The Republican Dictionary, IV The Republican Dictionary, IV
In Bush's State of the Union address, he mentioned personal accounts seven times but private accounts zero times, which is interesting because only a few months ago he was using b...
Feb 8, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Bush’s Budget and “Wounded Travelers” Bush’s Budget and “Wounded Travelers”
The federal budget is not just an accounting tool--it's a statement about our nation's values and priorities. This week, Bush released a budget that Representative Jan Schakowsky ...
Feb 8, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Single Women Against Bush Single Women Against Bush
A new report recently highlighted in Ruy Teixeira's valuable Public Opinion Watch shows that one of the bright spots for the Democrats in the 2004 election was their performance a...
Feb 6, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Deeds, Not Words Deeds, Not Words
In his State of the Union address tomorrow night, we can expect Bush to riff on a familiar theme: the onward march of "freedom." When it comes to this President though, watch the ...
Feb 1, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Dean Does NYC Dean Does NYC
Howard Dean was in NYC this weekend for the last of the candidate forums for DNC chair before the party's final meeting from February 10 to 12th. On Saturday he spoke to New York'...
Jan 30, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Clean Elections in Maine Clean Elections in Maine
Thanks to Michael Sylvester, the executive director of Common Cause in Maine, for his letter clarifying some key features of his state's revoutionary Clean Elections Act. I'm ple...
Jan 29, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Power of Nightmares The Power of Nightmares
Last week, the BBC re-broadcast a provocative documentary series which challenges the idea that Al Qaeda is the center of a uniquely powerful, unified and well-organized internati...
Jan 26, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Knowing When to Quit Knowing When to Quit
As we remember Johnny Carson's many gifts, perhaps his greatest was his ability to know when it was time to voluntarily step out of the spotlight and never look back. A talent tha...
Jan 25, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Babushkas vs. Putin Babushkas vs. Putin
In February 1917 bread riots, led by women, many of them elderly, broke out in the center of St. Petersburg.
Jan 20, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Taking It to the States Taking It to the States
As Bush begins his second term today, progressives must fight hard in DC against the dismantling and rollback of the twentieth century's hard-earned rights and liberties. But wit...
Jan 20, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel