The Unresolved Marzani Case The Unresolved Marzani Case
The Carl Marzani case is an indication that the anti-communist hysteria has infected our judicial system.
May 15, 2009 / Feature / I.F. Stone
The Torture Photos The Torture Photos
President Obama seems to be struggling about whether or not to make public a series of photographs depicting Americans engaged in torture. The Presi...
May 14, 2009 / Melissa Harris-Perry
‘There is no deadline for talks, okay?’ ‘There is no deadline for talks, okay?’
Those who follow this space know that I've been harping on the idea of avoiding a deadline for talks with Iran. There's no question that Israel, its allies, and various hawkish g...
May 14, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
The Fabrications of Jay S. Bybee The Fabrications of Jay S. Bybee
The author of the infamous memo has been invited to testify before a Senate committee. This is the beginning of the unraveling.
May 14, 2009 / Feature / Martin Garbus
Obama and Congress Obama and Congress
Via Yglesias, Michael Scherer has a very good piece in Time about Obama's approach to congressional relations: Obama is emerging, on the other hand, as a President who convenes ...
May 14, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Inside the Obama-Notre Dame Debate Inside the Obama-Notre Dame Debate
Will Roman Catholicism be swept into the rising tide of religious fundamentalism?
May 14, 2009 / Feature / James Carroll
House Backs Obama’s Afghan Surge, Amid Calls for Exit Strategy House Backs Obama’s Afghan Surge, Amid Calls for Exit Strategy
"Sometimes great presidents make mistakes," declared Massachusetts Congressman Jim McGovern as he announced his intention to vote against $97 billion in "emergency&q...
May 14, 2009 / John Nichols
The Sacco and Vanzetti Cases The Sacco and Vanzetti Cases
Sacco and Vanzetti are being tried for highway robbery and murder, but the real charge is radicalism.
May 14, 2009 / Feature / Elizabeth Glendower Evans
Thoughts on the H-Bomb Thoughts on the H-Bomb
Now that the US has exploded its first hydrogen bomb, a negotiated peace with the Soviet Union is more important than ever.
May 14, 2009 / The Editors
Welch-McCarthy: Summing Up the Hearings Welch-McCarthy: Summing Up the Hearings
Before a nationally televised audience, attorney Joseph Welch utters the seven words that stick a pin in McCarthy's balloon: "Have you no sense of decency, sir?"
May 14, 2009 / Feature / H. H. Wilson