The courts and even some of his allies have turned against John Ashcroft and his attack on civil rights -- and he has only his own bungling and overreaching to blame.
Bruce Shapiro Wednesday, Sep 11, 2002 9:57 PM UTC
News Tom Ridge, FBI, George W. Bush
Yes, he's a self-proclaimed al-Qaida follower who hates America. But he also seems to be a delusional
loose cannon who may not have been part of the Sept. 11 group -- and the country deserves a trial that gets at the truth.
Bruce Shapiro Saturday, Jul 27, 2002 8:25 PM UTC
News Al-Qaida
The Bush administration rivals the Nixon White House when it comes to secrecy and unchecked power, with John Ashcroft as our modern-day John Mitchell.
Bruce Shapiro Monday, Jun 17, 2002 7:53 PM UTC
Politics
The Daniel Pearl video combines sick political logic with the imagery of a snuff film, and tells us nothing we didn't already know about his twisted assassins.
Bruce Shapiro Thursday, Jun 13, 2002 6:35 PM UTC
News
Yes, the eminent cleric had a love affair with a younger man -- but who was the real victim?
Margaret Spillane and Bruce Shapiro Saturday, May 25, 2002 7:29 PM UTC
News Catholicism
The official responsible for the most dramatic failures of Sept. 11 turns out to be the attorney general. His sweeping anti-terror measures in recent months were a fig leaf to cover naked incompetence.
Bruce Shapiro Thursday, May 23, 2002 11:37 PM UTC
Politics Department of Justice, 9/11
When a tenured professor loses his job for vocally backing the Palestinian cause, Jeb Bush applauds, Bill O'Reilly boos and academics say it's the worst threat to free speech since Sept. 11.
Bruce Shapiro Tuesday, Jan 8, 2002 9:57 AM UTC
News Fox News, Jeb Bush, Bill O'Reilly
Administration officials are using the threat of terrorism as an excuse to do what they've wanted to do all along -- keep the public out of their business.
Bruce Shapiro Friday, Nov 16, 2001 9:00 AM UTC
Politics
The same day Attorney General John Ashcroft blasts a leading airport security firm for hiring unqualified workers, the GOP insists on the private enterprise status quo.
Bruce Shapiro Saturday, Oct 13, 2001 7:11 PM UTC
Politics
He didn't compare his war strategy to its real predecessor: The War on Drugs. And he made no offers of building an international coalition.
Bruce Shapiro Friday, Sep 21, 2001 2:37 PM UTC
Politics
Indiscriminate bombing? Dirty tricks? They're part of the problem, not the solution.
Bruce Shapiro Wednesday, Sep 12, 2001 4:58 PM UTC
News Terrorism
Although Bush says they shouldn't be executed, his Texas record shows otherwise, fueling the
division between America and Europe over the death penalty.
Bruce Shapiro Wednesday, Jun 13, 2001 8:00 AM UTC
News
Angry GOP moderates say the White House and party right-wingers drove Jim Jeffords out of his own party.
Bruce Shapiro Thursday, May 24, 2001 8:00 AM UTC
Politics George W. Bush
Suppressed atrocities haunt victims, perpetrators and politics alike. That's why unshrouding the secret history of former Sen. Bob Kerrey and the Vietnam War is imperative.
Bruce Shapiro Wednesday, May 2, 2001 2:47 PM UTC
News
Washington's new "bankruptcy reforms" will
fatten bankers' bulging wallets and force more
credit-card debtors into the poorhouse. Welcome
to the Bush era -- where greed is good again!
Bruce Shapiro Monday, Mar 12, 2001 11:45 PM UTC
Politics George W. Bush
Vengeance, not justice, will be televised with the execution of the convicted Oklahoma City bomber.
Bruce Shapiro Saturday, Feb 24, 2001 9:00 AM UTC
News
John DiIulio, who once spread fear about juvenile "superpredators," will now run President Bush's faith-based charity programs -- and build an army from GOP patronage.
Bruce Shapiro Wednesday, Jan 31, 2001 11:16 PM UTC
Politics
If the Clarence Thomas hearings are any guide, disorganized Democrats could be the Republican nominee's best friends.
Bruce Shapiro Tuesday, Jan 16, 2001 8:00 PM UTC
Politics George W. Bush
Thanks to his post-election power grab, George W. Bush becomes a president who lost the popular vote -- a man without a mandate.
Bruce Shapiro Thursday, Dec 14, 2000 9:20 PM UTC
Politics 2000 Elections, George W. Bush
Monday's legal double whammy should turn out the lights for Al Gore.
Bruce Shapiro Tuesday, Dec 5, 2000 2:37 PM UTC
Politics George W. Bush, Supreme Court
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