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Tell Us The Truth! Tell Us The Truth!

"The truth is the truth. Not just the government's truth or the church's truth or the truth that won't upset the advertisers and stockholders but THE TRUTH and the TRUTH is that w...

Nov 16, 2003 / John Nichols

Democracy Aid ’04 Update Democracy Aid ’04 Update

I originally posted this item below on November 14 because I seeDemocracy Aid '04 as an exciting sign of international collaboration inthese days when the Bush Administration ha...

Nov 14, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Howard Dean: Transformative or Transgressive? Howard Dean: Transformative or Transgressive?

Last week, Governor Howard Dean was the front-runner everyone wanted to attack. And he gave his opponents some good reasons. After all, his statement that he wanted to be "the ...

Nov 11, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Bush vs. Bush Bush vs. Bush

We know there are rifts inside the Bush Administration, but what about the growing rift between Presidents 41 and 43? Even before the Iraq war, the schism between father and son ...

Nov 7, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Ronald Reagan’s Legacy Ronald Reagan’s Legacy

66 Things to Think About When We Watch The Reagans on Showtime. As anyone reading today's papers knows, CBS (I hereby rename it the Craven Broadcasting System) announced yest...

Nov 5, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Uncovered: The Truth About Iraq Uncovered: The Truth About Iraq

The recent founding of the Committee for the Republic is yet another sign of how even mainstream members of the conservative elite are waking up to George W's (mis)leading of th...

Nov 4, 2003 / Peter Rothberg

Sign the Lincoln Call Sign the Lincoln Call

I get fundraising solicitations all the time. At work. At home. In the mail. In my in-box. Over the phone. Sometimes over the fax. I even got a letter from Vice President Dick...

Nov 3, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Alabama On My Mind Alabama On My Mind

Why do people consistently vote against their self-interest? Consider Alabama, where low-income people, who hardly benefit from tax cuts that jeopardize government services, rece...

Nov 3, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Vote No to ‘Nonpartisan’ Elections Vote No to ‘Nonpartisan’ Elections

State Senator and Deputy Minority Leader Eric Schneiderman is a politician New York Republicans love to hate. As the New York Observer put it: "Mr. Schneiderman's scrappy refusa...

Oct 30, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Beyond the War on Terror Beyond the War on Terror

Virtually ignored amid boosterish reports of the $13 billion in pledges and grants for Iraq secured by the US at the Madrid conference were the consequences for other impoverishe...

Oct 29, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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