Waterboarding’s Comeback Waterboarding’s Comeback
Did you read Walter Pincus's important article in Thursday's Washington Post? Pincus--whose extraordinary reporting has been a rare beacon of truth and accountability in these las...
Oct 6, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Teach the Children Well Teach the Children Well
Escalating violence in Iraq has resulted in the deaths of 24 US soldiers since Saturday, and the Pentagon just reported that IED attacks are taking place at an unprecedented rate....
Oct 5, 2006 / Peter Rothberg
The Costs of War (Continued) The Costs of War (Continued)
Last week, Congress authorized another $70 billion for Afghanistan and Iraq in 2007, with additional increases through 2009. According to the National Priorities Project (NPP), $...
Oct 4, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The House Republican Leadership Scandal The House Republican Leadership Scandal
The Mark Foley Scandal is over. The Florida Republican congressman who sent "Do I make you horny?" messages to teenage pages has resigned his seat and gone into rehab. He needed h...
Oct 3, 2006 / John Nichols
Failure to Protect Failure to Protect
Let's examine last week's five bombshells and look for the pattern: 1) According to Bob Woodward's new book, Condi Rice was warned two months before 9/11 of an impending al-Qaeda...
Oct 2, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Stop Big Media (Again!) Stop Big Media (Again!)
Once again, media industry lobbyists and their allies on the Federal Communication Commission are working to revise the rules on media ownership to allow a single corporation to o...
Oct 2, 2006 / Peter Rothberg
State of Denial State of Denial
Mark Foley's sexuality was never much of a secret to those who served with him in the House. The New York Times and every major newspaper in Florida had been writing articles on ...
Oct 1, 2006 / John Nichols
Doolittle for Democracy Doolittle for Democracy
On Capitol Hill Thursday, about 60 citizens wearing "Got Paper?" t-shirts attended a packed hearing on H.R. 550, a bill introduced by Representative Rush Holt with 218 bipartisan ...
Sep 30, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Rigging the News in Iraq (continued) Rigging the News in Iraq (continued)
You remember the Lincoln Group? The guys the Pentagon paid tens of millions of dollars to pay-off Iraqi media and plant stories favorable to the U.S.? The same guys The New York...
Sep 29, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Choice for South Dakota Choice for South Dakota
Over the next week, pro-choice activists across the United States will hold potluck fundraisers to fight South Dakota's draconian abortion bill. The legislation, HB-1215, was sign...
Sep 29, 2006 / Peter Rothberg