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Radical Simplicity for our Common Security

Chuck Collins, co-founder of United for a Fair Economy and a senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies, describes the difference between this financial crisis and those of the past. "The risk of this economic crisis is that people stay ...

From KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL, The Nation,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Bill Moyers

Affectionate Jousting with Michael Tomasky

I consider it what he called it in his subject line--an "affectionate joust." (Mike is an ace former Nation intern, a longtime friend, a brilliant writer and not-frequent-enough-in-my-view Nation contributor.) In his blog he takes on (some of) my ...

From KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL, The Nation,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  MSNBC,  Ed Schultz,  U.S. Congress,  U.S. Democratic Party

Good Riddance to the MSM?

On October 27 I was part of the "Intelligence Squared" debate series, squaring off with NPR's John Hockenberry, Politico's Jim VandeHei, and Vanity Fair columnist Michael Wolff about the future of media. My side of the debate - with fine debating ...

From KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL, The Nation,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: NPR,  Phil Bronstein,  John Hockenberry,  Vanity Fair,  New York Times Company

Around 'The Nation'

One year on since President Obama was elected and as our John Nichols notes, the fate of his presidency could come down to one word: Jobs. But for progressives, figuring out how to feel about the Obama presidency is daunting. Do we play the betrayal ...

From KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL, The Nation,  7 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  John Nichols,  Ana Marie Cox,  MSNBC,  Dan Rather

No Messiah, but a Good Swimmer

Enter the recipients' email addresses, separated by commas: Your email has been sent. Charles Dharapak / AP Photo Denouncing the Obama administration’s missteps or worse doesn’t get us far—it promotes exactly what the president’s adversaries seek: ...

From KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL, The Daily Beast,  2 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  George W. Bush,  John McCain,  U.S. Republican Party,  Sonia Sotomayor

Investigating the Mortgage Crisis

Here's hoping the Towns' investigation helps bring responses, finally, towards some of those crucial authentic answers. In a press release last week, Chairman Edolphus Towns of the House Committee for Oversight and Government Reform announced ...

From KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL, The Nation,  28 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Edolphus Towns,  Wells Fargo,  Bank of America,  J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.,  Citigroup

NoEscalation.org

President Obama will soon make what could be the defining decision of his presidency. The course he chooses in Afghanistan will tell us a lot about the kind of country we will become during his administration. We have already been fighting in ...

From KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL, The Nation,  23 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  NATO,  White House,  U.S. Congress

Public Pensions and Saving Souls

In recent years, I have written many times of the tremendous public investment deficit facing this country. Our infrastructure is old, and it isn't being replaced or maintained--we need a real commitment in order to grow a sustainable and green ...

From KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL, The Nation,  20 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Goldman Sachs,  U.S. Democratic Party

The House is on Fire

It is now clear: our economy is shrinking, unemployment and underemployment are on the rise at nearly 20 percent, and a tsunami of foreclosures continues unabated--what we have on our hands is nothing less than a national emergency. That's why it's so ...

From KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL, The Nation,  13 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Robert Reich,  Barack Obama

The Burden & The Nobel

The choice has always been, as a former chair of the Nobel Peace Prize judging committee explained in 2001, " a political act." This year it was also an ingenious leap of faith-- the endorsement of the hope and the promise represented by America's new ...

From KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL, The Nation,  11 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Barack Obama,  Henry Kissinger,  George W. Bush,  Al Gore,  Maureen Dowd

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