The Defection of Arlen Specter The Defection of Arlen Specter
Turnabout's fair play, isn't it?
May 6, 2009 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Going The Going
The cloth edge of certainty has shredded down to this: God and love are real, but very far away. If I go to Istanbul, will I return? That is not one of the permitted questions. When I go to Istanbul, how will I bear to return? I could slip into the small streets that lead away from the souk, then run east to the high plain and the Caucasus-- It's all alone, the returning, the going. The cloth, a soft holland whose blocks of blue and lemon once cheered me in a skirt, now dries dishes. God and love are very far away, farther even than the mountains in the east.
May 6, 2009 / Books & the Arts / April Bernard
Congressman Warns Obama White House on Abusing Power Congressman Warns Obama White House on Abusing Power
Congressman Jerrold Nadler is pushing for torture investigations by the legislative and executive branches of government -- a new, select congressional committee and a special pros...
May 6, 2009 / Ari Melber
Nick Burns Wants Iran Talks on Two-Month Fuse Nick Burns Wants Iran Talks on Two-Month Fuse
The following news item was written for TehranBureau.com. At a hearing today at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, chaired by Senator John Kerry, former top State Department...
May 6, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
How We Cover the Economy How We Cover the Economy
There's been plenty of coverage of the economic crisis over the last eight months. But are we missing the real story?
May 6, 2009 / GRITtv
Tea-Bag Mastermind Becomes Party Pooper Tea-Bag Mastermind Becomes Party Pooper
The Nation's Chris Hayes weighs in on the so-called tea party 'movement' and its colossal failure in the eyes of its creator.
May 6, 2009 / Countdown
Punctuating Obama’s Trilateral Af-Pak Meeting Punctuating Obama’s Trilateral Af-Pak Meeting
Against the backdrop of all-day meetings on Pakistan and Afghanistan, US air attacks have killed dozens more civilians in Afghanistan. Here's the schedule for today: 9:15 Hill...
May 6, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Cashing in on ‘Government Sachs’ Cashing in on ‘Government Sachs’
The chairman of the New York Federal Reserve Bank made millions off his secret purchase of Goldman Sachs stock. But where's the outrage?
May 6, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer