Scenes from the 2004 Republican convention. Originally published in Indy Week. Sunday afternoon The most important men in town would come to fawn on me! They would ask me to advise them… And it won’t make one bit of difference if I answer right or wrong. When you’re rich, they think you really know! —Tevye, […]
Acting Up With the Young Republicans
No shortage of young folks at the Republican Youth Convention. Of course, some of them weren’t Republicans. By Michael Scherer and Barry Yeoman. Originally published in the online edition of MotherJones.com. THE SOUVENIR STAND AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN was doing a brisk business Wednesday morning as 2,000 adolescents and young adults convened for the 2004 Republican […]
Beyond Betrayal
The vast majority of GOP leaders won’t be embracing gay Republicans any time soon. In fact, many of them still think they’re good for an easy laugh. Originally published in the online edition of Mother Jones. IN 1972, JAMES WAGSTAFF WAS A POSTER CHILD for the Republican Party—quite literally. Posing with a Dallas Cowboys fullback, the […]
The Political Fortunes of the Radical Right
As the Republican convention kicked off in Madison Square Garden, the party’s influential conservative activists were holed up across the street—with a handful of reporters and a large bag of fortune cookies. Originally published in the online edition of Mother Jones. AS THE IMAGE-CONSCIOUS REPUBLICANS GAVELED OPEN their national convention Monday morning—kicking off a four-day festival […]
Immoderate Republicans
While George Bush’s handlers are vetting every word spoken at the convention, it’s on the street—among the counter-protesters—that the unfiltered rhetoric of GOP activists can be heard. Originally published in the online edition of Mother Jones. IT’S ONLY 11 O’CLOCK SUNDAY MORNING, but already the crowds are growing thick across the street from New York’s Pennsylvania […]
Bush’s Bagmen
Meet the Pioneers and Rangers, the president’s A-team for campaign cash. Originally published in Rolling Stone. CAROLE BIONDA DARTED THROUGH THE HALLS of the Capital Hilton, armed with a red-white-and-blue tote bag bulging with checks made out to Bush-Cheney ’04. Three hundred executives from the nation’s most influential construction firms were meeting at the hotel last June, […]
Soldiers of Good Fortune
They fly helicopters, guard military bases, and provide reconnaissance. They’re private military companies—and they’re replacing U.S. soldiers in the war on terrorism. Originally published in Mother Jones. AT A REMOTE TACTICAL training camp, in a swamp 25 miles from the world’s largest naval base, six U.S. sailors are gearing up for their part in President Bush’s war […]
Secondhand Diplomacy
After closed-door meetings with cigarette makers, the Bush administration is seeking to derail a global tobacco treaty. Originally published in Mother Jones. IT WAS GETTING TOWARD MIDNIGHT when the phone rang in Thomas Novotny’s hotel room in Geneva. It was a May evening in 2001, and Novotny, then the assistant surgeon general, was leading the U.S. delegation […]
Airline Insecurity
Federal regulators have known for years that the nation’s system of airport security was “seriously flawed.” But the FAA repeatedly placed politics and profits above the public’s safety. Originally published in Mother Jones. THE BUZZER SOUNDED AT AN AWKWARD MOMENT for Rep. Don Young. The Alaska Republican was halfway through a press conference on October 17, explaining […]
‘I Had An Abortion When I Was Six Months Pregnant’
Confronted with desperately ill unborn twins and great risks to her own health, a young woman steps into a political minefield. By Gina Gonzales as told to Barry Yeoman. Originally published in Glamour. I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD CARE PASSIONATELY about the abortion issue or that I would find myself defending one of the most controversial medical procedures […]
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