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2003 Stories by Doug Ireland

• Dennis the Annoyed

  published November 27, 2003

  Illustration by Ismael Roldan When the Great Blackout of 2003 hit half of the country, it put on the front burner an issue that Dennis... More >>

• The Chameleon Candidate

  published October 2, 2003

  The putative new Great White (Male) Hope of the Democratic Party, General Wesley Clark, came of age politically when he was seduced by... More >>

• Dating the Anti-Gay Backlash

  published August 14, 2003

  George Bush wanted to distract the electorate from the rising U.S. body count in Iraq, the sputtering economy and the other issues that are... More >>

• Taking the Hypocrite’s Oath

  published July 24, 2003

  When George W. Bush visited Botswana — a country where 38 percent of the people are HIV-positive — he proclaimed that the U.S. would be ... More >>

• Holy Joe, Corporate Joe, G.I. Joe

  published July 17, 2003

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• Feed the Goats

  published May 15, 2003

  Running for president requires a capacious ego and a boundless optimism about one’s chances. But even the most Pollyanna-ish and swell-heade... More >>

• What’s Gone Wrong in Iraq?

  published April 10, 2003

  Remember those historical movies Hollywood cranked out in the ’30s and ’40s about the American colonies’ war to throw off the English y... More >>

• Who’s the Real Peace Candidate?

  published February 27, 2003

  AS THE UNITED STATES SLOUCHES toward a unilaterally declared war, the polls show that most rank-and-file Democratic voters yearn for a... More >>

• The Truth About Powell

  published February 20, 2003

  I'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO STOMACH our secretary of state. I think of him as Colon because he is so indigestible: For example, we’ve known fo... More >>

• Fate of the Nation

  published February 6, 2003

  George Bush gave the first speech of his re-election campaign Tuesday night -- and his speechwriters crafted a discourse mostly of shortish... More >>

• I’m Linda, Fly Me

  published January 23, 2003

  The national press corps didn‘t bother to tell you why Tom Daschle, the Democrats’ Senate leader, decided at the 11th hour not to run f... More >>

• The Bad Doctor

  published January 16, 2003

  While TV gushed last week over the Republicans’ new Senate majority leader, Bill Frist, intervening in a traffic accident, portraying th... More >>