Education for All Education for All
Paying for a college education has become a burden many Americans can no longer afford. Tuition has outpaced the rate of inflation for the last 16 years, some private schools are ...
Jun 11, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Bush in “Fantasyland” Bush in “Fantasyland”
Last month's failed missile defense test was categorized as a "No Test" by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA). The target missile didn't fly into range of the interceptor so it was...
Jun 7, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Lou Dobbs and Leprosy Lou Dobbs and Leprosy
Last week, New York Times columnist David Leonhardt wrote of Lou Dobbs' tenuous relationship with the truth – "a somewhat flexible relationship with reality"– and his refusal ...
Jun 5, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sex and Reality Sex and Reality
A recent study commissioned by Congress concluded that abstinence-only programs are completely ineffective in preventing or delaying teenagers from having sexual intercourse. Nor ...
Jun 4, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Somalia Strike The Somalia Strike
Here's something that didn't come up at Sunday's Democratic debate: Under what authorization did President Bush order a military strike on Somalia this past Friday--essentially wi...
Jun 4, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
When the Prince of Darkness Visits When the Prince of Darkness Visits
"I want to know when the Prince of Darkness comes to visit Mr. Cheney," the wife of a colleague said in response to the Vice President's most recent power grab. The most secretiv...
Jun 1, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
One Memorial A Month One Memorial A Month
Here is a stark consequence of the human costs of the Iraq war. It was reported Thursday that because so many Fort Lewis soliders are being killed in Iraq, the Washington State arm...
Jun 1, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
John Edwards– Abolitionist John Edwards– Abolitionist
Last week, John Edwards visited the Council on Foreign Relations--the citadel of the foreign policy establishment--to deliver a speech laying out his national security policy. The...
May 30, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Killing Silent Spring Killing Silent Spring
Rachel Carson, author of Silent Spring and a seminal figure for the modern environmental movement, would have turned one hundred this past Sunday. "Carson's book altered the natur...
May 29, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Unshackling Our Imaginations Unshackling Our Imaginations
Imagination--the ability to dream-- is central to all successful political projects. But perhaps one of the worst legacies of these last years has been how TINA ("there is no alte...
May 29, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel