Department Index
Chatterbox 2001:
Gossip, speculation, and scuttlebutt about politics.
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- Osama Palindrome Contest: The Winners Able was I ere I saw 'Madam, I'm Adam.'
Dec. 31, 2001 - Whopper of the Week: Osama Bin Laden Al-Qaida leader libels Rummy!
Dec. 28, 2001 - All the Cunnilingus That's Fit To Print Where the New York Times stands on decency at the close of 2001.
Dec. 27, 2001 - Reader Contest: Write An Osama-Hunt Palindrome! What better way to ring in 2002?
Dec. 26, 2001 - The O'Neill Death Watch, Part 6 An ongoing series on the occupational travails of the treasury secretary.
Dec. 21, 2001 - Whopper of the Week: Orrin Hatch
Dec. 20, 2001 - What Terry Should Have Told Dubya Reader ripostes for the tongue-tied Democratic National Committee chairman.
Dec. 19, 2001 - Whopper of the Week: Osama Bin Laden Al-Qaida learns to love the U.N.
Dec. 13, 2001 - Did the Democrats Sucker Jim Jeffords? Stiffed by a Republican Senate, and now stiffed by a bipartisan conference committee.
Dec. 13, 2001 - The Wall Street Journal vs. Tom DeLay Has the editorial page gotten … nice?
Dec. 12, 2001 - Be Witty for Terry McAuliffe! He can't seem to manage it himself.
Dec. 11, 2001 - Whopper of the Week: Henry Kissinger New evidence demolishes a longstanding claim that the U.S. never green-lighted Indonesia's 1975 invasion of East Timor.
Dec. 7, 2001 - "Tora Bora Cave Complex": The Anagrams An occasional series featuring computer-generated wordplay.
Dec. 7, 2001 - The O'Neill Death Watch, Part 5 An ongoing series on the occupational travails of the treasury secretary.
Dec. 5, 2001 - Zen and the Art of Congressional Cowardice The conservative case for the War Powers Act.
Dec. 4, 2001 - The Mullah of Dupont Circle It isn't obscene to describe Ground Zero.
Dec. 3, 2001 - Afghan vs. Afghani, Part 3 Further pedantry regarding the correct way to refer to people from Afghanistan.
Dec. 2, 2001 - Whopper of the Week: Council on American-Islamic Relations Since when is the Free Congress Foundation a "Jewish group"?
Nov. 30, 2001 - Have Yourself a Melancholy Christmas In praise of James Taylor's latest.
Nov. 26, 2001 - How Amtrak Can Save Itself Billions for flight, but not one cent for rail?
Nov. 25, 2001 - The O'Neill Death Watch, Part 4 An ongoing series on the occupational travails of the Treasury secretary
Nov. 25, 2001 - Whopper of the Week: Bud Selig Plus a bonus Thanksgiving Whopper
Nov. 23, 2001 - Kick OPEC While It's Down! A dispatch from the other war
Nov. 21, 2001 - Bickering Over Bipartisanship
Nov. 19, 2001 - Whopper of the Week: Sara Jane Olson
Nov. 16, 2001 - "Six Degrees of Adnan Khashoggi," Part 4 The 9/11 edition.
Nov. 14, 2001 - Is the Bin Laden Interview Authentic? We should at least ask.
Nov. 13, 2001 - Why Is The Electoral College Still There? Chad were never the issue.
Nov. 12, 2001 - Whopper of the Week: Donald Rumsfeld
Nov. 9, 2001 - Fred Malek's Field of Dreams
Nov. 8, 2001 - Suicide Bombers? I Thought You Said Suicide Doctors!
Nov. 6, 2001 - Get Yer Osama Bin Laden Rant Right Here
Nov. 6, 2001 - Bin Laden Unplugged, Part 2
Nov. 5, 2001 - The O’Neill Death Watch, Part 3
Nov. 2, 2001 - Whopper of the Week: Dick Armey
Nov. 2, 2001 - Did the U.S. Wage Biowarfare Against Nazi Germany?
Nov. 1, 2001 - John Ashcroft Briefs the Press on the Terrorist Threat
Oct. 30, 2001 - Whopper of the Week: Gale Norton
Oct. 26, 2001 - Reader Contest: Tell the Pentagon How To Whup Bin Laden
Oct. 25, 2001 - Brookings Fight Song: The Winners
Oct. 24, 2001 - The O' Neill Death Watch, Part 2
Oct. 20, 2001 - Whopper of the Week: State Department Deputy Spokesman Philip Reeker
Oct. 19, 2001 - Reader Contest: Write the Brookings Fight Song!
Oct. 18, 2001 - Why Is It Legal To Own Anthrax?
Oct. 16, 2001 - Why U.S. Military Bases Are Good for Mecca and Medina
Oct. 15, 2001 - Whopper of the Week: Clarence Thomas
Oct. 12, 2001 - Osama Bin Laden Unplugged
Oct. 11, 2001 - Osama Bin Laden, Media Critic
Oct. 10, 2001 - Tabloid, Exploit Thyself
Oct. 9, 2001 - Seymour Hersh, Spy-Lover?
Oct. 8, 2001 - Whopper of the Week: Abdul Salam Zaeef
Oct. 5, 2001 - More on "Afghani"
Oct. 4, 2001 - Why Osama Bin Laden Must Be Stopped
Oct. 3, 2001 - The O'Neill Death Watch
Oct. 2, 2001 - Never Trust Anyone Who Says "Afghani"
Oct. 1, 2001 - Whopper of the Week: Karl Rove, Ari Fleischer, and Dick Cheney
Sept. 28, 2001 - Retract This, Please, Part 3
Sept. 27, 2001 - Gerald Posner, Weathervane
Sept. 25, 2001 - Paul Begala, Meteorologist
Sept. 25, 2001 - Open Reagan National Now!
Sept. 24, 2001 - (Not Exactly a) Whopper of the Week: Larry C. Johnson
Sept. 21, 2001 - "Operation Infinite Justice": Ask Michael Walzer!
Sept. 20, 2001 - More on Bill Ayers
Sept. 19, 2001 - Profiles in Ass Covering
Sept. 18, 2001 - Retract This, Please, Part 2
Sept. 18, 2001 - It's the End of the World as Clear Channel Knows It
Sept. 18, 2001 - Retract This, Please, Part 1
Sept. 17, 2001 - Whopper of the Week: Yasser Arafat
Sept. 14, 2001 - The PLO Rx: Give Blood, Threaten Cameramen, Call Me in the Morning
Sept. 13, 2001 - Will Terrorism Resuscitate the U.S. Economy?
Sept. 12, 2001 - In What Sense Are Terrorists Cowards?
Sept. 11, 2001 - Who Done It?
Sept. 11, 2001 - Ill-Timed Quote of the Day
Sept. 11, 2001 - Rummy Death Watch No. 3: Possible Replacements Named!
Sept. 7, 2001 - Whopper of the Week: Tommy Thompson
Sept. 7, 2001 - Canada: The New Mexico?
Sept. 6, 2001 - Warren Christopher vs. Taxpayers, Schoolchildren, et al.
Sept. 5, 2001 - Phony Data Watch: Midge Decter
Sept. 2, 2001 - Stem-Cell Update No. 2
Aug. 31, 2001 - Whopper of the Week: HHS spokesman Bill Pierce
Aug. 31, 2001 - Stem-Cell Update No. 1
Aug. 29, 2001 - Chatterbox Rates the Bush 64 Stem Cells: First Draft
Aug. 29, 2001 - The Chatterbox Stem-Cell Registry
Aug. 27, 2001 - Whopper of the Week: Variety Editor Peter Bart
Aug. 23, 2001 - Radical Chic Resurgent
Aug. 22, 2001 - Jesse Helms' Socialist Past
Aug. 21, 2001 - Rummy Death Watch No. 2: Can Liberals Save Him?
Aug. 20, 2001 - Show Me the Stem Cells!
Aug. 19, 2001 - Whopper of the Week: Tom Daschle
Aug. 17, 2001 - Affirmative Action for Hurricanes?
Aug. 16, 2001 - How To Be "Morally Serious"
Aug. 15, 2001 - New Math and the Electoral College
Aug. 14, 2001 - Rove Means Never Having To Say You're Sorry, Part Three
Aug. 13, 2001 - Whopper of the Week: Robert Mueller
Aug. 10, 2001 - Presidents Who Think
Aug. 10, 2001 - Suing OPEC
Aug. 9, 2001 - The Rumsfeld Death Watch
Aug. 7, 2001 - Whopper of the Week: Barbara Olson
Aug. 3, 2001 - The Audio-Book Menace
Aug. 1, 2001 - Glass Half-Full Department, Part 2
July 31, 2001 - Whopper of the Week: Jeffrey Archer
July 29, 2001 - Two Cheers for the V-Chip
July 26, 2001 - Indonesia's George W. Bush
July 24, 2001 - Whopper of the Week: George W. Bush
July 20, 2001 - Glass Half Full Department
July 20, 2001 - Charles Laughton, Father of Talk Magazine
July 18, 2001 - Whopper of the Week: George W. Bush
July 14, 2001 - "Rep. Gary A. Condit and Chandra Levy": The Anagrams
July 11, 2001 - "Six Degrees of Adnan Khashoggi," Part 3
July 9, 2001 - Whopper of the Week: Sumner Redstone
July 6, 2001 - Wall Street on the Potomac
July 5, 2001 - Patriotic Hooey Revisited
July 3, 2001 - Is Karl Rove Too Ethical To Obey Ethics Rules?
July 2, 2001 - Who Stole Black Music Month?
June 29, 2001 - Whopper of the Week: David Brock
June 29, 2001 - Gödel, Escher, Brock, Part 2
June 28, 2001 - Gödel, Escher, Brock
June 27, 2001 - Memento's Hidden Agenda
June 26, 2001 - Whopper of the Week: Joseph Ell—No! Wait! Edmund Morris!
June 22, 2001 - What Do Boy Scouts (and the Wall Street Journal) Want?
June 21, 2001 - Take Joe Ellis' Final Exam!
June 20, 2001 - Rove Means Never Having To Say You're Sorry
June 19, 2001 - GI Joe Ellis
June 19, 2001 - Look Who Wants To Tax E-Commerce!
June 18, 2001 - Whopper of the Week: George W. Bush
June 15, 2001 - Dubya's Regrettable Bipartisanship
June 12, 2001 - The VIP Menace
June 12, 2001 - Whopper of the Week: Nepali Prince Regent (subsequently, King) Gyanendra
June 8, 2001 - Want a Bush Administration Job? Get Attacked by Chatterbox!
June 7, 2001 - Does Dubya's Interior Deputy Have a Rap Sheet? Part 2
June 5, 2001 - A Health-Care Bill Fantasy
June 5, 2001 - Contest Results: Readers Remember Pearl Harbor
June 4, 2001 - Great Moments in Credentialism
June 3, 2001 - Whopper of the Week: Mary McGrory
June 1, 2001 - More on the Payoff to Bush's Lawyers
May 31, 2001 - Great Moments in Executive Compensation: Pacific Gas and Electric
May 31, 2001 - Reader Contest: Identify the Dumbest Dialogue From Pearl Harbor
May 30, 2001 - Why Rudy and Donna Can't Shut Up
May 30, 2001 - Whoppers of the Week: Ari Fleischer (A Doubleheader!)
May 26, 2001 - "Senator James M. Jeffords of Vermont": The Anagrams
May 24, 2001 - "Disrespecting The Bing" Cracks the Gray Lady
May 20, 2001 - Whopper of the Week: Charles Robertson
May 18, 2001 - Miles Drentell, R.I.P.
May 17, 2001 - Question for an Interior Nominee
May 16, 2001 - It's Mid-May. Do You Know Where Dubya's Florida Legal Team Is?
May 16, 2001 - Blame OK on O.J.
May 15, 2001 - Chattermailbox: The Spectator Defends Olson
May 12, 2001 - Whopper of the Week: Ted Olson
May 11, 2001 - "Disrespecting the Bing": A Progress Report
May 10, 2001 - Laura Bush: Bitch or Victim?
May 9, 2001 - Wanted: A Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy
May 9, 2001 - WASP Conspiracy Update
May 8, 2001 - Conservation Is for Sissies
May 8, 2001 - News You Can't Use
May 7, 2001 - The New Republic's Colinoscopy
May 4, 2001 - Whopper of the Week: Rear Admiral Craig Quigley
May 4, 2001 - How To Make Government Pay
May 3, 2001 - Found Object: Cheney's Priors
May 3, 2001 - The Death of Obits
May 3, 2001 - Chattermailbox: Joe Klein Weighs in on Bob Kerrey
April 29, 2001 - Rush to Forgiveness
April 28, 2001 - Whopper of the Week: Ben Affleck
April 27, 2001 - Is Bob Kerrey Disrespecting the Bing or Pulling a McCain?
April 26, 2001 - "Disrespecting the Bing"
April 25, 2001 - Skull & Bones: See the Video! Read the Tax Filings!
April 24, 2001 - Rating Dubya on the Presidential Charity Scale
April 23, 2001 - Whopper of the Week: Chip Limehouse
April 20, 2001 - Dubya Flunks Drug Test
April 20, 2001 - What If the Cuban Missiles Hadn't Been a Secret?
April 19, 2001 - Skull & Bones Initiation Rites Revealed!
April 18, 2001 - Dr. Chatterbox Answers His Critics
April 17, 2001 - How Do You Tell Your Kid That He's Rich?
April 16, 2001 - Whopper of the Week: Gray Davis
April 13, 2001 - Leave No Ambassador Behind
April 12, 2001 - Found Object: Chinese Press Explains EP-3 Crew Release
April 11, 2001 - The U.S.-China Impasse: Who You Gonna Call?
April 9, 2001 - First There Is an AIDS Office, Then There Is No AIDS Office, Then There Is ...
April 9, 2001 - Whopper of the Week: Sumner Redstone
April 6, 2001 - Diplomacy Tips From the Fourth Estate
April 5, 2001 - Nicotine Patches for Teens: Why an Illinois High School Said No
April 4, 2001 - "US EP-3 Spy Plane Held on Hainan Island": The Anagrams
April 4, 2001 - The Bestiality Perplex
April 2, 2001 - Whopper of the Week: Spencer Abraham
March 30, 2001 - First There Is a Press Conference, Then There Is No Press Conference, Then There Is ...
March 29, 2001 - The One Thing You Can't Get In High School
March 29, 2001 - Dubya Admits Whopper!
March 27, 2001 - Why Did Julia Snub Erin at the Oscars?
March 26, 2001 - Whopper of the Week: George W. Bush, Rep. Jennifer Dunn, and/or the Treasury Department
March 23, 2001 - Alger Hiss Innocent, Anticommunists Declare!
March 23, 2001 - Say It Loud, You're Rich and You're Proud
March 22, 2001 - Campaign Finance and the "Trust Us, We're Experts" Con
March 20, 2001 - White House Disses Dubya!
March 19, 2001 - Whopper of the Week: George W. Bush
March 16, 2001 - Who Turned Dubya (Briefly) Green?
March 15, 2001 - The Web Short-Circuits Dubya
March 14, 2001 - Dubya: Smart? Or Dumb?
March 13, 2001 - Pathologies of the Idle Rich, Part 3
March 12, 2001 - Whopper of the Week: Russ Freyman
March 9, 2001 - More on Pathologies of the Idle Rich
March 8, 2001 - The Inheritance Tax and the Idle Rich
March 6, 2001 - Bush's Heart Attack
March 6, 2001 - Wanted: A New Shadow President
March 5, 2001 - Found Object: The Klan Explains It All for You
March 5, 2001 - Whopper of the Week: Paul O'Neill
March 2, 2001 - Does Being a Jock Make a Man Gay?
March 1, 2001 - Dubya: Closet Neolib?
Feb. 28, 2001 - Chatterbox Wears Bill Gates' Clothes
Feb. 28, 2001 - An Extremely Mild Defense of Clinton's CBS Phone Call
Feb. 27, 2001 - More "Six Degrees of Adnan Khashoggi"
Feb. 26, 2001 - Music Appreciation Found Object
Feb. 26, 2001 - Whopper of the Week: Hillary Clinton
Feb. 23, 2001 - Know Your Fugitive Financiers!
Feb. 21, 2001 - More on Clarence Thomas
Feb. 19, 2001 - Whopper of the Week: Oscar Edition
Feb. 16, 2001 - Clarence Thomas: Victim’s Night Out
Feb. 14, 2001 - The New Yorker Goes Digital
Feb. 12, 2001 - Anyone But Dubya
Feb. 12, 2001 - Peggy Noonan, Ambassador?
Feb. 9, 2001 - Whopper of the Week: Lynne Cheney
Feb. 9, 2001 - Abolish the White House Office on Race! (Whoops, They Already Did)
Feb. 8, 2001 - Sautéing Babies in Talk
Feb. 7, 2001 - Lani Guinier's Oscar Fever
Feb. 6, 2001 - The Times Revisits Wen Ho Lee
Feb. 5, 2001 - Flipping His Liddy
Feb. 5, 2001 - Whopper of the Week: Bobby Thomson
Feb. 2, 2001 - Abolish the Filibuster!
Feb. 1, 2001 - Taking the Restoration Thing a Bit Far
Jan. 31, 2001 - Abolish the Energy Department!
Jan. 30, 2001 - More Rumsfeld's Rules
Jan. 29, 2001 - Whopper of the Week: Denise Rich
Jan. 26, 2001 - The White House Web Site, Tranquilized
Jan. 25, 2001 - Save Your Lies for the Senate
Jan. 25, 2001 - The Poe House Rules
Jan. 23, 2001 - Does Form Follow Function at the Clinton Library?
Jan. 22, 2001 - John Ashcroft, Poet, Part 2
Jan. 20, 2001 - Vanessa Redgrave’s Latest Cause
Jan. 18, 2001 - Who Won the Bush Inaugural Poem Contest?
Jan. 18, 2001 - John Ashcroft, Meet Ted Sorensen
Jan. 18, 2001 - The Plot To Kill AmeriCorps
Jan. 16, 2001 - The Case for a Bush Legal Defense Fund
Jan. 15, 2001 - There Once Was a Bush Named George Dubya. …
Jan. 12, 2001 - Don't Count Microsoft Out
Jan. 11, 2001 - St. Linda's Passion
Jan. 9, 2001 - John Ashcroft, Poet
Jan. 9, 2001 - Compassionate Conservatism, Defined
Jan. 8, 2001 - Is Linda Chavez Lying?
Jan. 8, 2001 - Harvard to Gore: Drop Dead
Jan. 5, 2001 - Is Productivity Oversold?
Jan. 4, 2001 - O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Jan. 3, 2001 - Aged Cabinet Secretaries: The Silver Lining
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