Responsive Chords Responsive Chords
The pioneering genius of political advertising, Tony Schwartz, used to preach that the most effective ads don't seek to convey information but to reach into the target audiences'...
Jun 2, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
An Image of America An Image of America
A close friend writes: "Here is something I ran across in the new Collected Poems of Robert Lowell (sorry, I know poetry isn't your thing). It's in a note to The Quaker Graveyard...
Jun 2, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
What Are They Reading? What Are They Reading?
"If Bush gets re-elected, I'm moving to Canada!" Most of us who've vowed this, at one time or another, won't actually make good on our word.
Jun 2, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Kate Levin
It’s Not a War on Terror It’s Not a War on Terror
It's time to stop calling the post 9/11 struggle against terrorism a "war." Iraq is a (disastrous) war; Afghanistan was a brief one. But the struggle against stateless terrorists...
Jun 2, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Herseth Win Matters (A Lot) Herseth Win Matters (A Lot)
Champions of losing parties and their pundit pals are always quick to claim that special elections for open US House seats don't matter. That's what Republican operatives and cons...
Jun 2, 2004 / John Nichols
Electorate Is Wising Up to the Iraq Blunder Electorate Is Wising Up to the Iraq Blunder
So, you really can't fool all the people all the time. George W.
Jun 1, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
Pinochet and Us Pinochet and Us
The former dictator is back where he belongs.
Jun 1, 2004 / Feature / Marc Cooper
Talking About Slow Food Talking About Slow Food
Click here for info on The Slow Food Guide to New York City.
Jun 1, 2004 / Feature / Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow
Clean Elections Work Clean Elections Work
Arizona's pioneering system of full public financing of political candidates, called the Clean Elections Act, is under fierce attack by wealthy special interests with deep pocket...
Jun 1, 2004 / Peter Rothberg
Our Camera in NY’s Prisons Our Camera in NY’s Prisons
You need look no further than the prisoner abuse in Iraq to understand the importance of the work of the Correctional Association of New York. For almost 160 years, since a law ...
May 30, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel