Washington Watch Articles From 2003
NO QUESTIONS ASKED
One can’t fault the White House for trying to sell the war and the President. What is troublesome, however, is the way the American media has been such an uncritical conveyor of these White House efforts.
THE UPS AND DOWNS OF GEORGE W. BUSH
For the second time in his short presidency, George W. Bush has reversed a downward slump in the polls and is now registering high public approval ratings. Recent polls place the President’s approval numbers between 61 percent and 74 percent.
ARAB OPINION OF U.S. HITS ALL TIME LOW
Arab public opinion attitudes toward the United States have dropped to dangerously low levels, even before an anticipated U.S.-led attack on Iraq.
DEMOCRATS DEBATE WAR
Last week, Democrats debated the Bush Administration’s plan to go to war. The scene was the winter meeting of the Democratic National Committee (DNC)—the governing body of the party.
SECRET EVIDENCE AND PROFILING : TWO DISTURBING PRACTICES
In response to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, the Bush Administration has increasingly relied on the use of both secret evidence and ethnic profiling.