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For the last eight years Arianna has been writing a nationally syndicated column. The most recent columns are listed below; the rest can be found by typing a word or phrase into the search box to the right or browsing the archives. If she hasn't written on a topic you're looking for, just wait awhile, she'll get to it eventually.
Political Real Estate: John Kerry's Room With A View
(June 30, 2004)
Among the headline-grabbing disclosures from the Clinton Rock and Roll Revival World Tour — ranging from the former president once dreaming of being a doorman at the Plaza Hotel to his being on the South Beach diet — was a little noticed morsel in the Boston Globe noting that Clinton has advised John Kerry to “campaign as though Iraq was stable, the economy was going great guns, and bin Laden was dead… concentrating on selling himself.” [ read more ]
Bush Ducks for Cover as NRA Opens Fire on Assault Weapons Ban
(June 23, 2004)
Attention al-Qaida sleeper cells, domestic terrorists, school shooters, David Koresh wannabes and bloodthirsty lunatics everywhere: Be sure to mark Sept. 13 in your day planners because — thanks to President Bush and his GOP pals in Congress — your murderous missions are about to get a whole lot easier. [ read more ]
Graduation 2004: Pomp and Crummy Circumstances
(June 16, 2004)
It's that time. And I’m not talking about cicadas. It's graduation time, and all across the country high school seniors are tossing their mortarboards into the air and heading off to face a future filled with hope, promise -
and soaring college tuition and fees. [ read more ]
Ronald Reagan, Hedgehogs and the November Election
(June 08, 2004)
Since Ronald Reagan’s passing, the media have been filled with a celebration of his youthful spirit, his indomitable optimism, his faith in America’s greatness and in America’s goodness. His words have been reverberating: “morning again in America,” “springtime of hope,” “a promised land,” “the last best hope of man on earth.”
The imagery varied, but a single, overarching principle remained: Reagan’s pledge to return America to its essential role as “a shining city on a hill,” a place of goodness, promise and hope.
In other words, Ronald Reagan was one hell of a hedgehog. [ read more ]
Shakespeare Turns A Spotlight On Bush And Iraq
(June 02, 2004)
As our anger, anguish and anxiety about Iraq continue to mount, I find myself looking for clarity and understanding not in the media’s daily play-by-play, which confuses more than it illuminates (Did we win in Fallujah or get our butts kicked?), but rather in Shakespeare’s “Henry V.” I’ve found it contains far more truth about our present situation than anything coming out of the White House or the Pentagon. [ read more ]
Oil Money And A Smart Energy Policy Don't Mix
(May 26, 2004)
Drivers, start your engines — and empty your wallets! As we gear up for the biggest driving weekend of the year, vacationers all across America are coming face to face with the highest average gas prices in history — up 42 cents a gallon since 2001 — and a bad case of "pump panic," a new malady in which your heart rate instantly matches the price of full-service high-test. Where I live, there are lots of folks palpitating at 325 beats a minute.
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John Kerry and Bobby Kennedy's Unfinished Mission
(May 19, 2004)
There is no shortage of comparisons between our current military misadventures and Vietnam. But after watching "RFK," David Grubin's powerful new documentary on the life of Robert F. Kennedy set to air on PBS's American Experience in October, I feel there is a more useful comparison -- not of the two wars but of two eras and two leaders. [ read more ]
See Rummy Spin. Spin, Rummy, Spin.
(May 12, 2004)
To hear Don Rumsfeld tell it, even though the Bush administration had been told back in January about the abuse and torture going on at Abu Ghraib — and that there were photos documenting it — the idea that this might be a very bad thing didn’t really hit home until recently because no one in the White House had actually laid eyes on the photos. [ read more ]
Bush Democracy: Do You Recognize His America?
(May 05, 2004)
Welcome to George W. Bush's version of America — Bush Democracy. Apparently, he's had his fanatical neo-con programmers working overtime to iron out all those bothersome bugs and kinks that have been holding the United States back for the last 228 years — exasperating glitches like openness, integrity, accountability, responsibility and the value of an informed public.
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Bush Is Running On 9/11; Kerry Should Run On 9/12
(April 28, 2004)
It's a puzzling paradox: Recent polls show that voters are more worried that we are losing the war on terror, more convinced that we're about to be attacked, and more certain that the invasion of Iraq has put America at greater risk from terrorists. And yet, these same voters overwhelmingly believe that President Bush will do a better job of protecting them from terrorists than John Kerry. [ read more ]
Fanatics and Fools: How the Dysfunctional White House Led Us to War
(April 21, 2004)
For the past year, I’ve been studying and writing about the Fanatics running the White House and the Fools on both sides of the aisle who have enabled them to prevail. Bob Woodward has now given us a chilling behind-the-scenes look at how this dysfunctional dynamic drove us to war in Iraq — providing devastating snapshots of both the evidence-be-damned zealotry of Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and their minions and the craven capitulation of White House enablers Powell, Tenet, Rice, and Hughes. [ read more ]
As The White House Whiffs, Kerry Needs To Swing For The Fences
(April 13, 2004)
Poor Karl Rove. He’s the George Steinbrenner of presidential politics. Here he’s assembled the best campaign team corporate money can buy, and his all-star lineup of heavy hitters is being mowed down like a bunch of bottom-of-the-batting-order chumps. [ read more ]
A Mash Note to the Blogosphere
(April 07, 2004)
I’ve got a confession to make. I’ve got a big-time crush. I’m talking weak-in-the-knees infatuation. But it’s not Brad or Orlando or Colin or any of the cinematic hunks du jour who have set my heart aflutter. No, it’s Atrios and Kos and Josh Micah Marshall and Kausfiles and Kevin Drum and Wonkette. Bloggers all. Yes, when it comes to the blogosphere, I’m a regular cyberslut. And I don’t care who knows it. Bring on the fines, Michael Powell! [ read more ]
Girls Gone Riled: Will Single Women Break Bush's Heart?
(March 31, 2004)
Trend-conscious candidates beware: Do not get caught courting soccer moms or NASCAR dads. They’re so over. This year’s hot new swing voter is the single woman. [ read more ]
I’d Like a Tuna On White — Hold The Mercury!
(March 24, 2004)
To the list of Campaign 2004’s make-or-break issues — Iraq, homeland security, lost jobs, tax cuts — we can now add tuna fish sandwiches. I’m not kidding. [ read more ]
A Modest Proposal: Let's Have Two GDPs
(March 17, 2004)
Desperate to shore up its highly vulnerable economic flank, Team Bush is turning positively delusional. Despite more bad news on the jobless recovery front -- 129,000 fewer new jobs in February than forecast -- the White House spinmeisters are acting like everything is coming up roses and daffodils. [ read more ]
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