Arianna Huffington
Arianna Huffington
Tuna on White-Hold the Mercury
To the list of Campaign 2004’s make-or-break issues—Iraq, homeland security, lost jobs, tax cuts—we can now add tuna fish sandwiches. I’m not kidding. I was recently at a dinner filled with smart, passionate, politically active guests. When the talk inevitably … Read More
Arianna Huffington
WMDs and the Psychology of Fanaticism
By all accounts, the behind-the-scenes battle within the Bush administration over just what information should be used, or spun, or hidden, to make the case that Saddam Hussein posed an imminent threat to America and the rest of the world … Read More
Arianna Huffington
The Bottom Line on Iraq
Boys, boys, you’re all right. Sure, it’s Daddy, oil and imperialism, not to mention a messianic sense of righteous purpose, a deep-seated contempt for the peace movement and, to be fair, the irrefutable fact that the world would be a … Read More
Arianna Huffington
Got Oil?
The Bush team’s ridiculous and wildly inflammatory anti-drug ads are still running in heavy rotation. You know the ads I’m talking about–the ones where innocent-looking, middle-class teens admit their culpability for the consequences of the drug trade. “I helped blow … Read More
Arianna Huffington
A Crack House Divided
I feel nothing but sympathy and concern for Noelle Bush. Her latest stumble on the rocky road to recovery–being caught with crack cocaine at a drug rehab center–shows that she is in desperate need of help. As a parent, I … Read More
Guest Columnist
Let Them Eat Chads
Whoever the next president turns out to be, the critical issues he’ll face over the next four years will make this year’s “issues” seem smaller than a hanging chad. And, without a doubt, one of those issues will be the … Read More