Kommissar Kristol Kommissar Kristol
William Kristol's April 7 editorial in The Weekly Standard denouncing critics of the war on Iraq as "anti-American" is startlingly reminiscent of the menacing directives issued ...
Apr 9, 2003 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Where’s the Leadership? Where’s the Leadership?
Read the New York Times' article (" Democratic Lawmakers Keep Their Heads Down While Letting the Generals Speak Out") for clues about what's wrong with the opposition party in th...
Apr 4, 2003 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Saving Brain Cells With Boondocks Saving Brain Cells With Boondocks
I love Aaron McGruder's strip The Boondocks. Last Sunday, as I watched the parade of talk shows and listened to the "sabbath gasbags," (props to Calvin Trillin for that delightfu...
Apr 4, 2003 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
George Bush–True Believer George Bush–True Believer
In 1951, American social philosopher Eric Hoffer published The True Believer, his first and most influential book. In it he portrayed political fanatics as people who embrace a ...
Apr 4, 2003 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Dispatch From Russia Dispatch From Russia
A few hours after the United States launched its first missile attack against Baghdad, I spoke to 400 students and faculty at Moscow's largest university of commerce and econom...
Mar 27, 2003 / Feature / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Powell Fails to Make Case Powell Fails to Make Case
The good soldier’s message at the UN is likely to carry enormous weight in shaping public opinion. But he did not make a compelling case.
Feb 6, 2003 / Editorial / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Progressive Blooms Progressive Blooms
As Molly Ivins put it in a recent column: "Across the length and breadth of this land of ours, from the mountain to the prairie, from every hill and dale comes the question, 'Wher...
Apr 18, 2002 / Editorial / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Endangering US Security Endangering US Security
Barely six months after Russian President Vladimir Putin became the Bush Administration's most valuable ally in the war against terrorism in Afghanistan, the promise of a historic...
Mar 28, 2002 / Editorial / Katrina vanden Heuvel and Stephen F. Cohen
What’s Left? A New Life for Progressivism What’s Left? A New Life for Progressivism
NEW YORK--In the aftermath of September 11, pundits were quick to proclaim the American left a victim of the war on terrorism, for two reasons.
Nov 27, 2001 / Editorial / Katrina vanden Heuvel and Joel Rogers
Letters Letters
IF I HAD A HAMMER... Bellevue, Wash. I agree with Katrina vanden Heuvel on the necessity of building a better infrastructure to combat the right-wing...
Aug 23, 2001 / Letters / Katrina vanden Heuvel, Victor Navasky, and Our Readers