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Salon.com June 12, 2000 Alan Berlow |
Bush's death penalty dodge The Texas governor has issued his first reprieve in a death penalty case; the question is whether he's seen the light or is just playing politics. |
Salon.com June 22, 2000 Bruce Shapiro |
The gutless executioners Public outrage over the scheduled execution of Texas death-row inmate Gary Graham shows just how far behind our dimly lit politicians lag. |
Salon.com June 22, 2000 Anthony York |
"This is a shaky death case" The Northwestern professor whose students helped free four death row prisoners talks about Gary Graham, George W. Bush and why Al Gore is silent on Graham's pending execution. |
Salon.com October 13, 2000 Alan Berlow |
Gov. Bush's office ignored murder confession Two and a half years later, the two men convicted of the crime still sit in prison... |
Salon.com June 12, 2000 Alicia Montgomery |
Trail mix: Bush and executions George W. Bush's capital punishment record doesn't pass the sniff test, according to a Chicago Tribune investigation.... |
Salon.com March 17, 2000 Alicia Montgomery |
Angels of justice Barry Scheck and Jim Dwyer talk about the Innocence Project, which has helped overturn eight wrongful convictions of death-row inmates. |
Salon.com July 4, 2001 Alan Berlow |
A Supreme Court shocker Sandra Day O'Connor's criticisms of the death penalty couldn't have come from a more unlikely source... |
Salon.com December 22, 2000 Alan Berlow |
Janet Reno's fatal decision The attorney general must soon decide whether to try to save a possibly innocent man from the electric chair -- or leave the case for an incoming administration unlikely to do so. |
Salon.com October 20, 2000 Bruce Shapiro |
Deadly lies George W. Bush and Al Gore both believe capital punishment deters violent crime. They're wrong... |
Salon.com February 8, 2000 Michael Kroll |
Executioner's swan song? Public support is weakening, but the death penalty will be slow to die. |
Salon.com August 9, 2000 Alicia Montgomery |
Too slow for death row? Oliver David Cruz failed seventh grade three times and couldn't pass the Army's entrance exam, but Texas says he's smart enough to be executed. |
Salon.com January 2, 2001 David Lindorff |
The death penalty's other victims When prosecutors eliminate jurors opposed to capital punishment, they also weed out women and minorities and stack the deck against defendants... |
Salon.com October 20, 2000 Amy Goldwasser |
The exonerated Wrongly convicted, they sat on death row for years. Extraordinary legal measures saved their lives. A new play confronts us with their nightmares... |
Salon.com May 12, 2001 Alicia Montgomery & Fiona Morgan |
Botched! "If the government can't get it right in this case, how can we rely on it to get it right in any case?" Experts react to the FBI blunder... |
Salon.com March 15, 2002 Dimitra Kessenides |
"The Execution of Wanda Jean" Director Liz Garbus talks about the death penalty and her documentary on a woman who was executed for murder... |
Reason December 2007 Radley Balko |
No Money, No Justice Do public defenders deserve scorn, or bigger budgets? Book review: Defending the Damned: Inside Chicago's Cook County Public Defender's Office, by Kevin Davis. |
Salon.com June 12, 2001 Bruce Shapiro |
What about retarded criminals? Although Bush says they shouldn't be executed, his Texas record shows otherwise, fueling the division between America and Europe over the death penalty... |
Salon.com September 28, 2000 Jake Tapper |
33 down George W. Bush jets in long enough to see Texas execute another prisoner -- putting him just 4 shy of his own record for the most put to death in one year. |
Reason July 2001 Cathy Young |
McVeigh to Macbeth The difference between revenge, retribution, and right... |
Salon.com May 9, 2001 Earl Ofari Hutchinson |
The McVeigh effect The media buzz over the white Oklahoma City bomber's execution is eclipsing the truth about federal death-row inmates: Most are black or Latino... |
Salon.com February 24, 2001 Bruce Shapiro |
Killing McVeigh Vengeance, not justice, will be televised with the execution of the convicted Oklahoma City bomber... |
Reason July 2002 Cathy Young |
License to Kill Men and women, crime and punishment. |
Salon.com June 23, 2000 Alicia Montgomery |
Bush oversees 135th execution Texas executes death row inmate Gary Graham for 1981 killing as last-minute appeals fail. Plus, Jesse Ventura gets cozy with Gore as a new scandal looms; Will Gore be stalked by son of Starr?; Gore suffers heavy losses on "Battleground"; First lady's "Travelgate" trauma over |
Reason April 2004 Anderson & Jackson |
Washington's Biggest Crime Problem The federal government's ever-expanding criminal code is an affront to justice and the Constitution. |
Salon.com July 20, 2000 Nell Bernstein |
Swept away Thousands of women, often guilty of little more than lousy judgment, are serving long prison sentences as drug "conspirators." |
Salon.com April 14, 2001 Kerry Lauerman |
Killing as "closure" John Ashcroft says the closed-circuit TV broadcast of Timothy McVeigh's execution will help victims heal. But will what they see look too brutal -- or not brutal enough? |
ifeminists April 30, 2007 Stephen Baskerville |
Duke Case Demonstrates Feminist "Justice" Decades of pursuing illusory, subjective, and politically defined "justice" have left Americans so incapable of distinguishing guilt from innocence that we are now inured to the most open injustice. |
Reason November 2007 Katherine Mangu-Ward |
Begging Pardon Despite his recent decision to commute the sentence of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, an administration official convicted of perjury and obstruction of justice, George W. Bush has made remarkably little use of his clemency powers. |
Reason February 2003 Ronald Bailey |
Guilt Tip DNA testing and justice: Voters seem to agree that if the state is going to claim the awesome power to execute murderers, it should make every effort to insure that those it kills are in fact guilty. |
BusinessWeek November 11, 2010 Drake Bennett |
A Management Primer from the Decider-in-Chief In his memoir, George W. Bush breaks his Presidency up into a series of decision-making case studies. Unfortunately, running a country isn't just a series of decisions |
InternetNews March 20, 2008 |
Bush Picks Security Aide With Wiretap Background U.S. President George W. Bush named a Justice Department official with experience in terrorism wiretap programs as his White House homeland security adviser on Wednesday. |
AskMen.com Jeff Stone |
Career Lessons From George W. Bush In Bush's new book, he candidly admits to things he wishes he could do over. By taking action, fostering a competent image and holding onto your principles, you can learn from his reflection on his own mistakes -- and avoid them in your own life. |
Salon.com October 20, 2000 Suzy Hansen |
Inside the Texas death machine Last meals and last words are just part of the daily routine for death-row employees featured in an NPR documentary... |
ifeminists December 2, 2003 Wendy McElroy |
Media Fails Public in Jackson Case Should the public pass judgment on Michael Jackson's recent arrest for child molestation? Or should he be "innocent until proven guilty"? |
CFO January 1, 2002 Stephen Barr |
A Graham of Prevention The Bush Administration has changed its tactics for ridding business of regulations deemed undesirable. Meet the man who's now in charge. |
Fast Company November 2010 Rachel Arndt |
A Guide to Presidential Bestsellers Which U.S. presidents and their wives have written books that reached the bestseller list. |
Salon.com June 24, 2000 Alicia Montgomery |
Gore gambles on truth The vice president tells all in a fundraising investigation transcript. Plus, Bush reeling from death penalty controversy and toting Gore's book and Lazio complains of his SEC investigation |
AskMen.com November 6, 2013 |
Is George W. Bush Going To Take Over Professional Baseball? Regardless of your positioning on the right or left side of the aisle, there is no denying the former Texas Rangers owner's qualifications for that job. |
Salon.com April 19, 2001 Katharine Mieszkowski & Amy Standen |
The execution will not be webcast A judge rules that a company better known for soft-core porn cannot bring Timothy McVeigh's death to the masses... |
Reason June 2008 Gene Healy |
The Cult of the Presidency Who can we blame for the radical expansion of executive power? Look no further than you and me. |
BusinessWeek November 19, 2009 |
The Making of Two Anti-Reg Bulldogs Biographical data on two lawyers who would like to dismantle Sarbanes-Oxley regulations. |
InternetNews March 14, 2008 |
House OKs Spy Bill, Rejects Telco Immunity The Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives defied President George W. Bush on Friday and passed an anti-terrorism spy bill that permits lawsuits against phone companies. |
Reason April 2009 Katherine Mangu-Ward |
Bush's Second Term: Our Predictions Revisited Pundits, pollsters, and professors look back at their predictions for Bush's second term in office. |
Reason February 2009 Veronique de Rugy |
Bush's Midnight Regulations The 43rd president may set yet another dubious record. In his waning hours, President George W. Bush managed to rush through an unprecedented number of late-breaking regulations. |
BusinessWeek August 5, 2010 Peter Coy |
The Wisdom and Folly of the Bush Tax Cuts Most economists agree there's little choice but to end tax cuts from George W. Bush's era. That means the fiscal war in Washington is only going to get uglier. |
Fast Company Kim Lightbody |
Jeb Bush's "13,000 Women's Health Clinics" Claim Is Suspect. Here's Why. In one of the many face-offs that took place during last night's GOP debate, Jeb Bush found himself playing defense against Donald Trump on the issue of women's health. |