Smart Letters/Mad George’s Revisionism Smart Letters/Mad George’s Revisionism
Have you noticed that many days, in newspapers nationwide, the letters to the editor are more enlightening and provocative than the op-eds or editorials they're sandwiched betwee...
Jul 21, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Coalition of the Rational The Coalition of the Rational
Here's a modest proposal. Let's start a Coalition of the Rational to take back our country from this radical rightwing Administration. After all, these are times when true conser...
Jul 16, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Presidential Lies Presidential Lies
In my debate with Dick Armey on Hardball last Thursday night, the former House majority leader and current MSNBC consultant was obsessed with presidential lies and impeachment--t...
Jul 13, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Stonewalling Time Stonewalling Time
Have you heard about the Restore Freedom of Information Act? Support it--If you care about our democracy. Since October 2001, when Attorney General John Ashcroft reversed longs...
Jul 12, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Terminator President The Terminator President
What's it come to when Arnold Schwarzenegger plays the role of commander-in-chief and the US President acts like the Terminator? On his fourth of July USO tour of Baghdad, Schwar...
Jul 7, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
America: Global Leader or Global Cop? America: Global Leader or Global Cop?
Earlier this month, The Nation and The Economist held a debate in New York City. Billed as "America's Role in the World: Protector or Predator," it was a wide-ranging discussion ...
Jun 25, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Double-Standards for Dissidents Double-Standards for Dissidents
President Bush's support for Iranian student protesters reminds me of something a Russian friend said to me many years ago, during the Soviet era: "You Americans are an odd peopl...
Jun 23, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Newt’s Smashmouth Foreign Policy Newt’s Smashmouth Foreign Policy
Deploying his smashmouth style of personal diplomacy, Newt Gingrich is again assailing the State Department as a "broken institution," for its failures in implementing President ...
Jun 20, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Where To Find WMDs Where To Find WMDs
Want to know where to find weapons of mass destruction? Last weekend, the New York Times buried an article on how authorities in Thailand had seized as much as sixty-six pounds ...
Jun 18, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
A General’s Farewell A General’s Farewell
Remember General Eric Shinseki, the Army Chief of Staff, who warned that occupying Iraq might require hundreds of thousands of soldiers for an extended period? He was immediately...
Jun 16, 2003 / Katrina vanden Heuvel