Make Costas King Make Costas King
Maybe we need sportscasters to ask informed, incisive questions of our pundits and politicians? It certainly was refreshing to watch Bob Costas sub for Larry King the night of Bus...
Jul 6, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Costas for King–Transcript Costas for King–Transcript
CNN LARRY KING LIVE Reactions to President Bush's SpeechAired June 28, 2005 - 21:00 ET THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITSFINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
Jul 6, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Toward a More Perfect Union Toward a More Perfect Union
On this July 4th, when it comes to challenges facing America, the Bush Administration demonstrates that the conservative agenda is, to borrow a phrase, part of the problem, not th...
Jul 3, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sweet Victory: People Over Profits in Brazil Sweet Victory: People Over Profits in Brazil
Each day, while pharmaceutical companies prosper, 8,500 people in the global South die of AIDS. Thanks to strict intellectual property laws that keep drug prices sky-high, only 7 ...
Jul 1, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Rove on the Couch Rove on the Couch
As you all have heard, Karl Rove said liberals wanted to offer the terrorists therapy after 9/11. I know a lot of liberals. None of them were talking about counseling Osama bin La...
Jun 28, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sweet Victory: Vilsack Restores Voting Rights Sweet Victory: Vilsack Restores Voting Rights
This August marks the fortieth anniversary of the passage of the Voting Rights Act. Upon sending the bill to Congress, Lyndon Johnson stated, "But even if we pass this bill, the ...
Jun 24, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Recruiters Sink to New Lows Recruiters Sink to New Lows
During the Vietnam War, protesters burned draft cards, rallied on campuses and marched on Robert McNamara's Pentagon. Today, with the war in Iraq raging on and on, parents, teache...
Jun 21, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Beginning of the End? The Beginning of the End?
"We see this as the beginning of the end," said Tom Andrews, a former Democratic representative from Maine who is executive director of the antiwar group Win Without War. "It's th...
Jun 19, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Blogging Iran Blogging Iran
Today, voters in Iran cast ballots for a new President--choosing from a field of eight candidates that includes hardline clerics and reformers. The campaign has underscored how dr...
Jun 17, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
From Freedom Fries to… From Freedom Fries to…
Congressman Walter Jones is a Republican from North Carolina, he voted for the war in Iraq, and he coined the term Freedom Fries. So he's obviously no peacenik, but he is the firs...
Jun 16, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel