Sex and Reality Sex and Reality
A recent study commissioned by Congress concluded that abstinence-only programs are completely ineffective in preventing or delaying teenagers from having sexual intercourse. Nor ...
Jun 4, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Somalia Strike The Somalia Strike
Here's something that didn't come up at Sunday's Democratic debate: Under what authorization did President Bush order a military strike on Somalia this past Friday--essentially wi...
Jun 4, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
When the Prince of Darkness Visits When the Prince of Darkness Visits
"I want to know when the Prince of Darkness comes to visit Mr. Cheney," the wife of a colleague said in response to the Vice President's most recent power grab. The most secretiv...
Jun 1, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
One Memorial A Month One Memorial A Month
Here is a stark consequence of the human costs of the Iraq war. It was reported Thursday that because so many Fort Lewis soliders are being killed in Iraq, the Washington State arm...
Jun 1, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
John Edwards– Abolitionist John Edwards– Abolitionist
Last week, John Edwards visited the Council on Foreign Relations--the citadel of the foreign policy establishment--to deliver a speech laying out his national security policy. The...
May 30, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Killing Silent Spring Killing Silent Spring
Rachel Carson, author of Silent Spring and a seminal figure for the modern environmental movement, would have turned one hundred this past Sunday. "Carson's book altered the natur...
May 29, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Unshackling Our Imaginations Unshackling Our Imaginations
Imagination--the ability to dream-- is central to all successful political projects. But perhaps one of the worst legacies of these last years has been how TINA ("there is no alte...
May 29, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Going Slow Going Slow
Enough with talking about "going slow"--this weekend I'm walking the walk...If that means a taking three teenage girls--it's my daughter's 16th birthday--on a long weekend break! ...
May 25, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Ron Perelman–Duff, Barkin and Time to Find New Timelines Ron Perelman–Duff, Barkin and Time to Find New Timelines
Ron Perelman. A fixture in New York society. Gorgeous wives. Patricia Duff. Ellen Barkin. Didn't like any of them having a timeline to do their stuff--whether active political work...
May 25, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Deathbed Czars Deathbed Czars
As a group of self-posturing macho men not afraid of a little torture, the Republicans do seem to have a habit of trying to take advantage of people when they are literally on thei...
May 23, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel