Tear Down the Wall Tear Down the Wall
Pandering of the highest sort was on display last Friday, as President Bush announced that his Administration will "target" Americans who visit Cuba in violation of US laws. I...
Oct 17, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Where Does He Stand? Where Does He Stand?
Every day brings more evidence that this Administration and its rightwing cronies want to unmake everything good about this country, from Head Start to habeas corpus. Their ...
Oct 15, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Bush’s Assaults on Women Bush’s Assaults on Women
While tales of Arnold's physical harassment of women should keep him out of the Governor's seat, George Bush's assaults against women nationwide--and around the world--should ens...
Oct 7, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
General Clark’s Song List General Clark’s Song List
General Wesley Clark's candidacy is still a work in progress. In his debut debate on September 25th, the Man from NATO said he needed more time to hammer out policies on healthca...
Oct 5, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Meeting the Dalai Lama Meeting the Dalai Lama
The Dalai Lama recently ended a twenty-day trip to the United States that at times resembled a rock tour more than the series of scientific, spiritual and political meetings whic...
Oct 4, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
We’re All Californians Now We’re All Californians Now
"Is California Crazy?" was how The Week magazine billed its political discussion yesterday. Journalists (and gossip columnists, politicos, NYC fixtures and one of California's 13...
Oct 2, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Op-Ed or Op-Ad? Op-Ed or Op-Ad?
Has the Washington Post op-ed page gone into the "Op-Ad" business? In early September, the paper published an op-ed piece by Mark Penn, a paid political adviser to Democratic Pre...
Sep 22, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Déjà Vu With Condoleezza Rice Déjà Vu With Condoleezza Rice
One good measure of this Administration's extremism is the steady drumbeat of criticism being leveled against it by leading establishment figures--many not known for being politi...
Sep 22, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
What’s He Smoking? What’s He Smoking?
Maybe it's a drug problem? Comedian D.L. Hughley may just be on to something. Take Hughley's recent exchange with neocon Bill Kristol, editor of Rupert Murdoch's Weekly Standard,...
Sep 21, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Material Mom Material Mom
"I want to do everything," Madonna said recently. I thought she was talking about positions. (I was a keen reader of her X-rated 1992 book of photography, Sex.) My twelve year ol...
Sep 19, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel