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September 13, 2000 September 13, 2000 TO: The Austin Powers and the GOPundit Squad FROM: George W. Bush RE: Talking Points on RATS Hey y’all! In the past few days, pretty much every one of us here has had to deal with this subliminable message debacable. To tell you the truth, I’m […]

September 15th, 2000 — Whither Richardson? Bill Richardson just can’t seem to catch a break. For more than a year he was pilloried for not reacting quickly enough to the Los Alamos National Laboratory security scandal — a supposed lapse that probably did more than anything to knock him out of the running as […]

September 7th, 2000 — Poll Position A batch of new campaign polls are due out at the end of this week; and they’re being eagerly awaited to see if Al Gore solidifies, or loses, his narrow lead over George W. Bush. (As of now, internal polls from both campaigns have Gore running roughly five points […]

George W. Bush has at last revealed the outline of his Medicare/drug benefit plan. One is reminded of Anatole France’s famous line that “the law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges.” Governor Bush’s plan allows the poor as well as the rich to choose to […]

October 20, 2000 — The Battle of the Buzz While the November 7th election is still more than two weeks away, the outcome of the election will likely be decided over the course of the next five days. Here’s why: Several contradictory forces are now working both within a volatile electorate, and […]

October 13, 2000 — The Debate Debate Yikes. If the pundits are to be believed, George W. Bush came just short of winning the presidency with his sure-footed performance in Wednesday evening’s second presidential debate. And Al Gore can basically kiss the Oval Office goodbye because of his own languid performance. The truth is […]

Something Beyond the obvious tragedy troubled me about the case ofPeter Bos, the 31-year-old Jamaica Plain father who left his infant to perish in his car instead of taking her to day care. That something, I realize, is the role of class. The community reaction was appropriately appalled but surprisingly compassionate: Those poor people. How […]

Asia | Europe and Russia | Middle East and Africa | The Americas The World Responds Column Archive Asia The U.S. Coalition Against Terror: Who’s On The Short List? As Allied troops and the Northern Alliance chip away at Taliban strongholds in Afghanistan, journalists throughout the world struggle to keep in step with the hourly […]

December 1st, 2000 — Whither McCain: Is the Straight Talk Express on a Detour? One of the little reported developments in the national brouhaha over the Florida recount has been the surprising non-involvement of Arizona Senator John McCain — arguably one of the two or three most important politicians in the United States. A few […]

December 17, 2000 — Popular Mandate According to an article in the Philadelphia Inquirer Al Gore’s lead in the popular vote now stands at 540,435. Think of that. More than a half a million votes. I don’t want to make too big a deal of this. But I think that at half a […]