Bachmann’s Blues Bachmann’s Blues
Ever since Minnesota Republican Congresswoman Michele Bachmann's poisonous comments on Hardball ten days ago, it has looked increasingly possible that her deep red district might ...
Oct 27, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
After Hardball After Hardball
Last Friday, one of the guests preceding my segment on MSNBC's Hardball was a then-little known Congresswoman from Minnesota named Michele Bachmann. She's not little known now. ...
Oct 23, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Bloomberg as Oligarch Bloomberg as Oligarch
The voters of New York City have twice voted by referendum to limit local elected officials to two four-year terms. But now Mayor Michael Bloomberg is attempting to circumvent th...
Oct 22, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Voter Registration Flashpoints Voter Registration Flashpoints
As we head into the final stretch of the election season, alarming reports of dysfunctional voter registration, purges of the rolls, and possible voter suppression are surfacing w...
Oct 20, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Last Debate –Hurrah! The Last Debate –Hurrah!
It's hard to believe that the last debate (hurrah!) in this long and winding and extraordinary election has just ended . The pundits were out of the gate--even before the two spo...
Oct 16, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Conscience, Sanity–Doonesbury Conscience, Sanity–Doonesbury
These past few Sunday mornings, when many people turn to the funnies in the Washington Post, Garry Trudeau has offered readers large doses of sanity and conscience in his invalua...
Oct 15, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Nation to New Yorkers: Vote Change Like You Mean It. Nation to New Yorkers: Vote Change Like You Mean It.
"In an otherwise desultory fall election, there is one lever New York voters can pull on Election Day that will make a real difference – that of the Working Families Party…"--...
Oct 13, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Woman Greenspan, Rubin & Summers Silenced The Woman Greenspan, Rubin & Summers Silenced
"Break the Glass" was the code-name high-level Treasury Department figures gave the $700 billion bailout; it was to be used only as a last- resort measure. Now millions have be...
Oct 10, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
VA Fails Vets on the Vote VA Fails Vets on the Vote
Last month I wroteabout important legislation designed to help veterans vote in theupcoming election, the Veteran Voting Support Act (S. 3308). Introducedby Senators Dianne Fein...
Oct 8, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Who’s Watching the Fox at Treasury? Who’s Watching the Fox at Treasury?
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is expected to name fellow GoldmanSachs alum, Neel Kashkari, to oversee the government's $700 billionSuperfund cleanup of Wall Street's toxic asse...
Oct 6, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel