Bush’s Assaults on Women–Updated Bush’s Assaults on Women–Updated
Since George W. Bush arrived in DC, he has been waging a not-so-quiet war against women and families, as I detailed in a recent weblog. Now, Bush has vowed to sign into law...
Oct 22, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
George W.’s Secret Birthday Message to Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. George W.’s Secret Birthday Message to Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
What with the Bush White House leaking like a sieve these days, it wasn't difficult to obtain a copy of George W.'s secret birthday message to the venerable historian and former ...
Oct 21, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Just ‘Frat-Boy Behavior’? Just ‘Frat-Boy Behavior’?
California's opportunist attorney general looks past the allegations against Schwarzenegger.
Oct 21, 2003 / Column / Robert Scheer
The Aiken Solution Lives! The Aiken Solution Lives!
The recent Senate roll call was a decisive rebuke to our warrior President and one that will be understood eventually as having pivotal meaning.
Oct 21, 2003 / Feature / William Greider
Refusing to Write the Blank Check Refusing to Write the Blank Check
In 1965, when President Lyndon Johnson sought a major supplemental appropriation to fund the rapidly expanding US presence in Vietnam, ten members of Congress said "no." The group...
Oct 18, 2003 / John Nichols
The MTA, Bus Depots and Race The MTA, Bus Depots and Race
Bus depots are one of many environmental culprits that contribute to health problems in poor communities of color.
Oct 17, 2003 / Feature / Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow
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
Man’s Best Friend Man’s Best Friend
As Stevie Smith once wrote, while impersonating God, "I will forgive you everything,/But what you have done to my Dogs/I will not forgive." About Dan Rhodes's novel Timoleon Vi...
Oct 16, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Caleb Crain
Being and Nothingness Being and Nothingness
John Coetzee's new book reads like a suicide note.
Oct 16, 2003 / Books & the Arts / John Banville