Bob Burnett is a Berkeley writer. He can be reached at bobburnett@comcast.net.

Recent articles

The events of the last week in Washington have exposed the Bush administration's preference for tactical positioning over coherent strategy, says Bob Burnett.

The resignation of George W Bush's chief strategist may be only a temporary farewell, says Bob Burnett.

A combination of Republican division and Democratic calculation guarantees no early end to United States involvement in Iraq, says Bob Burnett.

The United States president's unbending approach to Iraq is rooted in advice from Vietnam-era confidantes who worked for Richard Nixon, says Bob Burnett.

The Bush administration's aggressive ideological promotion of a link between unfettered capitalism and democracy is damaging the world and undermining the United States's own interests, argues Bob Burnett.