Doing Time Doing Time
Republicans may want to reconsider their current efforts to curtail habeas corpus, since it looks like they are intent on taking over yet another branch of government, the federal...
Nov 29, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Dictionary of Republicanisms Dictionary of Republicanisms
Compassionate conservativism n. An expensively cultivated phrase created by a decades-old and well-funded Radical Right program of Orwellian doublespeak.
Nov 22, 2005 / Feature / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Plight of Public Universities The Plight of Public Universities
There's a crisis in this country in higher education--and the House GOP's reckless fiscal policies are making it worse. To pay for the rebuilding costs associated with Hurricane K...
Nov 21, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Cities to End the War Cities to End the War
As the Iraq war debate rages in the capital, and polls show growing public frustration with the war, keep an eye on the growing groundswell of opposition in cities across the coun...
Nov 21, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Ice Age Has Ended The Ice Age Has Ended
"The ice age has ended in Washington," writes Tom Hayden. In the last twenty four hours, the momentum in Congress has shifted. "It's a flawed policy wrapped in an illusion" is how...
Nov 18, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Cruising With Scheer Cruising With Scheer
On Thursday, the Los Angeles Times reported that, "In a major shakeup ofits editorial pages," it "...was discontinuing one of its most liberal columnists." Three days later that...
Nov 14, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Dictionary of Republicanisms Dictionary of Republicanisms
We did it! With the support of thenation.com's loyal readers, Nation Books has just published The Dictionary of Republicanisms--an attempt to call out and decode the right's well-...
Nov 11, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sweet Victory: Maine Voters Deny Discrimination Bill Sweet Victory: Maine Voters Deny Discrimination Bill
It was a Super Tuesday for Democrats. Gubernatorial candidates Jon Corzine (D-NJ) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) trounced their Republican counterparts, and California voters terminated all...
Nov 11, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Election ($$$) Hangover Election ($$$) Hangover
Last night was a grand defeat for George W. Bush--and the shrinking Terminator out in California. Let's celebrate Democrats winning governorships in New Jersey and Virginia--an es...
Nov 9, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Ethically Challenged Ethically Challenged
Five years into an Administration of sniggering mendacity, George Bush apparently feels his staff needs a mandatory refresher course on ethics--a response with the too-little too-...
Nov 8, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel