Political Blackmail Political Blackmail
"Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees, to deprive the poor of their rights and withhold justice from the oppressed of my people…." Thus spok...
Jul 31, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
101 People Who Are Really Screwing America 101 People Who Are Really Screwing America
For everyone who has been waiting for the response to Bernard Goldberg's awful 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America, Nationbooks has the answer--101 People Who Are Really Screwi...
Jul 26, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Madness of King George The Madness of King George
Today, a bipartisan American Bar Association task force released its report challenging George Bush's flagrant misuse of signing statements to circumvent the constitutional separa...
Jul 25, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A New Openness A New Openness
"It has to be said: there has been nothing in our time like the Bush Administration's obsession with secrecy….It's an old story: the greater the secrecy, the deeper the corrupti...
Jul 24, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Neonuts Neonuts
For them, Afghanistan and Iraq will not suffice. They want to take out Syria and Iran, and speed full steam ahead towards World Wars III and IV. The Weekly Standard asks simply,...
Jul 20, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Brothers in Arms Brothers in Arms
There's been much chatter about President Bush's earthy open-mic discussion of the Middle East crises with Tony Blair. But it was the joint news conference at the G8 summit betwee...
Jul 19, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Don’t Forget the Bloodletting in Iraq Don’t Forget the Bloodletting in Iraq
With the Middle East on the cusp of war, President Bush's foreign policy for the area--remaking the region through invasion and occupation--is now effectively buried under the rub...
Jul 17, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Killing and Dying in the Nation’s Capital Killing and Dying in the Nation’s Capital
If I do well in school can I jump over jail?If I pray every night can I jump over this hell?Will the preacher say a special prayer?Will the social workers really care?It doesn't ...
Jul 14, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Politics of the Common Good A Politics of the Common Good
A movement is growing that aims to build a politics of decency and sanity, which speaks to the generosity of the American people. It's not going to be easy, but it's time to rock t...
Jul 12, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Maverick Media Mogul Takes on Mainstream Spinelessness A Maverick Media Mogul Takes on Mainstream Spinelessness
"I will tell you that there won't be any corporate considerations. No earnings per share issues, No worries about advertisers and what they might think." Okay, you probably think ...
Jul 11, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel