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Robert Kuttner

Robert Kuttner is co-founder and co-editor of The American Prospect, as well as a distinguished senior fellow of the think tank Demos. He was a longtime columnist for Business Week and continues to write columns in The Boston Globe. He is the author of Obama's Challenge and other books.

Recent Articles

University for Rent

Robert KuttnerNov 05, 2001

Harvard University has a famous tradition known locally as "every tub on its
own bottom." Translated, that means that each faculty or school of the university
is responsible for raising most of its own research money, and finders are
keepers.

The Harvard name, of course, is ample bait to attract all sorts of funders,
savory and otherwise. But just how low will Harvard go to get a grant?

After The War: The Big Questions

Robert KuttnerOct 29, 2001

In a year or two, and for decades afterward, historians will feel entirely free to
second-guess what went so wrong both before and after Sept. 11.

Why did US intelligence fail? How could we have so foolishly put our oil connection with the Saudis
above our national safety? Did we respond adequately to the economic effects of the crisis? Did the
bombing of Afghanistan cause fragile allied governments to unravel? In our efforts to enhance security,
did we sacrifice too many civil liberties or too few?

A Self-Sufficient Energy Policy?

Robert KuttnerOct 15, 2001

Although gasoline prices are down slightly for the moment, this war against terrorism
imperils America's long-term access to cheap oil. And if the Mideast conflict refocuses us on
energy self-sufficiency, that would be a constructive byproduct.

Creating a Secure -- But Free -- US

Robert KuttnerOct 10, 2001

For 20 years, the party now in power has been crusading for smaller government. But that
was then. Since Sept. 11, we've gotten a rude awakening that everything from our personal and
national security to the rebuilding of a stunned economy depends on an effective government.
We also got a look at public workers in action - New York's police, fire, and EMT heroes - not a lazy
bureaucrat among them.

Shame On Journalists for Forgetting Orwell

Robert KuttnerAug 29, 2001

In his timeless essay ''Politics and the English Language,'' George Orwell explored how
manipulation of words can change how people think. Orwell noted Stalin's use of the word
''liquidation'' as a delicate synonym for execution of political enemies among several other
examples.

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