Puzzle No. 3191 Puzzle No. 3191
ACROSS
8 Said to be a dangerous thing, but is a small tilt right inside. (1,6,8)
Oct 28, 2009 / Frank W. Lewis
J Street, Obama, and Israel J Street, Obama, and Israel
I spent yesterday afternoon at the J Street conference, the meeting of the "pro-Israel, pro-peace" lobbying group that was founded last year. (A piece that I'd written on J Street ...
Oct 28, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Judge Real in Alex Sanchez Case Is Surreal Judge Real in Alex Sanchez Case Is Surreal
The evidence against Alex Sanchez is quite refutable, but that assumes a fair trial. And that's not possible in Judge Real's courtroom.
Oct 28, 2009 / Feature / Tom Hayden
Investigating the Mortgage Crisis Investigating the Mortgage Crisis
In a press release last week, Chairman Edolphus Towns of the House Committee for Oversight and Government Reform announced a major investigation "into whether mortgage compani...
Oct 28, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Centrist Democrats = Corporate Sellouts Centrist Democrats = Corporate Sellouts
Every time I hear about Joe Lieberman's latest apostasy, I think, Oy vey! There he goes again. More Joementum. Remind me why we still call this guy a Democrat? Sure, Lieberman cau...
Oct 28, 2009 / Ari Berman
Lieberman Twists the Knife Lieberman Twists the Knife
The Connecticut senator declared Tuesday that he would support a filibuster of any healthcare reform bill that has a public option--even the version with the "trigger" compromise a...
Oct 28, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer
A ‘Coal’ Building on Campus? A ‘Coal’ Building on Campus?
The Nation's sports editor Dave Zirin argues that corporate naming rights on college campuses are a bad idea.
Oct 28, 2009 / The Rachel Maddow Show
Warrior-Diplomat Asks of Afghan War: “Why and to What End?” Warrior-Diplomat Asks of Afghan War: “Why and to What End?”
About the U.S. occupation of Afghanistan -- not merely the proposal to surge more troops into the quagmire but the occupation itself -- he says: "I want people in Iowa, people in ...
Oct 28, 2009 / John Nichols
Assessing the Opt-Out – A Lessson from the Abortion Debate Assessing the Opt-Out – A Lessson from the Abortion Debate
So the public option isn't quite dead yet. Democrats – Harry Reid, no less – showed some spine. Progressive advocacy groups are ecstatic. Conservatives are aghast. B...
Oct 27, 2009 / Eyal Press
Here Come the Unions Here Come the Unions
View a slideshow of images from the showdown in Chicago here. On Tuesday morning, in Chicago, the unions came to town. It was the final day of the rolling protest dubbed The Show...
Oct 27, 2009 / Esther Kaplan