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Domesticated Deities Domesticated Deities

Celebrity messiahs have come to redeem our country, not govern it (and don’t forget Marilyn and Elvis and Jackie O and Diana and Oprah and Brangelina and David Hasselhoff).

Dec 13, 2010 / Lewis Lapham

Katrina vanden Heuvel: Bernie Sanders is Right about Obama’s Tax Cut Deal Part 2 Katrina vanden Heuvel: Bernie Sanders is Right about Obama’s Tax Cut Deal Part 2

On The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann, Katrina vanden Heuvel commends Bernie Sanders for standing up for the marginalized voices in the tax debate.

Dec 13, 2010 / The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann

Quote of the Day: Karzai Quote of the Day: Karzai

When is a stooge not a stooge?

Dec 13, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss

Ten Years After ‘Bush v. Gore’, Five Unfinished Election Reforms

Ten Years After ‘Bush v. Gore’, Five Unfinished Election Reforms Ten Years After ‘Bush v. Gore’, Five Unfinished Election Reforms

The United States still has an unstable and unequal election system that is ripe for gaming by political insiders.

Dec 13, 2010 / John Nichols

Democrats Attack WikiLeaks or Remain Silent, but Republican Ron Paul Says: ‘State Secrecy Is Anathema to a Free Society’ Democrats Attack WikiLeaks or Remain Silent, but Republican Ron Paul Says: ‘State Secrecy Is Anathema to a Free Society’

Republican Congressman says: "We should view the Wikileaks controversy in the larger context of American foreign policy. Rather than worry about the disclosure of embarrassing...

Dec 11, 2010 / John Nichols

Quote of the Day: Dr. K.’s Holocaust Quote of the Day: Dr. K.’s Holocaust

The ultimate "realist" goes a bit too far.

Dec 11, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss

Update From the UK Student Protests: Police Beat Protesters Trapped in Parliament Square Kettle Update From the UK Student Protests: Police Beat Protesters Trapped in Parliament Square Kettle

The supposed heart of British democracy has become a searing wound of rage and retribution.

Dec 10, 2010 / StudentNation / Laurie Penny

Slacker Friday Slacker Friday

Readers respond to Obama's controversial tax cut compromise.

Dec 10, 2010 / Eric Alterman

Sanders ‘Filibusters’ Tax Deal for 8.5 Hours, Tells Senate: ‘We Can Come Up With a Better Proposal’

Sanders ‘Filibusters’ Tax Deal for 8.5 Hours, Tells Senate: ‘We Can Come Up With a Better Proposal’ Sanders ‘Filibusters’ Tax Deal for 8.5 Hours, Tells Senate: ‘We Can Come Up With a Better Proposal’

Vermont senator finishes remarkable protest by urging Americans to "stand up and say, 'that we can do better than this, that we don’t need to drive up the national ...

Dec 10, 2010 / John Nichols

This Week at TheNation.com: Continued WikiLeaks Coverage. Plus: Two Slideshows and an Award This Week at TheNation.com: Continued WikiLeaks Coverage. Plus: Two Slideshows and an Award

 Continued WikiLeaks Coverage. Plus, Scahill testifies before Congress.

Dec 10, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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