Sweet Victory: Washington State Says No To Discrimination Sweet Victory: Washington State Says No To Discrimination
Co-written by Sam Graham-Felsen. Cal Anderson, Washington's first openly gay state congressman, spent each of his eight years in the legislature fighting for a gay rights bill wh...
Feb 4, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
“The Long War”? “The Long War”?
So, now, the Bush Administration has given an official name to the war on terrorism. "Long War." Who knows if this term will stick? Last August, Bush reached for his dict...
Feb 3, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Real Alternative State of the Union A Real Alternative State of the Union
The antidote to President Bush's vapid and unrealistic repetition of increasingly dangerous delusions about everything from the continued occupation of Iraq to warrantless wiretapp...
Feb 2, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Decoding the State of the Union Decoding the State of the Union
Never misunderestimate George W. Bush. Here's a President who's gutted the Treasury, eroded the environment, divided our society, ruined our reputation, frayed our military, unde...
Feb 1, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Nader v Gore At Sundance Nader v Gore At Sundance
Check out the spirited dispatch about the last days of the Sundance Film Festival in today's New York Times. I think our electoral system might take a lesson from how the Festival...
Jan 30, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Liberal Bloggers–Tim Kaine Isn’t the Problem Liberal Bloggers–Tim Kaine Isn’t the Problem
Why are so many liberal bloggers up in arms about Virginia Governor Timothy Kaine being picked to give the Democrat's reply to Bush's State of the Union? There's been fury in the ...
Jan 29, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sweet Victory: Campus Victory Roundup Sweet Victory: Campus Victory Roundup
Co-written by Sam Graham-Felsen. In the past few months, there's been a flurry of progressive activism on America'scollege campuses. The following victories reflect a mix of broa...
Jan 26, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Emperor Bush–As God, Mysterious and Omniscient Emperor Bush–As God, Mysterious and Omniscient
After a week in which Osama bin Laden offered truce terms and Bush decided that Iran is not such an evil axis that the UN can't peacefully curb its nuclear ambitions, I thought I'...
Jan 25, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Saving Our Democracy Saving Our Democracy
On a glorious Saturday in New York, a spirited crowd of close to eight hundred people gathered inside the cavernous, subterranean Great Hall at New York's Cooper Union to hear Rep...
Jan 23, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Talking to the Brooklyn Rail Talking to the Brooklyn Rail
I recently sat for an interview with Ted Hamm, the founder and editor of the Brooklyn Rail, a non-profit journal featuring "critical perspectives on arts, politics and culture." C...
Jan 22, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel