Dear Scooter, From Dick Dear Scooter, From Dick
October 28, 2005
MR. I. LEWIS LIBBY
c/o MR. JOSEPH A. TATE, ESQ.
DECHERT LLP
Dear Scooter,
Oct 28, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sweet Victory: United Methodist Church Calls For Withdrawal Sweet Victory: United Methodist Church Calls For Withdrawal
It's one thing when former high-ranking members of your own Administration come out against your war. It's another thing when two-thirds of the country calls the invasion and occu...
Oct 26, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
‘For God And Country’ ‘For God And Country’
Now that he's published a book about his Guantanamo ordeal, it's time to revisit the story of former Army chaplain James Yee. (I published a column about Yee in 2004 but much has ...
Oct 25, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Seeing Through the Smokescreen Seeing Through the Smokescreen
You may have missed it, but the first week of October was Lawsuit Abuse Awareness Week. Was this catchy concept created to raise awareness of people abused by negligence or malpra...
Oct 24, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Fitzgerald Must Broaden Investigation Fitzgerald Must Broaden Investigation
"The CIA leak issue is only the tip of the iceberg," Congressman Jerry Nadler told me when I ran into him on the street near our offices on Friday afternoon. He was quick to tell ...
Oct 22, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sweet Victory Update: Cleaning Up Cosmetics Sweet Victory Update: Cleaning Up Cosmetics
Months ago, we celebrated the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics' impressive drive to eliminate toxic ingredients from beauty products. Due to an FDA loophole, which exempts personal ca...
Oct 21, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Congress Rejects Raising Minium-Wage Congress Rejects Raising Minium-Wage
Today's edition of the New York Times devoted exactly one sentence (on page A18) to one of the most important news stories of the day. "No Rise in Minimum Wage," the headline read...
Oct 20, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Owensboro (and Elizabethtown), Kentucky Owensboro (and Elizabethtown), Kentucky
Maybe two people I met in Owensboro, Kentucky this past weekend knew who Judith Miller was. And on Sunday, when I left town, the local paper devoted far more space to listing the ...
Oct 17, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Innocent Voices Innocent Voices
When Oscar Torres saw a Venezuelan band perform the song "Casas de carton" ("cardboard houses") in 2001, he knew that he wanted to "write something about the song" that he remembe...
Oct 12, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
What’s The Matter With What’s The Matter With Kansas What’s The Matter With What’s The Matter With Kansas
I'm a Tom Frank fan. I think he's a wonderful and passionate writer. But, now a respected political scientist is arguing that the "Great Backlash" Frank chronicled in his last boo...
Oct 11, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel