America’s New Anti-Imperialists America’s New Anti-Imperialists
In 1898, the Anti-Imperialist League was established to oppose America's territorial expansion, especially the "liberation" of the Philippines from Spain. Long before a Presiden...
Sep 3, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Bush’s Southern Problem Bush’s Southern Problem
"Any Democratic candidate will be destroyed in the South," gloated Chris Caldwell in a recent issue of the Weekly Standard. Caldwell should head to Greenville, South Carolina, on...
Aug 26, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Bush Endangers New Yorkers Bush Endangers New Yorkers
The Bush White House persistently manipulates scientific data to advance its ideology and the interests of its political supporters. That was the conclusion of a forty-page repor...
Aug 25, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sally Baron RIP Sally Baron RIP
The passionate desire for democratic regime change in 2004 extends even into the grave. Hardworking Sally Baron of Stoughton, Wisconsin--who raised six children and cared for her...
Aug 25, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Postwar? Or Guerrilla War? Postwar? Or Guerrilla War?
On August 18th, one day before the horrifying bombing of the United Nations headquarters in Baghdad, President Bush revised his earlier characterization of the fighting in Iraq. ...
Aug 21, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
For Halliburton, Iraq Is a Cash Cow For Halliburton, Iraq Is a Cash Cow
War is a tragedy for some and a boon for others. As American soldiers continue to die in Iraq, and the length of the war and its costs escalate, Halliburton, the company headed b...
Aug 20, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
August Wakeup Calls August Wakeup Calls
How skewed are this Administration's priorities? Consider the insanity of throwing away billions of dollars on hightech military boondoggles like Star Wars that don't work. Or d...
Aug 19, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Slim Shady vs. Dubya Slim Shady vs. Dubya
It sounds like a Texas wrestling match: Slim vs Dubya. But in a recent poll that asked about truthfulness, rapper Eminem scored higher than President Bush. According to a global ...
Aug 18, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A Form of Looting A Form of Looting
George Akerlof is becoming a household name. Well, sort of. The 2001 Nobel Prize Laureate for Economics, who teaches at Berkeley, was recently cited by Al Gore in his rousing spe...
Aug 17, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Shrill and Unstable Fox Shrill and Unstable Fox
Even in this summer of political circuses (think California recall), Fox News Network's lawsuit against comedian and author Al Franken may win the silly season award. Lawy...
Aug 13, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel