Martha Stewart’s Christmas Message Martha Stewart’s Christmas Message
Looking for some good news this holiday season? Check out Martha Stewart's Christmas 2004 message. The old Martha would have been instructing America's women how to wrap those pre...
Dec 27, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Republican Dictionary: Part 3 The Republican Dictionary: Part 3
This past November, I wrote about the right's semantic trickery and proposed an idea for how we could debunk and decode the conservative's Orwellian Code of encrypted language: A...
Dec 21, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
What do the CIA, the Pentagon and the UN Have in Common? What do the CIA, the Pentagon and the UN Have in Common?
What do the CIA, the Pentagon and the UN have in common? They share a prescient view of the world's greatest dangers and their unheralded agreement on key issues facing the planet...
Dec 21, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
All Hat, No Cattle All Hat, No Cattle
In a decision that was as unsurprising as it was shallow, Time magazine picked George W. Bush as its Person of the Year for the amazing feat of winning reelection as an incumbent ...
Dec 20, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Are You Better Off? Are You Better Off?
Is America better off now than it was a year ago? I'm sure everyone has a quick answer, but the Drum Major Institute's Year in Review provides you with the hard facts, evidence, ...
Dec 16, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Needed: Enlightened Business Leaders Needed: Enlightened Business Leaders
When I read last month that James Rowse--the chairman of Veryfine Products Inc., the juice bottling concern, Âhad died, I thought of how this man's life embodied a much more enli...
Dec 13, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
No Shortcut to Power No Shortcut to Power
Have you heard about the sweet victory of the week? The Working Families Party, and other allies in New York State's fight for economic justice, won a six-year campaign to raise t...
Dec 9, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Kids Are Alright The Kids Are Alright
Music for America (MfA) is Example A of why the future is for the young and MfA-type organizations who are inspired now more than ever to continue to effect positive change. Twent...
Dec 6, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Republican Dictionary: Part 2 Republican Dictionary: Part 2
Earlier this month, I wrote about the right's linguistic strategy, which is to use words, which may sound moderate to us but mean something completely different to its base. To ...
Dec 3, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Cabinet Alert Status: Red Cabinet Alert Status: Red
With Tom Ridge following Colin Powell out the White House revolving door, George Bush has finally completed his purge of Vietnam veterans from the Cabinet. Call it the revenge of ...
Dec 1, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel