George Bush

George W. Bush Is Spoiling the World Series »

By Kate Clinton, October 24, 2011

Why is George Bush having such a swell life for himself? Why is he not in jail?read more

Bush Can’t Travel Abroad Without Risking Arrest »

By Matthew Rothschild, November 15, 2010

The confessed waterboarder is a marked man. If he travels abroad, other countries can—and should—nab him and try him for the crime of torture.read more

Reckoning on the Iraq War »

By Matthew Rothschild, March 20, 2009

Bush’s Iraq War will forever leave a blot on U.S. history.read more

We Came an Inch from Martial Law, Bush Justice Department Memos Reveal »

By Matthew Rothschild, March 3, 2009

This was an “Everything Must Go” fire sale from the Bill of Rights. And we’re just lucky we somehow managed to escape without getting too singed.read more

Bush Lawyers Validate Our Worst Fears

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Prosecute Bush and Rumsfeld for Torture

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Bush’s Pathetic Farewell Address »

By Matthew Rothschild, January 16, 2009

Bush gave a pathetic farewell address Thursday night that epitomized much of what was wrong and ruinous over the last eight years.read more

Adios, Bush!

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Bush Tarnishes Medal of Freedom by Bestowing It on Uribe »

By Matthew Rothschild, January 15, 2009

Bush keeps outdoing himself on his way out the door.

On Tuesday, he gave the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Alvaro Uribe, the head of Colombia.

Uribe has had close ties with rightwing paramilitary squads. And his government is a notorious human rights abuser.read more

In Orwellian Move, Bush Gives Award to Uribe

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Bush Blasé About Israeli Brutality »

By Matthew Rothschild, January 6, 2009

Casual and condescending at the same time, Bush closes his eyes to the suffering of Palestinians.read more

Bush Takes Israeli Line

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Arabic for "The Emperor Has No Clothes"

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Bush Gets Comeuppance in Baghdad »

By Matthew Rothschild, December 15, 2008

I was a little out of it on Sunday, so when I saw the first reports about the shoe-throwing incident in Baghdad and I didn’t know if it was real or a Saturday Night Live stunt.read more

Bush Deserved the Shoes »

By Cindy Sheehan, December 15, 2008

Yesterday, I received, by email, the video of the Iraqi journalist throwing his shoes at George Bush at a press conference in Baghdad about 20 times.read more

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