Bush and the Texas Environment
by Molly Ivins and Louis Dubose
April 14, 2000
The Bush Beat (2000)
Our regularly updated column on Dubya.The Mauro Effect
by Nate Blakeslee
The rise of the Bush Dynasty and the fall of the Texas Yellow Dogs.
March 17, 2000The Reformer with Results vs. Chairman McCain
by Louis Dubose
Bush, McCain, and the finance of reform.
March 3, 2000Handicapping the Presidential Horse Race
by Andrew Wheat
Charles Lewis of the Center for Public Integrity counts the dollars pouring into the campaign. Here's a bilious breakdown.
March 3, 2000
Bursting W's Bubble
by Robert Bryce
The Bush train was heading into the presidential station, ready for the coronation. Then came the "bump in the road."
February 18, 2000The Money Primary
by Louis Dubose
February 4, 2000New Hampshire Remote
by Terry J. Allen
The Observer sent a reluctant Vermont native into the wilds of NH at primary time. Here's her fearless dispatch.
February 4, 2000George of the Gentiles
by Jeff Mandell
The candidates court the Jewish vote.
January 21, 2000The Gospels of the Rich and Poor
by Louis Dubose
November 12, 1999Bush in Manhattan
by Louis Dubose
W. Bites the Big Apple
October 29, 1999The Runner Stumbles
Editorial by Michael King
Coke jokes, funeralgate, and intensified scrutiny shadow the campaign.
September 3, 1999California on $1,000 a Day
by Robert Bryce
Dazzled by the dollars funneling into the Bush Juggernaut? The money rolling out tells a tale as well.
August 20, 1999The Austin to D.C. Derby
by Nate Blakeslee
The Texas Republican politicos are beginning to catch D.C. fever.
June 25, 1999A Shrub Grows in Midland
by Karen Olsson
W's 1978 West Texas campaign for Congress.
June 25, 1999Shrub's Pioneers
by Jim Hightower
Who's forging the way for a presidential run?
May 28, 1999The Legislative Food Chain
by Louis Dubose
The execution debate, and others, are an extension of the Governor's campaign for President.
April 30, 1999
Bush in Contempt on Formaldegate?
by Robert Bryce
Bill Clinton asked what the “definition of ‘is’ is.” Now, George W. Bush is questioning the definition of “conversation.”
September 3, 1999Burying the Opposition
by Robert Bryce
S.C.I.'s Robert Waltrip brought convenience-store shopping to the funeral business - so the law better not inconvenience him.
May 28, 1999
Death Race 2000
Editorial by Michael King
February 18, 2000A Letter from Hell
A Letter from Death Row inmate James Beathard, executed December 1999.
January 21, 2000Killing Larry Robison
Editorial by Michael King
Bush and the Texas execution machine.
August 6, 1999Cruel and Unusual Still
by William Wayne Justice
Excerpts from U.S. District Judge Justices' judgment of the Texas prison system.
April 2, 1999Murder by Death: The Sequels
by Robert Bryce
Texas can't kill its murderers fast enough, and death row is still bursting at its seams.
March 19, 1999No Mercy
by Michael King
George W. Bush thinks the Texas clemency process is fair. Do you?
February 5, 1999
What Fertilized the Bushes?
by Robert Sherrill
The Bush dynasty’s family values, from Neil’s S&L fiasco to W's baseball welfare bonanza.
June 25, 1999Planet Bush
by Paul Jennings
Bush Lit 201
Louis Dubose reviews the Bush Charges.
December 24, 1999Bush Lit 101
Michael King reviews First Son.
October 29, 1999Dubya and the Press
by Louis Dubose, Julie Hollar, and Nate Blakeslee
In the Texas media, the Governor walks on water. But elsewhere, he's beginning to get caught in the backwash.
September 17, 1999On the Record
Editorial by Louis Dubose
Twelve questions the media should be asking George W. Bush, instead of throwing softballs.
June 25, 1999Manufacturing a President
by Michael King
Reporters' luv letters to the Guv.
June 25, 1999Myron Magnet's Vision
by Michael King
Review of Fortune reporter Myron Magnet's The Dream and the Nightmare.
June 25, 1999Questions for George W.
by Ronnie Dugger
What questions might Bush be asked, either seriously or to liven up the day's news?
May 14, 1999Poor George Bush, Poor Texas
by Molly Ivins
Molly finds herself in sympathy with the Shrub and his media problems.
April 30, 1999The Coronation of King Bush
by Robert Bryce
Bush's big announcement was more like a coronation than a campaign event.
April 2, 1999
Nicotine Fit
by Robert Bryce
Trial lawyers thought they were due pay and congratulations for a tobacco settlement well done. The new A.G. and the Guv. don't see it that way.
November 26, 1999Notify the Democrats
by Michael King
The Governor wanted an anti-abortion bill for his campaign. So, the Democrats gave it to him.
June 11, 1999How a Bill Becomes a Law
by Nate Blakeslee
Remember those instructive civics charts in high school? That's not exactly how the smog grows at the Lege.
June 11, 1999The Education Governor
Editorial by Louis Dubose
Bush backs a plan to cut kindergarteners' money to fund tax cuts.
June 11, 1999Chronicle of a Death Foretold
by Louis Dubose
The James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Bill went down in shame in the Senate. Everybody wept but the Governor.
May 28, 1999Governor Crunch
by Nate Blakeslee
Why the Governor loves his tax cut crunch.
May 28, 1999The Governor’s Surrogates
by Louis Dubose
Governor George W. Bush and the Texas Legislature.
May 28, 1999Send 'em Back to School
by Molly Ivins
Will Bush's tax cuts hurt school kids?
May 28, 1999Bush's Budget Crunch
by Louis Dubose
The Governor's proposed budget is no laughing matter.
May 28, 1999Kids Don't Vote
by Louis Dubose
The compassionate conservative endangers children's health care.
March 19, 1999When Texas Cares
by Louis Dubose
The state budget "surplus" ignores a whole host of needs.
February 19, 1999The Governor's Housekeepers
by Karen OlssonKing George In Search of the Tigua Indians
by Karen OlssonThus Spake the Governor
by Michael King
Bush and taxes.Texas Taxes and the White House
by Michael King
The Last Puritan
by Michael King
Meet Marvin Olasky, Governor Bush's compassionate conservative guru.
May 14, 1999Caveat Emptor
by Louis Dubose
The Governor's right-wing benefactor pulls the strings. Is he getting what he pays for?
May 14, 1999What Birds? What Bees?
by Karen Olsson
Did growing up in the sixties leave you demoralized and deflowered? Like Bush, you too can be a Secondary Virgin.
April 16, 1999Compassion for Whom?
by Molly Ivins
Compassionate conservatism looks a lot like the old mean, nasty conservatism we're all used to.
March 5, 1999Where Have You Gone, Adlai Stevenson?
Editorial by Michael King
"You cannot be a Governor if you do not believe in a Supreme Being," says George W. Bush.
February 5, 1999The Pols He Bought
by Robert Bryce
Meet James Leininger, the man who elected the Bush administration.
February 5, 1999Saint Sickbed
by Debbie Nathan
James Leininger has parlayed a hospital bed fortune into a right-wing political machine.
January 22, 1999
The Governor's Sweetheart Deal
by Robert Bryce
"Governor George W. Bush and the other owners of the Texas Rangers are deadbeats. Rich deadbeats, but deadbeats nevertheless."Stealing Home
by Robert Bryce
May 9, 1997
Bush and the Texas Environment
by Molly Ivins and Louis Dubose
April 14, 2000Who's Poisoning Texas?
by Michael King
Texas is Number One in air pollution. Where does the governor fit in?Governor Bush Pushes for Nuclear Waste Dump
by Louis Dubose
Yo Dubya! Got Coke?
The Back Page
September 3, 1999Canadian Prime Minister Endorses George W. Bush
The Back Page
August 20, 1999At the Texas White House
by Lucius Lomax
What might go on behind closed doors at the Guv's Mansion?
June 25, 1999Don’t Mess With Roofing Tiles!
by Jorge W. Arbusto
Excerpts from Jorge's State of the State address.
June 25, 1999Where's Dubya?
The Back Page
George W. Bush is so cocksure of his frontrunner's position, he's holding press conferences and photo-ops he doesn't even bother to attend.
April 16, 1999
