deftness not to even mention George W.’s own political head start). The inventory reads a bit like a scatterbrained rendition of “Dem Bones,” with brothers and daughters and sons-in-law all connected in […]

Kudos to Dana Milbank for cataloging the rash of Bush administration family hirings in his recent Washington Post column (and he had the deftness not to even mention George W.’s own political head start). The inventory reads a bit like a scatterbrained rendition of “Dem Bones,” with brothers and daughters and sons-in-law all connected in […]

“Unprecedented” is a word being thrown around in discussion of the Fast Track bill, scheduled for what now looks to be a cliff-hanger vote in the House on Thursday. But as several lawmakers and watchdog groups have pointed out, one need look no further than NAFTA Chapter 11 for some ugly forecasts of what’s to […]

“When you’re in this type of conflict, when you’re at war, civil liberties are treated differently.” — Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss) The ACLU’s phone is ringing off the hook with questions about what the recent disasters in Washington and New York will mean for a free society. People stare and point at the […]