No Profits for Profiteers No Profits for Profiteers
New York Times columnist Bob Herbert put it well: "War is a tragedy for some and a boon for others." (Spoils of War, April 10.) "The war against Iraq," Herbert writes, "has becom...
Apr 16, 2003 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Apologist for Looting Apologist for Looting
Listen to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld excusing the looting and turmoil which wracked Iraq over the last few days: "Free people are free to make mistakes and commit crimes...
Apr 15, 2003 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sy Hersh and the Wizard of Oz Sy Hersh and the Wizard of Oz
Sy Hersh has seen it all. So, it's worth paying attention to what the Pulitzer prize-winning journalist had to say when he received the Goldsmith Career Award for Excellence in J...
Apr 12, 2003 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Phantom Antihawk The Phantom Antihawk
The "phantom antihawk" is not a new video game or Ben Affleck blockbuster. It's a nickname for George Bush, America's 41st President and father of George W. And, according to El...
Apr 10, 2003 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
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 10, 2003 / Editorial / Katrina vanden Heuvel
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