Why is Brown protecting the PM? Why is the national newspaper not applying to itself what it rightly lectures politicians about — the right of the public to know? asks David Flint.
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Diplomatic protocol trashed by the PM’s young Turks
The ‘G20” phone call never would have happened if the PM had followed protocol, writes Barry Everingham.
What does the G20 giggle say about Kevin Rudd?
Something felt strange about Matt Franklin’s now world-famous piece on the Bush-Rudd discussion about the economic summit later this month, writes Bernard Keane.
True believers in the American dream wake up to a nightmare
The belief that the US is God’s own country is often a literal one.
Frightened President quivers under pressure
President Bush has given an uninspiring performance in a speech designed to boost public confidence. The Nation reports on the President’s invite to his potential successors to join him in the next public address.
Bush: Bailout plan necessary to deal with crisis
Speaking to the American people, President Bush today detailed why an economic bailout plan is needed and why his administration’s rescue plan for the economy is “necessary.”
George Bush: proof there is life on Mars
Americans are more convinced that communication with the dead is possible than that Bush is doing a good job, writes Jeff Sparrow.
Carbon capture: a last minute stab of desperation
It’s the climate change holdouts in each country that are pushing carbon capture in the hope they can stave off the switch to renewables, writes Bernard Keane.
Terrorism, American style
But rules governing barbarians don’t inhibit the Empire, and so George Bush has casually authorized ground forces to launch attacks on Pakistani soil, writes Jeff Sparrow.
Obama camp responds to Dubya’s endorsement of McCain
The Obama campaign has been quick to spin Dubya’s endorsement of John McCain as further proof that a McCain presidency would be four more years of Bush policies.
RNC Speech -Dubya gets it done
What George Bush said at the RNC: he likes McCain, but he loves his mum and dad.
RNC Day 2: George W. Bush addresses GOP – via satellite
The New York Times reports that “far from being the kind of unifying sendoff and baton pass engineered for Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton”, Day 2 of the RNC only highlighted “McCain’s eagerness to get the president off the stage”.
George W. Bush rescheduled to speak at RNC
It’s been announced that George W. Bush will speak at the RNC tomorrow. He had been scheduled to speak on the first day of the convention which was cancelled due to Gustav. The McCain team has been working hard to distance itself from the current administration, so there had been some speculation that the cancellation of […]
Guy Rundle: Rundle08: It’s the economy stupid
Outside of the 400 blocks or so on Manhattan Island where it functions as a local rag, the The New Yorker is, for many people, about as visible as the Almanach de Gotha, writes Guy Rundle.
Crikey Says: Crikey Says
Brendan Nelson should get with the program and stop trying to milk ignorance and the moment.
Groovy economics baby: Malcolm and Brendan are living in the 70s
It was all so 1970s. There was Brendan Nelson and Malcolm Turnbull defending the alcopop industry and its teenage consumers, while trying to pander to the hip pocket of motorists, writes Glenn Dyer.
US08: Dubya unites the Democrats
Dubya was probably always going to be the only person who could unite the Democrats, writes Guy Rundle.
