Return to Sanity Return to Sanity
Dick Cavett got it about right when he wrote the other day, "There's something almost funny in the idea that she [Palin] is being speedily stuffed, Strasbourg-goose-style, with kn...
Sep 15, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Million Doors Open for Peace A Million Doors Open for Peace
At this moment, when the mainstream media has largely abandoned coverage of the Iraq War and the majority antiwar opinion, the presidential campaign is underwhelming in offering ...
Sep 10, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Bernie Strikes Back Bernie Strikes Back
I was watching Charlie Rose on Wednesday night during the GOP confab, when Senator Orrin Hatch appeared and took this recurring shot used by the Republican attack dogs: "In all ho...
Sep 8, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Inside Palin’s Politics Inside Palin’s Politics
Wednesday night I did a CBS Webcast with Katie Couric and sparred with Republican strategist Barbara Comstock over Sarah Palin -- what she represents and where she would lead the...
Sep 5, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Sarah Palin Smokescreen The Sarah Palin Smokescreen
"Here's the deal: Palin is the latest G.O.P. distraction," Bob Herbertwrote in a New York Times op-edon Tuesday. "She's meant to shift attention away from the real issueof this ...
Sep 4, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
An Open Letter on Behalf of Amy Goodman An Open Letter on Behalf of Amy Goodman
Dear Pro-Democracy Colleagues, We join with you in condemning the arrest and harassment of Democracy Now! host Amy Goodman and members of her crew on the first day of the Republi...
Sep 3, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
When the GOP Met Gustav When the GOP Met Gustav
The campaign website of Senator John McCain declares that the arrival ofHurricane Gustav is a moment for "Serving a Cause Greater". (Whatever that means.) The GOP--which for e...
Sep 2, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Don’t Make Afghanistan the Democrats’ War Don’t Make Afghanistan the Democrats’ War
Barack Obama not only had the good judgment to oppose the war in Iraq, he argued for the need "to end the mindset that took us into" that war. So it is troubling that a m...
Aug 28, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Taking On Poverty and Inequality Taking On Poverty and Inequality
The theme at the Democratic Convention in Denver yesterday was "RenewingAmerica's Promise"--the Democrats' plan to grow the economy andrestore fairness so that it works for all o...
Aug 27, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sisterhood of the Travelling Pantsuits Sisterhood of the Travelling Pantsuits
Hillary Clinton knocked it out of the park Tuesday night. It was a speech defined by grace, feistiness, sly wit, generosity toward her former rival and by a powerful nod to the ...
Aug 27, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel