The More We Try, the Worse Iraq Gets The More We Try, the Worse Iraq Gets
It is the beginning of the end for the United States in Iraq. No amount of glib optimism from Bush Administration soothsayers can conceal that reality.
Apr 6, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
Bush-Free Zone Bush-Free Zone
I don't need to tell anyone reading this blog that this is an election year full of passion, activism and real historical importance. I've written in this space about the powerf...
Apr 6, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Lott Congratulates Vote Fraud Lott Congratulates Vote Fraud
I was in Moscow last month the day Vladimir Putin was reelected in whatever is the opposite of a cliffhanger of an election. His victory was as predictable as it was overwhelmin...
Apr 5, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Lying About Rwanda’s Genocide Lying About Rwanda’s Genocide
As a fellow who wrote a book contending that the current president is a serial prevaricator, I often am asked by conservative critics: So did you ever c...
Apr 2, 2004 / David Corn
Teresa Heinz Was Right Teresa Heinz Was Right
At a 1993 press conference, when Teresa Heinz-Kerry declined to run for her late husband's Pennsylvania Senate seat, she explained, "the best ideas for change unfortunately no lo...
Apr 2, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
‘Conservatives for Nader. Not a Large Group.’ ‘Conservatives for Nader. Not a Large Group.’
Ralph Nader continues to fantasize that his candidacy will succeed in peeling as many Republican and Independent votes away from Bush as progressive votes from Kerry. But, as com...
Apr 1, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Staring at the Sea Staring at the Sea
Toward the end of January, I received an invitation to a press opening for "Manet and the Sea," at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Apr 1, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto
Empty Vessel Empty Vessel
For a man who destroyed his country and wrecked or stole hundreds of thousands of lives, Slobodan Milosevic is an oddly colorless villain.
Apr 1, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Laura Secor
Democracy Is in the Streets Democracy Is in the Streets
If you found George W. Bush's 2000 victory in Florida difficult to stomach, imagine being on the losing side of Mexico's 1988 presidential election.
Apr 1, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Wilkinson
Lying in Wait Lying in Wait
On the eve of mass protests, police tell tales that turn out not to be true.
Apr 1, 2004 / Feature / David Graeber