Green Rooms Green Rooms
I do a fair amount of TV. And though I never, ever, check my integrity at the door, I have to admit that there are some shows you wish you hadn't agreed to go on. I won't name na...
Feb 16, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Harry Whittington, Prison Reformer Harry Whittington, Prison Reformer
This afternoon, my friend Michael Mushlin--a longtime member of the invaluable Correctional Association of New York and a venerable professor at Pace Law School--sent me a worthy a...
Feb 15, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Shoot First, Blame Others Later Shoot First, Blame Others Later
Time and again, all we've asked of our government is simple honesty. In the war with Iraq, we wanted an honest assessment of the situation. According to the top CIA Middle East ana...
Feb 15, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
An Analysis of Sunday Talk Shows An Analysis of Sunday Talk Shows
In my post on Sunday, How The Mainstream Media Is Missing What's Mainstream, I referred to a forthcoming Media Matters report on skewing to the Right on our Sunday talk shows. The ...
Feb 14, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Staggering Recklessness Staggering Recklessness
In a larger sense, I think Dick Cheney's hunting accident is emblematic of the staggering, reckless incompetence that has been the hallmark of this administration. It is also emble...
Feb 14, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Why We Need an Independent War Profiteering Commission Why We Need an Independent War Profiteering Commission
On Sunday night, 60 Minutes aired an important story exposing Iraqi war profiteering that has stolen billions, crippled reconstruction and put the lives of troops at fatal risk. ...
Feb 14, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Air Force Flies Right Air Force Flies Right
It seemed like the Air Force knew it had a problem with religious intolerance. A "Team Jesus Christ" banner was hung by the head football coach in the team locker room. Cadets of...
Feb 13, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
How The Mainstream Media Is Missing What’s Mainstream How The Mainstream Media Is Missing What’s Mainstream
On Saturday night, Stephen Crockett, Co-host of Democratic Talk Radio, had an interesting blog about a "typical missed news story" and what it reveals about the "lib...
Feb 12, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Our Own ‘Downing Street Memo’? Our Own ‘Downing Street Memo’?
For those who had any doubts that the Bush Administration manipulatedintelligence to take us into a disastrous, unprovoked and unnecessarywar, Walter Pincus's &nbs...
Feb 10, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sweet Victories: Reader Roundup Sweet Victories: Reader Roundup
Co-written by Sam Graham-Felsen. This week, we present victories that have been submitted by ourreaders. We read every submission and we encourage readers to keepthem coming (sub...
Feb 10, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel