Finding a Way Out of Afghanistan Finding a Way Out of Afghanistan
A report to be released tomorrow by the Afghanistan Study Group has the potential to change the direction of the war.
Sep 7, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Bluer Rather Than Pinker Bluer Rather Than Pinker
How much does language tell us what to see, and hence what to think?
Sep 7, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko
For-Profit Colleges’ Latest Lesson to Students: How to Fight Stricter Regulation of Schools For-Profit Colleges’ Latest Lesson to Students: How to Fight Stricter Regulation of Schools
For-profit colleges have been enlisting students to write letters opposing proposed regulation that could limit federal student aid.
Sep 7, 2010 / StudentNation / Marian Wang, ProPublica
The Pentagon Triumphant on the Media Battlefield The Pentagon Triumphant on the Media Battlefield
The military's media megaphone and the U.S. global military presence.
Sep 7, 2010 / Tom Engelhardt
Obama Calculates Israel-Palestine Timing to Short-Circuit AIPAC Obama Calculates Israel-Palestine Timing to Short-Circuit AIPAC
Will Abbas declare Palestine an independent state if talks fail? And if so, how would Obama react?
Sep 7, 2010 / Bob Dreyfuss
Summer of our Sporting Discontent Summer of our Sporting Discontent
By any measure this country is in an ugly mood. Double-digit unemployment and a growing sense that the environment, economy, and empire are heading south, has Americans walking wit...
Sep 7, 2010 / Dave Zirin
How’s That Hopey-Faithy-Charity Stuff Workin’ Out for Beck? How’s That Hopey-Faithy-Charity Stuff Workin’ Out for Beck?
Beck and his people, goes the emerging consensus, are good, polite, and tolerant. And, oh yeah, they’re not political.
Sep 7, 2010 / Leslie Savan
Obama Should Borrow a Page From FDR This Labor Day Obama Should Borrow a Page From FDR This Labor Day
The president should scrap his cautious talk about compromise and bipartisanship. It's time to take a side.
Sep 6, 2010 / John Nichols
Right Response to Unemployment Is Smart Stimulus Spending Right Response to Unemployment Is Smart Stimulus Spending
With unemployment figures still high, Obama appears ready to do something about job creation. But local officials are going to need to make the case for a sufficient stimulus.
Sep 5, 2010 / John Nichols
Slacker Friday Slacker Friday
On the anniversary of Ted Kennedy's death, a return to New Orleans and the nature of male/female criticism of film and rock.
Sep 3, 2010 / Eric Alterman