Subpoena Watch: Tenth Time’s a Charm Subpoena Watch: Tenth Time’s a Charm
Nine times the Senate Judiciary Committee asked the Bush Administration for the legal justification of its warrantless (and illegal) domestic spying program. Nine times. To no av...
Jul 18, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Scaife to Bush: Withdraw from Iraq Scaife to Bush: Withdraw from Iraq
The conservative movement has cracked apart. If any more evidencewas needed, check out Editor & Publisher's website for an articleabout Richard Mellon Scaife's newspaper and it...
Jul 17, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Dark Force The Dark Force
When John McCain was running his insurgent campaign against George W. Bush in 2000, he frequently compared himself to "Luke Skywalker trying to get out of the Death Star." But the...
Jul 17, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Clinton and Obama Call to End Tax Breaks for Hedge Funders Clinton and Obama Call to End Tax Breaks for Hedge Funders
Last Thursday, I pointed out that among the leading Presidential candidates only John Edwards had called for ending glaringly unfair tax breaks and loopholes for billionaire hedge...
Jul 16, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Small Measure of Sanity (Continued) A Small Measure of Sanity (Continued)
As Walter Pincus reported in the Washington Post last week, Senate Democrats plan to follow the House lead in "reducing funds" for the insidious Bush plan for a European-based mi...
Jul 13, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Which Side Are You On? Which Side Are You On?
In the last few weeks, the obscenely wealthy titans of private equity and hedge funds have assembled a huge lobbying machine to work the hallways of Congress and lobby its key com...
Jul 12, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Blame Canada Blame Canada
Blame Canada The increasingly isolated President is under siege from allsides. From the right, Republican senators are jumping off hisIraqi bandwagon faster than Leo DiCaprio on t...
Jul 11, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Texas’ Commuter-in-Chief Texas’ Commuter-in-Chief
When approached by lawyers representing mentally retarded inmates, Bush refused.
Jul 10, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Operation Understanding DC Operation Understanding DC
In early July Operation Understanding DC sent 31 African American and Jewish high school students from the DC area on a 25 day-long trip to learn about the great struggles--and th...
Jul 9, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Killing the Money Primary Killing the Money Primary
July 4th's Washington Post featured a front-page story about how campaign contributors heavily favored Democrats in the three-month period that ended last weekend, giving three do...
Jul 6, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel