Coming up on Meet the Press Coming up on Meet the Press
Friday night, one of my colleagues alerted me to the fact that I had confused McConnells. It's not the Bush "enabler" Senator (Mitch of Kentucky) who's going to be on NB...
Jul 21, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sweet Ideas Sweet Ideas
Behind each sweet victory, there is usually a sweet idea. So it is heartening to see that The Roosevelt Institution, the nation's first student think tank, has been channeling it...
Jul 20, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Community, Conference Calls & Our Postal Rate Campaign Community, Conference Calls & Our Postal Rate Campaign
Yesterday afternoon I had one of the most moving experiences in my time here as editor. It was on a conference call with readers and friends committed to helping The Nation deal w...
Jul 19, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Subpoena Watch: Tenth Time’s a Charm Subpoena Watch: Tenth Time’s a Charm
Nine times the Senate Judiciary Committee asked the Bush Administration for the legal justification of its warrantless (and illegal) domestic spying program. Nine times. To no av...
Jul 18, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Scaife to Bush: Withdraw from Iraq Scaife to Bush: Withdraw from Iraq
The conservative movement has cracked apart. If any more evidencewas needed, check out Editor & Publisher's website for an articleabout Richard Mellon Scaife's newspaper and it...
Jul 17, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Dark Force The Dark Force
When John McCain was running his insurgent campaign against George W. Bush in 2000, he frequently compared himself to "Luke Skywalker trying to get out of the Death Star." But the...
Jul 17, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Clinton and Obama Call to End Tax Breaks for Hedge Funders Clinton and Obama Call to End Tax Breaks for Hedge Funders
Last Thursday, I pointed out that among the leading Presidential candidates only John Edwards had called for ending glaringly unfair tax breaks and loopholes for billionaire hedge...
Jul 16, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Small Measure of Sanity (Continued) A Small Measure of Sanity (Continued)
As Walter Pincus reported in the Washington Post last week, Senate Democrats plan to follow the House lead in "reducing funds" for the insidious Bush plan for a European-based mi...
Jul 13, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Which Side Are You On? Which Side Are You On?
In the last few weeks, the obscenely wealthy titans of private equity and hedge funds have assembled a huge lobbying machine to work the hallways of Congress and lobby its key com...
Jul 12, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Blame Canada Blame Canada
Blame Canada The increasingly isolated President is under siege from allsides. From the right, Republican senators are jumping off hisIraqi bandwagon faster than Leo DiCaprio on t...
Jul 11, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel