Right-Wing Ponders Overthrow of Obama Right-Wing Ponders Overthrow of Obama
The Nation's Christopher Hayes weighs in on of the recent "treasonous rhetoric from the right" and the danger that it could lead to real violence.
Oct 1, 2009 / Countdown
Roman Polanski Has a Lot of Friends Roman Polanski Has a Lot of Friends
If a rapist escapes justice for long enough, should the world hand him aget-out-of-jail-free card? If you're Roman Polanski, world-famousdirector, a lot of famous and gifted peop...
Oct 1, 2009 / Katha Pollitt
Congressman Grayson Has Just Begun to Fight Congressman Grayson Has Just Begun to Fight
Washington Republicans are horrified, horrified, horrified by the bluntness of Florida Democratic Congressman Alan Grayson. The tough kid from the Bronx (and Harvard Law School) ...
Oct 1, 2009 / John Nichols
Suspended Sentences Suspended Sentences
Eliot Weinberger's enigmatic essays save him from becoming a prisoner of his polemical style.
Sep 30, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Scott Saul
The First Counter-revolutionary The First Counter-revolutionary
Thomas Hobbes sensed the revolutionary impulses of early modern Europe and transformed them into a defense of the most hidebound form of rule.
Sep 30, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Corey Robin
Wade Rathke Speaks Out Wade Rathke Speaks Out
Just a few weeks ago, a book talk by ACORN founder Wade Rathke wouldn't have drawn much press attention, but the organization's recent notoriety as a conservative boogeyman has thr...
Sep 30, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Noted. Noted.
Activism against Afghanistan escalation, the death of Texas liberal Don Yarborough, a bailout for students
Sep 30, 2009 / The Editors
Chávez Talks to ‘The Nation’ Chávez Talks to ‘The Nation’
Hugo Chávez on Barack Obama, the Honduran crisis, and domestic successes and challenges.
Sep 30, 2009 / The Editors
Rethinking Government Rethinking Government
Effective government is the precondition of freedom. And Obama needs to tell us that.
Sep 30, 2009 / Drew Westen