DEMOCRACY IN EGYPT … Remember when President Bush held up Egypt as an example of freedom on the march in the Middle East? In February, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak had called for nation’s first multicandidate presidential elections, sparking a wave of optimism about political reform. Alas, in the September elections, opposition candidates faced unreasonable legal […]
Christina Larson
Christina Larson is a Washington Monthly contributing editor and an award-winning science and environment journalist who has reported from five continents.
Posted inPolitical Animal, Politics
The Godfather
THE GODFATHER … Folks at the Monthly had been wondering when the Post would turn its considerable resources to a full-fledged account of the rise and fall of Jack Abramoff. Here it is.
Posted inPolitical Animal, Politics
Visions of sugarplums
VISIONS OF SUGARPLUMS … Republican strategist Matthew Dowd doesn’t have much in common with Santa Claus. But if he saw your holiday wish-list, chances are he wouldn’t have to check it twice to guess how you voted last November. In 2004, Dowd, a chief strategist for the Bush campaign, helped organize an effort in 16 […]
Posted inJuly/August 2004, Magazine
Movable Feat
The insanity of relocating the Olympics every four years.
