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Next on Bush's chopping block: the First Amendment
Tweet Share on Facebook June 30, 2006 CommentThe Bush administration and its top officials have a new target – the First Amendment.
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An all-star public servant probes drugs in baseball
Tweet Share on Facebook June 28, 2006 CommentWhen Bud Selig, the commissioner of Major League Baseball, named George Mitchell to investigate drug use among players, he had to know he was appointing a tiger.
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Memo to Karen Hughes: It ain't just photo ops and pleas
Tweet Share on Facebook June 23, 2006 CommentKaren Hughes, President Bush's alter ego in Texas and then during the early years in the White House, is trying to improve America's image in a State Department post for which she has few credentials except for her close relationship with Bush.
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Congressional GOP's cynical ploy
Tweet Share on Facebook June 21, 2006 Comment (23)Members of Congress should not be surprised when poll after poll ranks them low in the opinion of the nation's voters. Citizens mayadmire their own member, but, as an institution, the survey numbers are dismal.
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Rove, unleashed again
Tweet Share on Facebook June 19, 2006 CommentPolitical guru Karl Rove has escaped indictment, and the hallelujah choir at the White House is singing his praises and rejoicing over the decision of the special prosecutor.
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How are we going to pay for it?
Tweet Share on Facebook June 14, 2006 CommentBack in the '50s and '60s in the House of Representatives, there was an irascible conservative Republican from Iowa named Rep. H.R. Gross.
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The Hammer's party may take a pounding
Tweet Share on Facebook June 12, 2006 CommentTo no one's surprise, Tom DeLay left Washington with a roar of defiance and confrontation. He has always been a politician who sticks his chin out and dares any foe, or even friend, to hit it.
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Bush makes mischief on "activist judges"
Tweet Share on Facebook June 12, 2006 CommentWhen President Bush rails against "activist judges" these days in support of a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, the word mischief-maker comes to mind.
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Mad as hell
Tweet Share on Facebook June 7, 2006 CommentRemember those memorable words from the crazed anchor in the movie Network? "I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore."
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Bush the nondiscloser
Tweet Share on Facebook June 5, 2006 CommentWhen they hand out gold medals in history for secrecy in government, the Bush White House and its upper echelon have made their pitch for the award.
A Capital View
John W. Mashek covered politics in Washington for four decades with U.S. News & World Report, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and the Boston Globe. His primary beats were Congress, the White House, and national politics. He covered every presidential election from 1960 to 1996. He was a panelist in three televised presidential debates in 1984, 1988, and 1992.
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