Bombing Quetta? Bombing Quetta?
If Afghanistan is Vietnam, and the Taliban is the Viet Cong, then, according to the analogy, Pakistan is North Vietnam. The really odd thing about that extended analogy is that, i...
Dec 14, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Missing the forest for the trees. Missing the forest for the trees.
Every cloud has a silver lining -- except in Copenhagen.
Dec 14, 2009 / Robert S. Eshelman
Tiger Falls from Grace Tiger Falls from Grace
The teachable moment of the Tiger Woods circus: if you front for the worst of the worst, don't expect anyone to have your back.
Dec 14, 2009 / Column / Dave Zirin
The Sham Elections in Honduras The Sham Elections in Honduras
The Honduran elections were far from free, fair or peaceful, and the country now faces a deeper political crisis than before voters went to the polls.
Dec 14, 2009 / Feature / Laura Carlsen
Tiger Woods Takes Five (Or More) Tiger Woods Takes Five (Or More)
Woods's indefinite departure from golf is changing the sports landscape of the coming year, both for sports editors and for the golf industry.
Dec 14, 2009 / Countdown
I’m Dreaming of a Black Christmas I’m Dreaming of a Black Christmas
On Sunday night I indulged two of my favorite obsessions, the Christmas holidays and sentimental Americana, by watching Oprah Winfrey's special "Christmas at the White House...
Dec 14, 2009 / Melissa Harris-Perry
Memo to Danes: Even You Cannot Control This Summit Memo to Danes: Even You Cannot Control This Summit
The Danes have invested a huge amount of money co-branding their capitol city with a summit that will supposedly save the world. That would be fine if this summit actually were on ...
Dec 13, 2009 / Naomi Klein
Bob Dylan’s Christmas Album: Is this a Joke? Bob Dylan’s Christmas Album: Is this a Joke?
Fans have been puzzled and troubled by Bob Dylan's new Christmas album. To help figure out what Dylan is doing, we turned to Sean Wilentz -- he's the official historian at the offi...
Dec 13, 2009 / Jon Wiener
RECAP: The first week of COP15. RECAP: The first week of COP15.
A look back at the first week at COP15 and a foreshadowing of what might lie ahead.
Dec 13, 2009 / Robert S. Eshelman
Financial ‘Reform’ Preserves Too Big Banks, Too Much Speculation Financial ‘Reform’ Preserves Too Big Banks, Too Much Speculation
The U.S. House has voted for legislation that is described as "financial services reform." But most of the "reforms" are so mild that the savviest of the nation's big bankers wil...
Dec 13, 2009 / John Nichols