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Wednesday, June 9, 2004
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James P. Pinkerton has been a columnist for Newsday since 1993. Prior to that, he
worked in the White House under presidents Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush, and
also in the 1980, 1984, 1988, and 1992 Republican presidential campaigns. June 8, 2004 Bush Doctrine can’t match Reagan’s Was Ronald Reagan the first neoconservative? And so, would the Gipper have invaded Iraq, just like George W. Bush? Not surprisingly, the neocons are claiming the Reagan legacy - the evidence notwithstanding. June 7, 2004 America was lucky to have Reagan I was lucky enough to have worked for Ronald Reagan for five years, from 1979 to 1984. And "lucky" is the right word. June 3, 2004 Voting ‘Catholic’ creates a new schism When President George W. Bush meets with the pope in Rome Friday, he will probably be thinking, at least some of the time, about the 65 million Catholic voters back home. June 1, 2004 Energy looms as tough campaign issue The big news today might be Iraq, or the Bush-Kerry election, but the bigger news tomorrow is likely to be the future of energy. Hint: It's going to cost more, even as alternatives proliferate. May 27, 2004 Schwarzenegger seeks centrist role LOS ANGELES - As the richest and most populous state in the union, California, to no one's surprise, has produced more than its share of national figures in recent decades: Presidents Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan, would-be presidents such as Jerry Brown and Pete Wilson. And now, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. But of course, unlike his Golden State predecessors, the foreign-born Schwarzenegger is prevented by the Constitution from going to the White House - or is he? May 25, 2004 Here's how Iran might triumph in Iraq My plan is working well. May 20, 2004 High gas prices fuel lots of bad ideas Are you paying too much for gasoline? May 18, 2004 Look at gay marriage as experiment Is gay marriage an "abomination"? Is it true that "traditional marriage has been dealt a severe blow"? May 13, 2004 Fights for honor span the centuries Nothing much changes in 3,000 years. That's the lesson one takes away from the new movie "Troy," as well as from the continuing stream of violent images from the Middle East. May 11, 2004 An Iraqi comeback story to ponder Chicago, Ill., in the not-so-distant future - "Our next guest, here on 'The Oprah Winfrey Show,' is Ali ibn Ali, also known as 'The Notorious A.L.I.' Let's give him a big welcome!" May 9, 2004 Rumsfeld is very $orry Give Donald Rumsfeld an "A" for apologizing. But maybe we should also give the secretary of defense an "F" for free-spending. May 6, 2004 Divide civilian, military roles in Iraq War is hell, so it shouldn't be too much of a surprise that being a prisoner of war can sometimes be hell, too. May 4, 2004 WWII Memorial: silent reminder . . . Memorials are by their nature silent. So they must "say" everything they wish to communicate through architectural design and artistry. April 29, 2004 Hope trumps cloning film's fear The movie "Godsend," which opens tomorrow, is the latest in a series of cautionary tales about the dangers of human cloning. Yet the caution is also a come-on. April 27, 2004 The more the public knows the better Are all pictures worth a thousand words, or are some images too unspeakable to show? April 22, 2004 Wife's tax secrecy could hurt Kerry What does John Kerry have to hide about his Vietnam service? Probably not much, although you wouldn't know it from the way he's been behaving lately. But his wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry - she could be a different story. April 20, 2004 Kerry moves Bush-ward on Iraq The irony of John Kerry's presidency - if there is to be one - is that while the senator might be elected because of unrest over the Iraq war, he would be likely to carry on George W. Bush's Iraq policies. The main difference is that Kerry's Iraq policy would lack the idealism of Bush's. April 15, 2004 Bush finds UN relevant, after all President George W. Bush is known for his "straight talk," but he just threw a curve - a flip-flop, actually. April 15, 2004 Bush finds UN relevant, after all President George W. Bush is known for his "straight talk," but he just threw a curve - a flip-flop, actually. April 13, 2004 Their ‘battle stations’ were no defense When terrorists plan to strike America, should they call in advance and make reservations? If not - if they aren't specific about time and place - should President George W. Bush and the rest of the federal government be held blameless for failing to stop them? That's been the view of the White House for the past two-and-a-half years, although public pressure may be changing that complacency. April 13, 2004 Their ‘battle stations’ were no defense When terrorists plan to strike America, should they call in advance and make reservations? If not -- if they aren't specific about time and place -- should President George W. Bush and the rest of the federal government be held blameless for failing to stop them? That's been the view of the White House for the past two-and-a-half years, although public pressure may be changing that complacency. April 9, 2004 Pre-9/11 doings are coming to light If you knew that President Franklin D. Roosevelt had received a memo a month before Pearl Harbor entitled, "Japanese Determined to Attack the United States in the Pacific," and that he had done nothing about that information, would that knowledge change your perception of FDR as a wise war leader? April 6, 2004 U.S. needs to drop go-it-alone policy The United States can win every battle and still lose the war. Those words will sound familiar to those who remember Vietnam - and who think ahead to Iraq's future. April 2, 2004 Best bet: divide Iraq into 3 states Remember how the neoconservative Bush Doctrineers predicted that Iraqis would be "jubilant" and "dancing in the streets" as the Americans "cakewalked" their way into Iraq? April 1, 2004 Rice may have explaining to do So Condoleezza Rice will testify, in public under oath, before the 9/11 Commission after all. All that spin from White House stooges about the sacred constitutional doctrine of "executive privilege" was amended away - phht! - just like that. March 30, 2004 Clarke made voters more skeptical Let's stipulate that Richard Clarke has suffered some heavy hits in the past week. March 26, 2004 Needed: the truth, the whole ... There was enough in the 9/11 hearings on Tuesday and Wednesday to make partisans on all sides unhappy. Partisans for the truth, however, have some ground for optimism. March 23, 2004 So why is Clarke telling all now? Richard Clarke has published a devastating critique of George W. Bush's national security policy. Of course, the allegations might not be the whole story, because lots of other people have their stories too. So it's a good thing that we have an ongoing investigation, in which people could go to jail if they lie. March 21, 2004 PINKERTON: Longing for answers, capture of enemies There's a single War on Terror, and all the Good Guys are on one side and all the Bad Guys are on the other side. That was President George W. Bush's argument Friday as he marked the one-year anniversary of the Iraq war.
Email: pinkerto@ix.netcom.com
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