Outrage Over US Funding the Taliban Outrage Over US Funding the Taliban
Brave New Films founder Robert Greenwald praises Aram Roston's shocking new Nation piece on how the US funds the Taliban.
Nov 13, 2009 / The Ed Show
Palestine in Queens Palestine in Queens
Controversy is growing over a November 21st fundraiser at the New York Mets' new stadium Citi Field for the Brooklyn-based Israeli settlement group the Hebron Fund. Settlement sup...
Nov 13, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
More Deficit Idiocy: Politico Edition More Deficit Idiocy: Politico Edition
The discussion about deficits and debt in Washington is so colossally stupid and disingenuous that even engaging it makes me despair. But today's Politico so expertly packages toge...
Nov 13, 2009 / Chris Hayes
No, Sarah Palin Is Not the Next Ronald Reagan No, Sarah Palin Is Not the Next Ronald Reagan
Sarah Palin's Going Rogue: An American Life (HarperCollins) is being pitched by her publisher as "one ordinary citizen's extraordinary journey." That's about right. Palin is ord...
Nov 13, 2009 / John Nichols
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
When it comes to understanding the real economy and the struggles of ordinary Americans, Senator Bernie Sanders always seems to be ahead of the curve and fighting like hell for Con...
Nov 12, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
No Country for Yes Men No Country for Yes Men
Notorious political pranksters the Yes Men have made a career out of impersonating henchmen from major companies, including Exxon, Dow Chemical and McDonald's--and getting away wit...
Nov 12, 2009 / Feature / Shakthi Jothianandan
Obama’s Organizing Army Finally Targets Republicans Obama’s Organizing Army Finally Targets Republicans
In an unusually aggressive move, Organizing for America announced Wednesday that it is mobilizing its volunteer army to confront the 32 Republican legislators who voted against hea...
Nov 12, 2009 / Ari Melber
Carrie Prejean: An All-American Sore Loser Carrie Prejean: An All-American Sore Loser
Permit me to borrow one our president's most famous turns ofphrase--Carrie Prejean's story could "only happen in America." Most ofus who don't consume a daily die...
Nov 12, 2009 / Adam Howard
The All-Time King of Conflicts of Interest, continued The All-Time King of Conflicts of Interest, continued
I've got a new Think Again column, which involved quite a bit more work than usual, by the way, called "The Continuing Scandal of Howard Kurtz and The Washington Post," h...
Nov 12, 2009 / Eric Alterman
Obama Gets It: Tackling Unemployment is Job 1 Obama Gets It: Tackling Unemployment is Job 1
The No. 1 issue facing the country is unemployment. President Obama and Congress have been too slow to recognize that fact and to act upon it. But that seems to be changing -- n...
Nov 12, 2009 / John Nichols