A New Populist on the Block A New Populist on the Block
South Dakota has a proud populist tradition. In the late 19th-century, the state's farmers faced plummeting wheat prices and mounting piles of debt at the hands of large Eastern ...
Apr 8, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Imperial President Imperial President
In St. Louis to toss out the ceremonial first pitch in Monday's season-opening baseball game between the Cardinals and the Milwaukee Brewers, George w. Bush was steered by an aide...
Apr 7, 2004 / John Nichols
Bush-Free Zone Bush-Free Zone
I don't need to tell anyone reading this blog that this is an election year full of passion, activism and real historical importance. I've written in this space about the powerf...
Apr 6, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Lott Congratulates Vote Fraud Lott Congratulates Vote Fraud
I was in Moscow last month the day Vladimir Putin was reelected in whatever is the opposite of a cliffhanger of an election. His victory was as predictable as it was overwhelmin...
Apr 5, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Teresa Heinz Was Right Teresa Heinz Was Right
At a 1993 press conference, when Teresa Heinz-Kerry declined to run for her late husband's Pennsylvania Senate seat, she explained, "the best ideas for change unfortunately no lo...
Apr 2, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
‘Conservatives for Nader. Not a Large Group.’ ‘Conservatives for Nader. Not a Large Group.’
Ralph Nader continues to fantasize that his candidacy will succeed in peeling as many Republican and Independent votes away from Bush as progressive votes from Kerry. But, as com...
Apr 1, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Burden of Conscience The Burden of Conscience
Since the US invaded Iraq last year, hundreds of American soldiers have broken the law and abandoned their units on the battlefield. And, as Dan Frosch writes in Alternet, the G...
Mar 31, 2004 / Peter Rothberg
Frists of Fury Frists of Fury
Poor Bill Frist, he can't be proud of what he has become. He ran for the Senate with a simple mission: prevent health care reforms that might pose a threat to his family's $800-mi...
Mar 31, 2004 / John Nichols
Sean Hannity’s Sense of Humor Sean Hannity’s Sense of Humor
As the editor of a magazine with one of America's greatest humorists-- Calvin Trillin--I love a good joke. But there's a time and a place for humor. President Bush's joke about ...
Mar 31, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Children Soldiers The Children Soldiers
I recently received the letter below. It's so moving, powerful and illustrative of the situation of many young US soliders in Iraq that I thought it was worth sharing. I am grate...
Mar 30, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel