Tag Archives: George W. Bush

WPost: Sacrifice for Sacrifice's Sake

Posted on 03/09/2009 by Jim Naureckas

This column by Washington Post deputy editorial page editor Jackson Diehl has received some well-deserved criticism, largely for its peculiar claim that reforming the U.S. healthcare system is a lot like invading Iraq. What jumped out at me was this … Continue reading →

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NYT: The Hague Strictly for Other Presidents

Posted on 03/06/2009 by Gabriel Voiles

Consortium News' Robert Parry (3/5/09) uses New York Times do-gooder Nicholas Kristof as an example of blatant corporate media hypocrisy: Kristof–like many of his American colleagues–is applauding the International Criminal Court's arrest order against Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for … Continue reading →

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Pardon Predictions

Posted on 01/16/2009 by Jim Naureckas

I don't know whether George W. Bush will issue a slew of pardons in his last weekend in the White House, but I would expect such pardons to receive less scrutiny than those issued by his predecessor. And if he … Continue reading →

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The Mixed Message of Shoe-Throwing

Posted on 12/15/2008 by Peter Hart

By now most people have seen the video footage of the Iraqi journalist Muntader al-Zaidi throwing his shoes at George W. Bush. The New York Times helps you put it in perspective: The shoe-throwing incident in Baghdad punctuated Mr. Bush's … Continue reading →

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Chris Wallace and Why Watergate Worked

Posted on 12/02/2008 by Jim Naureckas

At a screening of the film Frost/Nixon, Fox News Channel's Chris Wallace defends George W. Bush against the assertion–which doesn't seem to have been made by anyone present–that Bush's crimes were worse than Richard Nixon's (Salon, 12/2/08): It trivializes Nixon's … Continue reading →

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