Whose Genocide Counts? Whose Genocide Counts?
The House Foreign Affairs Committee bravely declares the 1915 slaughter of Armenians in Turkey genocide. Why not put the same label on themselves, for their role in the Iraq catast...
Oct 11, 2007 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Bonehead U Bonehead U
Forget about raising money for actual teaching or research. Institutions of higher learning would rather troll for money for their sports teams.
Oct 8, 2007 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
For Hillary, There’s No Such Thing as Dirty Money For Hillary, There’s No Such Thing as Dirty Money
Will her talent for raising campaign cash turn into a liability?
Oct 1, 2007 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
The Fix Is In From the Fed–Maybe The Fix Is In From the Fed–Maybe
What, exactly, is the interest-rate cut going to fix?
Sep 21, 2007 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Wanted: Unruly Activists Wanted: Unruly Activists
They're loud, lion-hearted, obnoxious and essential to democracy. And as an unjust war continues to create enormous suffering, we need people brave enough to practice extreme polit...
Sep 12, 2007 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
The Fed Won’t Help the Working Class The Fed Won’t Help the Working Class
By pumping more money into the economy to bail out hedge funds and subprime lenders, the Federal Reserve will only worsen inflation's bite into average Americans' paychecks.
Aug 31, 2007 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
The Money Surge The Money Surge
In an effort to bolster the surge and tamp down violence in Iraq, the US military is buying off insurgents. But what happens if they don't stay bought?
Aug 17, 2007 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Inflation’s Undertow Inflation’s Undertow
Stop the rejoicing about the rise in the minimum wage. Thanks to inflation, the prosperity of the working poor and the middle class is at real and rising risk.
Aug 3, 2007 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
The Bloatocrats The Bloatocrats
The New York Times turns a spotlight on the super-rich who veil their affluence in assertions of the good that they do. It makes Gordon Gekko's naked greed look good.
Jul 27, 2007 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Why Milk Costs More Than Gas Why Milk Costs More Than Gas
America's kids will get less calcium because of our unabated appetite for gas-guzzling cars--and the wrongheaded belief that ethanol is the answer.
Jul 16, 2007 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman