Getting the Word Out Getting the Word Out
And now for some good news this Labor Day. Not about a sudden turnaround in jobs, wages, health insurance, family incomes, poverty, or inequality, all of which continue their dism...
Sep 6, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Zig Zag Zell Wigs Out Zig Zag Zell Wigs Out
Former Congressman Ben Jones had it right when he said last month, "I think that the devil has got into Zell Miller, and he needs an exorcist." Zell "Zig Zag" Miller's vicious k...
Sep 2, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Zig Zag Zell Zig Zag Zell
Zell Miller has hypocrite stamped all over his forehead. It's hard to imagine anyone more Janus-faced than the Democratic Senator from Georgia. In 1992, Miller nominated Bill Cli...
Sep 1, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Rubble The Rubble
As speaker after speaker Monday night invoked the iconic image of President Bush standing amidst the rubble of Ground Zero in the days after 9/11, I had a different image--of the...
Aug 31, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
RNC Has Extreme Makeover RNC Has Extreme Makeover
Remember the incessant media punditry during the Democratic National Convention--particularly pervasive on Fox and CNN--which echoed GOP claims that what viewers were seeing wasn...
Aug 30, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Bush’s Flip-Flop Bush’s Flip-Flop
Now that the damage has been done to Kerry's campaign by the Swift Boat Veterans, Bush is trying to play the good guy. After the demonstrably false charges against Kerry has made...
Aug 30, 2004 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / Katrina vanden Heuvel