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Marjorie Cohn: Close Enough For Gov'mnt Work
Monday, 11 October 2004, 1:14 pm | Marjorie Cohn
Officials in the Bush administration are singing in unison that the way to neutralize the terrorists is to spread democracy throughout the Middle East. They cite the election set for January 30 in Iraq, and yesterday's election in Afghanistan, as Exhibits ... More >>
Marjorie Cohn: Kerry Hits Nail on Head
Tuesday, 5 October 2004, 10:30 am | Marjorie Cohn
John Kerry cut to the heart of the matter when he said during Thursday’s debate with George W. Bush that, ''a critical component of success in Iraq is being able to convince the Iraqis and the Arab world that the United States doesn’t have long-term designs ... More >>
Marjorie Cohn: Bush at UN - Sugarcoating Failure
Thursday, 30 September 2004, 1:59 pm | Marjorie Cohn
In his speech to the U.N. General Assembly Tuesday 21st September , Bush spoke of spreading ''freedom'' and ''human dignity'' in Iraq and Afghanistan. More >>
Marjorie Cohn: Bush & Co.: War Crimes and Cover-Up
Tuesday, 21 September 2004, 10:54 am | Marjorie Cohn
As the election approaches, we are bombarded with stories about swift boats, dereliction of duty, and who's the most macho leader. Missing from the discourse is a critical examination of why George W. Bush failed to heed warnings before September 11, why ... More >>
Marjorie Cohn: The Preemptive President
Friday, 10 September 2004, 12:59 am | Marjorie Cohn
Under the guise of preempting - or preventing - threats to the American people, George W. Bush has acted aggressively to ''jump the gun'' throughout his presidency. More >>
Marjorie Cohn: Bush's War on Democracy
Wednesday, 1 September 2004, 1:35 pm | Marjorie Cohn
When George W. Bush's weapons-of-mass-destruction rationale for invading Iraq evaporated, his excuse morphed into bringing democracy to the Iraqi people. But the way Bush has eviscerated our democracy in the United States is proof positive that his democratic ... More >>
Marjorie Cohn: Playing Politics With Torture
Tuesday, 31 August 2004, 11:43 am | Marjorie Cohn
As George W. Bush prepares to take center stage at Madison Square Garden, two reports released in tandem purport to represent thorough investigations of the 'abuses' at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. More >>
Chavez Victory: Defeat For Bush Policy
Friday, 20 August 2004, 3:53 pm | Marjorie Cohn
The Bush administration is gritting its collective teeth at the outcome of Sunday’s recall election in Venezuela, which overwhelmingly affirmed President Hugo Chavez’s tenure. More >>
Modern Ballot Box Stuffing: Can We Trust Team Bush
Friday, 6 August 2004, 2:58 pm | Marjorie Cohn
Democracy requires consent of the governed. Consent is measured by the results of fair and free elections. The midwives of our democracy were the founders who made the Revolution, and the leaders of the Civil Rights Movement that gave birth to The ... More >>
UQ Wire: Bush Jumps on the 9/11 Band-Aid Wagon
Friday, 30 July 2004, 2:41 pm | Marjorie Cohn
The families of the people killed in the September 11 attacks had to fight tooth and nail for a commission to investigate why their loved ones died. George W. Bush opposed an investigation, but finally relented in the face of public pressure. He ... More >>
Bush's Judges: Right-Wing Ideologues
Thursday, 15 July 2004, 3:59 pm | Marjorie Cohn
In 1988, while trying to convince skeptical conservative activists of his father's Christian bona fides, George W. Bush reassured them that George I was with them on judicial nominations, as well as abortion and other issues dear to their hearts. More >>
Supreme Court: War No Blank Check for Bush
Thursday, 1 July 2004, 1:19 pm | Marjorie Cohn
In a direct repudiation of the Bush administration’s position that the President is answerable to no one, the Supreme Court held the Guantánamo prisoners and U.S. citizen Yaser Hamdi are entitled to contest their detention in federal courts. More >>
Marjorie Cohn: The Torturer-in-Chief
Friday, 18 June 2004, 3:30 pm | Marjorie Cohn
The teflon that has enveloped George W. Bush is chipping off. Arriving in office with the promise of a "humble" foreign policy, Bush was sitting pretty at the beginning of his term. But George’s honeymoon has turned sour. More >>
