Nader Does the CFR Nader Does the CFR
If only Candidate Nader were Citizen Nader. That's what I kept thinking as I listened Monday evening to his speech delivered in the citadel of America's establishment--the Counci...
May 27, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Help Stephanie Herseth Help Stephanie Herseth
When I wrote about South Dakota populist Stephanie Herseth in this space in April, the polls showed her well ahead of her rightwing rival in the race to finish out Bill Janklow'...
May 26, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Middle Class Scorecard A Middle Class Scorecard
The non-partisan Drum Major Institute has just released its first-ever scorecard of votes on legislation that significantly impact America's middle class. In "Middle Class 2003: ...
May 22, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Kerry’s Exit Strategy Kerry’s Exit Strategy
The facts on the ground are inescapable--the US occupation of Iraq must be ended. Over the last several weeks, many of the nation's pundits, policy-makers and military brass have...
May 19, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Dumbest Policy The Dumbest Policy
As if the military, political, and moral fallout from George Bush's regime change in Iraq isn't enough, the White House has now announced its intentions "to bring an end" to the ...
May 16, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Back to the Two Americas Back to the Two Americas
One day after the most recent monthly jobs report showed that 280,000 new jobs were created in April--welcome news, but, the Bush Administration's job record is still dismal and ...
May 13, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The New Disaster Flick The New Disaster Flick
On May 28th, Twentieth Century Fox will release a new disaster film. But The Day After Tomorrow is not your conventional fear flick. It's not about biological, nuclear or milita...
May 10, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
An Open Letter to George Bush An Open Letter to George Bush
Last week in this space I asked where were the former US diplomats speaking out against George Bush's dangerous foreign-policy as fifty-two of their British counterparts did rec...
May 5, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Torture at Abu Ghraib Torture at Abu Ghraib
The shocking photos of US soldiers torturing Iraqis detainees shown last Wednesday on CBS's Sixty Minutes II provoked immediate international outrage. Now, veteran American inves...
May 3, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Democracy is on the Ballot Democracy is on the Ballot
On May 1, 2003, George W. Bush donned a flight suit and landed in a jet on the Abraham Lincoln's flight deck off the coast of San Diego. There, in front of sailors and camera cr...
Apr 30, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel