Our Dysfunctional Democracy Our Dysfunctional Democracy
Isn't it time that the US stop all the talk of democracypromotion abroad and start walking the walk here at home? As I suggested last November,let's bringdemocracy home. And whi...
May 7, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A (Small) Measure of Sanity A (Small) Measure of Sanity
Yesterday, the House Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee proposed cutting $764 million from the Pentagon's $8.9 billion request for missile defense programs in Fiscal yea...
May 4, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Why Is Oliver North Still Involved in the Middle East? Why Is Oliver North Still Involved in the Middle East?
I receive scores of letters each week--some via snail mail, some by e-mail. Here's one I thought worth sharing. I suspect there are many people who, like this US sailor (and for th...
May 4, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
America’s Mayor? America’s Mayor?
It's GOP Debate night and I'm dreading the idea of having to watch the Seven Dwarves (plus three) duke it out at the Reagan Library. I'm heading uptown in a taxi to an "Obama ...
May 4, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Yeltsin’s (Real) Legacy Yeltsin’s (Real) Legacy
Don't believe the glowing obituaries: Boris Yeltsin's legacy was to de-democratize Russia.
May 2, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Media, Impeachment & Kucinich The Media, Impeachment & Kucinich
Richard Cohen has a must-read column in today's Washington Post. It's a terrific antidote to Dana Milbank's recent column in the same paper which ridiculed Presidential candidate a...
May 2, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Whole Truth–and Nothing But The Whole Truth–and Nothing But
"It is time for the truth, the whole truth, versus misinformation and hype." Those were Jessica Lynch's words as she testified before Congress April 24-- along with the brother an...
May 2, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Twelve Steps to Cutting Poverty in Half Twelve Steps to Cutting Poverty in Half
Last Wednesday, at the Center for American Progress (CAP) in Washington, the CAP Task Force on Poverty released the results of fourteen months of work in its report, From Poverty...
Apr 28, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Yeltsin–Father of Democracy? Yeltsin–Father of Democracy?
Boris Yeltsin, who died on April 23, was a towering figure in Russian political history. But was he, as so many US obituaries and editorials have described him, the "Father of Rus...
Apr 27, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Talking with Democracy Now Talking with Democracy Now
Here are links to a transcript of my conversation with Amy Goodman on the April 24 edition of Democracy Now. We discussed the legacy of Boris Yeltsin, the tragic death of David Ha...
Apr 25, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel