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William Fisher: Arrogant to the End
Tuesday, 14 November 2006, 11:02 am | William Fisher
Well, our Pentagon rock star is gone. President Bush's encomium to Defense Secretary Rumsfeld after firing him last week was among the most predictable - and utterly forgettable - remarks ever to come out of a White House famous for its predictable ... More >>
William Fisher: Where Are You Harry?
Wednesday, 8 November 2006, 12:31 am | William Fisher
A couple of weeks ago, superhawk congressman Duncan Hunter, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, announced he would be seeking the Republican Party's nomination for president in 2008. More >>
William Fisher: Political Amnesia?
Monday, 6 November 2006, 2:24 pm | William Fisher
Unless you happen to live in Southern Louisiana, Mississippi, or Alabama, you're unlikely to have heard from office holders or their challengers the one word that was supposed to be a defining issue of the 2006 mid-term elections. More >>
William Fisher: The Prescience of JFK
Wednesday, 1 November 2006, 11:28 am | William Fisher
Religious and ethnic bigotry have long been at the root of the most heinous abuses of America's freedoms. For years, Jews were the targets: They controlled the banking system, the press, and all the other levers of power. Absurdly, they were also Bolsheviks ... More >>
William Fisher: Blame and Run?
Monday, 30 October 2006, 12:01 am | William Fisher
Tony Snow and Keith Olbermann may disagree on how many times President Bush has used the phrase "stay the course," but whatever the number, it probably pales when compared to the number of times we've heard the president tell us "As they stand ... More >>
William Fisher: Stupidgate
Friday, 27 October 2006, 2:31 pm | William Fisher
Most politicians agree that when they make a mistake, the most reliable way to restore their credibility is to fess up - and the least reliable way is to cover up. John F. Kennedy knew that when he admitted his mistakes at the time of the Bay of Pigs. More >>
William Fisher: Bush's Strategic Change
Tuesday, 24 October 2006, 3:01 pm | William Fisher
It has gone largely unreported, but President Bush's "stay the course" mantra has apparently taken a 180-degree turn. I offer in evidence this recent quote from Mr. Bush: More >>
William Fisher: Swift-Boated, Again
Friday, 13 October 2006, 1:41 pm | William Fisher
This has to be the non-surprise of the week: Lt. Cmdr. Charles Swift, the Navy lawyer who led the recent successful Supreme Court challenge of the Bush administration's military tribunals for Guantánamo detainees, has been passed over for promotion ... More >>
William Fisher: That's a Joke, Son
Wednesday, 11 October 2006, 11:50 am | William Fisher
When I was a kid growing up in the 1940s, my favorite radio program was the Fred Allen Show, hosted by one of the funniest comics who ever lived. A key chararacter on this weekly show was Senator Beauregard Claghorn. Portrayed by actor Kenny Delmar, ... More >>
William Fisher: The 3rd Rail of Bush's Dictionary
Tuesday, 19 September 2006, 2:22 pm | William Fisher
President Bush's speechwriters have just about worn out their lexicon of scary words and phrases to regale us with tales of all the terrorist plots he has disrupted since 9/11. But one word has apparently been expunged from the White House dictionary: ... More >>
William Fisher: A Murrow Moment
Friday, 15 September 2006, 9:38 am | William Fisher
People who are too young to remember the 1930s, 40s, and 50s may not know that the airwaves were filled with hysterical, fear-mongering voices long before we ever heard of Bill O'Reilly. More >>
What Should We Know & When Should We Know It?
Saturday, 9 September 2006, 9:16 pm | William Fisher
Here, dear readers, is a snap quiz: What do all of the following have in common? A young man is one of several people arrested for assaulting others in New York City's Central Park after the city's annual Puerto Rican Day parade in 2000. Police release ... More >>
Fisher: No Planet Left Behind - Well, Maybe One
Wednesday, 6 September 2006, 11:18 am | William Fisher
I was serving in the Kennedy administration on May 25, 1961, when, just like millions of other Americans, I heard JFK tell the world, "I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man ... More >>
William Fisher: Muslim-Americans Turn To The Law
Friday, 1 September 2006, 11:40 am | William Fisher
His name is Junaid Ahmad. He is 24 years old. And he is among a rapidly increasing number of first generation Muslim-Americans who have decided to pursue careers in the law. More >>
William Fisher: No ADD Here
Thursday, 24 August 2006, 11:08 am | William Fisher
I can't tell you how comforting it is to know that at least a few folks manage to keep their focus regardless of what's going on around them. No Attention Deficit Disorder here! More >>
William Fisher: Nobody Ever Died From Talking
Tuesday, 22 August 2006, 10:51 am | William Fisher
If, as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice famously declared, Israel's response to Hezbollah's rocket attacks marked "the birth pangs of a new Middle East," the US is likely to be in labor for a long time. More >>
William Fisher: Birth Pangs of What?
Wednesday, 16 August 2006, 8:21 am | William Fisher
President Bush sees the Israel-Hezbollah conflict as "an opportunity." Condoleezza Rice calls it "the birth pangs of a new Middle East." These statements are likely to be remembered by history as even more iconically absurd than Vice President's ... More >>
William Fisher: The Limits Of Presidential Power
Wednesday, 26 July 2006, 2:23 pm | William Fisher
President George W. Bush's widespread use of so-called "signing statements" to unilaterally decide which parts of acts passed by Congress he will enforce continues to face mounting opposition as the practice came under sharp criticism from a blue-ribbon task force ... More >>
William Fisher: While Beirut Burns
Sunday, 23 July 2006, 12:28 am | William Fisher
As rockets rain down on Lebanon and Israel and the world stares into the abyss of a catastrophic Middle East conflagration, it was comforting to note last week that members of Congress refused to get depressed about the scary state of world affairs. More >>
William Fisher: Of Pitbulls And Lapdogs
Thursday, 20 July 2006, 12:06 am | William Fisher
The recent Supreme Court decision that U.S. President George W. Bush does not have the authority to try suspected terrorist detainees without statutory approval - and must adhere to the Geneva Convention's prohibitions against torture - has opened ... More >>
