Oil and the Bush ‘Fear Factor’ Oil and the Bush ‘Fear Factor’
Last week, the price of oil futures reached $49.40 a barrel--the highest in 21 years of trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Oil prices are already up 50 percent this yea...
Aug 25, 2004 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Bush Air War The Bush Air War
As is appropriate and necessary, there's currently much attention being focused on the patently false GOP-supported swift boat ad. But, there's more to the nasty air wars ragin...
Aug 23, 2004 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
First Day of the RNC First Day of the RNC
When the curtain goes up on the Republicans' Big Show this Monday, there will be gospel and country music performers, elaborate videos and celebrities doing what they can to help...
Aug 23, 2004 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Dean’s Dozens Dean’s Dozens
If you're a recovering Deaniac who believes that Howard Dean's presidential run inspired legions of young people to get involved in politics, leveraged the internet's power to br...
Aug 18, 2004 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Protecting Every Vote Protecting Every Vote
With the stakes so high, this election may well bring a massive surge in voter registration. Sadly, the potential for widespread voter disenfranchisement due to incompetence, fra...
Aug 13, 2004 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
7,345 and Counting…Bush Books 7,345 and Counting…Bush Books
A friend in Oregon reports: "I made my biweekly visit to Powell's bookstore in Portland this morning and found more than a dozen new anti-Bush books. The woman at the check-out c...
Aug 10, 2004 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
George ‘Hoover’ Bush George ‘Hoover’ Bush
Here's a joke which was circulating among Wall Street traders last Friday: "Fewer jobs were created in the US in the entire month of July than the number of people who will be in...
Aug 9, 2004 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Of Hawks and Hacks Of Hawks and Hacks
In an icy blast from the past, Cold War Hawks (the original neo-conservatives) recently resurrected their decades-old group--the Committee on the Present Danger. Originally fo...
Aug 4, 2004 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Shameful Veto A Shameful Veto
Governor George Pataki's recent veto of the minimum wage bill passed by the New York State Senate was misguided and cruel. His decision sends a clear message: "New York State to ...
Aug 2, 2004 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Swing Fantasies Swing Fantasies
I sometimes fantasize about being reincarnated as a swing voter in Ohio. After all, the entire convention was designed to seduce about 11 voters in that great state. In Boston, ...
Jul 30, 2004 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel