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Weiner: Surging Towards Bethlehem
Wednesday, 10 January 2007, 9:47 am | Bernard Weiner
In the Vietnam-War era, which was the crucible of activism for my generation, we had a devil of a time trying to get the Democratic Party to recognize the necessity for withdrawing our troops from that ill-advised, unwinnable war. With regard to ... More >>
Weiner: Don't Let Dems Drink Bush's Iraq Kool-Aid
Friday, 29 December 2006, 11:39 am | Bernard Weiner
I couldn't believe it. Shallow Throat actually was smiling when we met on the hiking trail along the old C&0 Canal near Bethesda. More >>
Weiner: Santa, Please Grant Us These Wishes
Wednesday, 20 December 2006, 4:16 pm | Bernard Weiner
Dear Santa: First I want to thank you for granting our main wish for 2006: the humiliating defeat of the RoveBushCheney cabal in the midterm election. And for removing the robes of war-power from Donald Rumsfeld. (On the other hand, Bush replaced him with ... More >>
Exiting the Rat-Hole: Iraq & CheneyBush
Wednesday, 13 December 2006, 3:07 pm | Bernard Weiner
The political world of Washington will shift drastically next month with the opposition Democrats in charge of the Legislative branch. The end of this calendar year offers an appropriate time to examine the first half of the CheneyBush presidency's second ... More >>
Bernard Weiner: Who Brought Us to the Iraq Abyss?
Wednesday, 6 December 2006, 4:11 pm | Bernard Weiner
For most Americans, as the recent midterm elections made clear, the issue is how do we get our young men and women out of Iraq as quickly and safely as possible. For the Administration, it would appear that the issue is how to avoid blame for ... More >>
Chestnuts Roasting in an Iraqi Fire (A Fantasia)
Wednesday, 29 November 2006, 8:30 pm | Bernard Weiner
The following pre-war transcript of a conversation between Bush, Cheney, Rove and Rumsfeld cannot be verified. But it passes the smell test; see what you think. More >>
The Limits of Euphoria in a Political Dogfight
Wednesday, 22 November 2006, 12:26 am | Bernard Weiner
On the days following the huge GOP midterm-election defeat, I wondered why I wasn't positively giddy with euphoric joy. What was wrong with me? Could I be the only progressive website editor who felt like this? More >>
Bush's Post-Election Session With His Shrink
Wednesday, 15 November 2006, 7:46 pm | Bernard Weiner
The last time we met , you were so upset with me I thought I might be headed to Guatanamo. But those of us in the psychiatric profession are used to momentary rages from clients when they're dealing with highly sensitive topics. So why did you ask ... More >>
Weiner: The Perfect Storm of Citizen Revulsion
Monday, 13 November 2006, 11:33 am | Bernard Weiner
1. Democrats yelled and screamed when the Republicans shut them out of all meaningful political activity in Congress for the past five years (no amendments, no debate, no invitations to conference committees, etc.). It was one-party authoritarian rule, ... More >>
Rove's "Robocalling" Tactic to Steal the Election
Tuesday, 7 November 2006, 2:36 pm | Bernard Weiner
We all waited for Karl Rove's "October Surprise," but it turns out he saved it for the final 72 hours before Election Day. It's been termed "robocalling," and Democratic and swing voters urgently need to hear about it in these last moments before voting. More >>
Bernard Weiner: Why Voting for Dems Is Required
Wednesday, 1 November 2006, 11:28 am | Bernard Weiner
OK, let's try to parse this one out. At his press conference last week, Bush hinted at a new flexibility on Iraq, at least with regard to tactics, but announced no new policies; in short, he merely changed the window dressing -- emerging with what E.J. ... More >>
Travelling The "National-Security" Route To Nov. 7
Thursday, 26 October 2006, 10:35 am | Bernard Weiner
Observations from abroad, which is where this journalistic traveler has been for the past several weeks: Before I was permitted to log on at internet points in San Gimignano and Firenze (Florence), I was required to present either my passport or ... More >>
Weiner: It's Worse, and Better, Than We Thought
Thursday, 19 October 2006, 11:40 am | Bernard Weiner
Two years ago, when we last met in this same building shortly after the debacle of the 2004 election, the situation in the U.S. was really bad, but not yet desperate. The question then was "how bad would it get under CheneyBush?" The short answer to ... More >>
The "F" Word and How To Escape From Its Clutches
Thursday, 5 October 2006, 7:39 pm | Bernard Weiner
So we're here. No more shilly-shallying about whether America is beginning to resemble a fascist society. We're now plopped right down into it. More >>
Gearing Up for Rove's Pre-Election "Surprises"
Wednesday, 27 September 2006, 10:25 am | Bernard Weiner
Karl Rove&Co., feeling themselves freed from the bipartisan torture albatross hanging around their necks as a result of having rolled the GOP-rebel senators, are moving toward the "October suprises" they've been hinting at. More >>
Weiner: Control the Dictionary, Control the World
Wednesday, 20 September 2006, 12:38 am | Bernard Weiner
Clinton tried to fudge the truth when he claimed he'd "never had sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky," but he felt he could get away with that language because, in his mind, he defined "sexual relations" as referring to vaginal intercourse. More >>
"The Flying Wi-Fi" -- Working Out the Bugs
Wednesday, 13 September 2006, 2:18 pm | Bernard Weiner
My Silicon Valley friend, one of the most innovative scientists in the country, the one who invented the truth-spray "B.S. Away,"* ushered me into his lab. More >>
Twenty Things We Now Know Five Years After 9/11
Wednesday, 30 August 2006, 12:08 am | Bernard Weiner
The imminent fifth anniversary of 9/11 provides the proper moment for a good, ol'-fashioned sum-up of the past half-decade under CheneyBush, especially because so much has happened in the past 12-months: More >>
Satire: Bush Awards Himself the Medal of Freedom
Wednesday, 23 August 2006, 11:18 am | Bernard Weiner
In a ceremony that took place in the White House underground bunker, Mr. Bush today awarded the Medal of Freedom to Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of State Condaleezza Rice, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, ... More >>
Bernard Weiner Book Review: Fast Lane To Fascism
Wednesday, 2 August 2006, 6:04 pm | Bernard Weiner
"How does the Bush Administration get away with it?" And: "How come, no matter what scandal or embarrassment or disaster Bush&Co. get enmeshed in, one third of the population still supports them?" More >>
