A Surge of Insanity A Surge of Insanity
Just one day after a majority of Iraqi lawmakers rejected the continuing occupation of their country, the Washington Post reports that the Pentagon will begin deploying 35,000 sol...
May 9, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
‘No Shame, No Blame’ ‘No Shame, No Blame’
In an elegant "Talk of the Town" piece on the subject of George Tenet's new book in the current issue of The New Yorker, George Packer levels a strong indictment against the Bush...
May 8, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
2007 Progressive Victories 2007 Progressive Victories
The Center for Policy Alternatives (CPA) new report – 2007 Progressive Victories in the States – shows that state legislatures aren't waiting around on Congress to address som...
May 8, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Our Dysfunctional Democracy Our Dysfunctional Democracy
Isn't it time that the US stop all the talk of democracypromotion abroad and start walking the walk here at home? As I suggested last November,let's bringdemocracy home. And whi...
May 7, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A (Small) Measure of Sanity A (Small) Measure of Sanity
Yesterday, the House Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee proposed cutting $764 million from the Pentagon's $8.9 billion request for missile defense programs in Fiscal yea...
May 4, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Why Is Oliver North Still Involved in the Middle East? Why Is Oliver North Still Involved in the Middle East?
I receive scores of letters each week--some via snail mail, some by e-mail. Here's one I thought worth sharing. I suspect there are many people who, like this US sailor (and for th...
May 4, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
America’s Mayor? America’s Mayor?
It's GOP Debate night and I'm dreading the idea of having to watch the Seven Dwarves (plus three) duke it out at the Reagan Library. I'm heading uptown in a taxi to an "Obama ...
May 4, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Yeltsin’s (Real) Legacy Yeltsin’s (Real) Legacy
Don't believe the glowing obituaries: Boris Yeltsin's legacy was to de-democratize Russia.
May 2, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Media, Impeachment & Kucinich The Media, Impeachment & Kucinich
Richard Cohen has a must-read column in today's Washington Post. It's a terrific antidote to Dana Milbank's recent column in the same paper which ridiculed Presidential candidate a...
May 2, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Whole Truth–and Nothing But The Whole Truth–and Nothing But
"It is time for the truth, the whole truth, versus misinformation and hype." Those were Jessica Lynch's words as she testified before Congress April 24-- along with the brother an...
May 2, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel