Why Is Barry Bonds Such a Target?

By The Rachel Maddow Show

March 2, 2009

» More

He's surly and unapproachable but brilliant and the delay of the trial against Barry Bonds reveals the cracks in the case built by a Justice Department run rampant. The Nation's Dave Zirin points out the hypocrisy in singling out players for steroid use and why the case of one sports superstar has implications beyond the stadium.

--Gabriela Resto-Montero

Check out more great Nation videos on our YouTube channel.

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement

Blogs

» Editor's Cut

Filibuster Follies | "The filibuster has become a cancer growing inside the world's greatest deliberative body."
Katrina vanden Heuvel
45 Comments

» The Beat

Obama's "Finish the Job" Talk Sets Stage for Afghan Troop Surge | But Appropriations Committee chair Obey warns the move would "wipe out every initiative we have to rebuild our own economy."
John Nichols
113 Comments

» The Notion

Bad Black Mothers | For African American women, reproduction has never been an entirely private matter.
Melissa Harris-Lacewell
61 Comments

» Act Now!

Coal Country | Stunning film reveals new dimensions to the cost of America's over-reliance on coal.
Peter Rothberg
94 Comments

» The Dreyfuss Report

A Kingdom of Bicycles No Longer | China's ambassador for climate change speaks on the eve of the Copenhagen summit meeting.
Robert Dreyfuss
43 Comments

» Altercation

Slacker Friday | The "Second Amendment" sale; the raving paranoids of the right.
Eric Alterman