Bush’s iPod: Take Two Bush’s iPod: Take Two
After reading that New York Times article about the President's iPod, I couldn't resist putting together a Top Ten playlist for Dubya. So, in my Editor's Cut last week, I nominate...
Apr 19, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sweet Victory: Maryland Stands Up To Wal-Mart Sweet Victory: Maryland Stands Up To Wal-Mart
With the federal government content to let Wal-Mart run amok,it has been left up to the states to protect workers from the retailbehemoth's excesses. This past Saturday, April 9, ...
Apr 15, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
George Bush’s iPod Playlist George Bush’s iPod Playlist
Did you see the story the other day about George W's iPod? Seems he's had it since July, when his freewheeling twin daughters gave it to him as a birthday present. Dubya has some ...
Apr 13, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sweet Victory: Montana Acts Patriotic Sweet Victory: Montana Acts Patriotic
Last week, we highlighted state minimum wage increases in Vermont andNew Jersey. This week, once again, we salute states that refuse tomarch lock-step with the Bush Administration...
Apr 8, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Bush Targets Women’s Sports Bush Targets Women’s Sports
Coming right off of March Madness, the Bush Administration has launched its latest assault on Title IX, the law that ensures equal opportunities for men and women in schools that ...
Apr 8, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Playstations for Peace Playstations for Peace
These days, kids are multitasking like mad. Two weeks ago, the Washington Post described one high school junior talking on the phone, emailing, IM-ing, listening to Internet radio...
Apr 3, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Merchant of Baghdad The Merchant of Baghdad
Item 1: Proving that the Republicans have no problem ignoring Biblical strictures against usury, the Congress passed a bankruptcy bill that makes life far more profitable for cred...
Mar 30, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sweet Victory: Fairness at Georgetown Sweet Victory: Fairness at Georgetown
After more than a week without food, the twenty-plus members ofGeorgetown's Living Wage Coalition started to have theirdoubts. The students, who began a hunger strike on March 15...
Mar 26, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
States Support the Underdogs States Support the Underdogs
What a month for the Green Mountain State. on March 18th, the VermontCatamounts stunned heavily favored Syracuse for their first NCAAtournament win in the team's 100-year history....
Mar 25, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Cultural Barbarism Cultural Barbarism
The sterile term "collateral damage" justifiably brings to mind the human tragedy of war. But the devastating and wanton damage inflicted on the ancient city of Babylon by US-led ...
Mar 23, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel