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NEW YORK — On Eighth Avenue Wednesday afternoon, New York union members have gathered to tell the president what they think of him and his economy and his war (and that just begins the list). But the most indignant reaction I encounter from the assembled workers comes from Harold Aken, a firefighter from Rye, New […]

Since the primary season, Republicans have sought to portray Democrats as single-minded Bush haters with no positive agenda of their own. Marc Racicot, chairman of Bush-Cheney ’04, succinctly summed up this theme in an e-mail to Bush supporters back in December. “They are making this one of the nastiest, vicious and negative campaigns in history,” […]

Nobody here but us good cops On most channels, the Republican funfest shines forth as a genial display of red-white-and-blue, on-message sincerity. Everyone is so earnest, everyone exudes optimism, all virtues are on parade. Only good cops pass through these pearly gates. When Senator Lindsey Graham introduced John McCain, saying that McCain had always respected […]

As America’s reputation in the world dwindles to pathetic new lows, and with the United States seeking international support in Iraq and in the fight against terrorism, one might think this an inopportune moment to bait some of our closest foreign allies into unnecessary diplomatic rows. And yet, undeterred, Republican Representatives Tom DeLay and George […]

Tell me that Rudolph Giuliani did a good job on September 11 and you’ll get no argument from me. Say he was, all things considered, a good mayor and, despite my disagreements with him on some matters, you’ll get no argument from me. If we were in the middle of a presidential campaign focused on […]

It’s hard to fathom that a small journal like the OccidentalQuarterly, which publishes articles defending the science of eugenics, claiming that “neoconservatism is indeed a Jewish intellectual and political movement,” contending that Abraham Lincoln was a white supremacist pressured into “an unnecessary war,” and saying that the United States made a grave error in declaring […]

John Kerry is a flip-flopper. In 2001, for example, he voted for the No Child Left Behind Act, but now he says that federal education spending should be further increased. In 2002, he voted to give the president authority to threaten the use of force in order to get United Nations inspectors back in Iraq, […]

During his convention speech in New York later this week, George W. Bush will finally unveil his agenda for the next four years. I’m guessing that Bush will call on Congress to pass some of his initiatives that remain stalled. In other words, his plan for a second term could look a lot like his […]

The United for Peace and Justice march in New York yesterday, the largest of the protests planned for the week of the Republican national convention, was nothing if not a forum for creativity. From signs reading “George W. Bush: Worse than Rod Stewart” to an inflatable pink “corporate” pig floating over Seventh Avenue (looking more […]