The Most Patriotic Act of All The Most Patriotic Act of All
The Nation has always marched to a different drummer, opposing US involvement in the Spanish-American War and World War I and the Vietnam War, while giving all-out support to the ...
Jul 3, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sweet Victory: True Patriots Sweet Victory: True Patriots
There are those who think of patriotism as synonymous with theunthinking jingoism and the love-it-or leave-it platitudes so oftenheard in right-wing talk radio circles. But of cour...
Jul 3, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Mercy Me Mercy Me
Clemency has not been a hallmark of George W. Bush's political career, as governor of Texas or President of the War on Terror. But apparently the prospect of Dick Cheney's former C...
Jul 3, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Pulitzer Prize Winner and Her Husband The Pulitzer Prize Winner and Her Husband
It was less than one year after winning a Pulitzer Prize that columnist Connie Schultz took a leave from her job with the Cleveland Plain Dealer. She wanted to campaign full-time...
Jul 2, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Bloomberg the Philanthropist Bloomberg the Philanthropist
Veteran journalist Roger Simon put it well: " Should [Mayor Bloomberg] spend a billion dollars on a quixotic campaign for President or [does he] spend the same billion dollars to ...
Jul 1, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Acting Locally Acting Locally
It's a frustrating time for those Americans who are fighting to end this war. There is gridlock in Washington. This White House continues to hang on to the argument that the US mu...
Jun 28, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Power of the Dark Side The Power of the Dark Side
Stop me if you've heard this one. Last week the Vice President's lawyer, David Addington, argued that the VP didn't have to catalogue his secret documents because his role as Presi...
Jun 28, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
High Stakes on Health High Stakes on Health
Campaign '08 is heading for a great debate: Will individualized plans or a broad public guarantee of coverage replace our broken corporate system?
Jun 27, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel and Robert L. Borosage
A Just Security A Just Security
It's been clear for some time that when it comes to approaches to security and foreign policy, the people are way aheadof the Inside-the-Beltway politicians and pundits in believi...
Jun 27, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Howard Kurtz–An Unreliable Source? Howard Kurtz–An Unreliable Source?
Here's a segment for next week's CNN show "Reliable Sources." Why is it that the mainstream media treats single-payer healthcare (Medicare for all) as a fringe idea --whe...
Jun 25, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel