Tony Kushner in America Tony Kushner in America
America is better for Tony Kushner. A self-described "God-believing Jew and a historical materialist socialist humanist agnostic," Kushner--a member of The Nation's editorial boa...
Dec 2, 2003 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
What Economic Recovery? What Economic Recovery?
Isn't it interesting that a few small percentage points here and there--third-quarter GDP showed an annual growth rate of 8.2 percent and monthly unemployment dropped from 6.1 pe...
Nov 26, 2003 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
GOP Scare Tactics GOP Scare Tactics
Want to see some thuggish Republican fear-mongering? Check out the GOP's first ad for the 2004 election, which starts running Sunday in Iowa. It accuses Democratic presidential c...
Nov 25, 2003 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Alabama on My Mind Alabama on My Mind
The weblog below was originally posted on November 2. We received some powerful responses, which convinced us to re-post the article, a look at why people frequently vote against...
Nov 22, 2003 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Reader’s Mailbag Reader’s Mailbag
I read with interest Katrina vanden Heuvel's weblog in which she laments the recent decision by Alabama voters to vote down a referendum that would shift taxes from the "folks" t...
Nov 22, 2003 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Postwar Post’s Nuclear Truths The Postwar Post’s Nuclear Truths
At the end of October, The Washington Post published a ground-breaking 3,200-word front-page story about Iraq's prewar nuclear weapons program. Post reporter Bart Gellman's repor...
Nov 20, 2003 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Americans in London Americans in London
Massive street protests--and the biggest security operation Britain has ever seen for a visiting head of state--will greet George W. Bush when he visits London tomorrow. Antiw...
Nov 17, 2003 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Democracy Aid ’04 Update Democracy Aid ’04 Update
I originally posted this item below on November 14 because I seeDemocracy Aid '04 as an exciting sign of international collaboration inthese days when the Bush Administration ha...
Nov 14, 2003 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Howard Dean: Transformative or Transgressive? Howard Dean: Transformative or Transgressive?
Last week, Governor Howard Dean was the front-runner everyone wanted to attack. And he gave his opponents some good reasons. After all, his statement that he wanted to be "the ...
Nov 11, 2003 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Bush vs. Bush Bush vs. Bush
We know there are rifts inside the Bush Administration, but what about the growing rift between Presidents 41 and 43? Even before the Iraq war, the schism between father and son ...
Nov 7, 2003 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel