Talking with the Taliban, Part II Talking with the Taliban, Part II
Vice President Biden, at NATO, had an interchange with reporters on the issue of talking to the Taliban. In it, he suggested -- citing Richard Holbrooke, the U.S. special envoy --...
Mar 10, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Roger Cohen Lights It Up at The Times Roger Cohen Lights It Up at The Times
As we know from Ryan Lizza's profile of Rahm Emanuel in The New Yorker, the Obama White House has been reading New York Times columnist Paul Krugman closely in recent weeks. One c...
Mar 10, 2009 / Eyal Press
Lakhdar Brahimi: Afghanistan’s Future Lakhdar Brahimi: Afghanistan’s Future
In an interview with The Nation, a veteran UN envoy assesses the Obama administration's evolving policies on Afghanistan and the role President Hamid Karzai might play.
Mar 9, 2009 / Feature / Barbara Crossette
Barack Becomes ‘The Rock Obama’ Barack Becomes ‘The Rock Obama’
Ba 'Rock' Obama (played by Dwayne Johnson) regulates out-of-line Senate Republicans in this sketch out of Rahm Emanuel's daydream
Mar 9, 2009 / Saturday Night Live
Rush Limbaugh’s Michael Steele Trap Rush Limbaugh’s Michael Steele Trap
Steele, with some electroshock guidance from Limbaugh, gives an interview on the GOP's new strategy.
Mar 9, 2009 / Saturday Night Live
Be Utopian: Demand the Realistic Be Utopian: Demand the Realistic
Neoliberal capitalism is dead. But socialism isn't ready to take its place.
Mar 9, 2009 / Feature / Robert Pollin
National Day of Appreciation for Abortion Providers National Day of Appreciation for Abortion Providers
March 10th is National Day of Appreciation for Abortion Providers, and man oh man could they use some love. Obama's victory may protect Roe v Wade in the Supreme Court, but st...
Mar 9, 2009 / Katha Pollitt
Talking to the Taliban Talking to the Taliban
Way back in September, 2001, in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, there were few cool heads in the United States, a country bent on bloodthirsty revenge and intent on launching a W...
Mar 9, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Push Back Regressive Drug Laws Push Back Regressive Drug Laws
In her latest post, my boss Katrina vanden Heuvel highlights efforts to have New York State's draconian Rockefeller drug laws taken off the books. Tomorrow, March 10, thousands of...
Mar 9, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
This Week On The Hill This Week On The Hill
Greg Kaufmann's got the preview: This Week on the Hill It's like the movie Groundhog Day -- only with Harry Reid trying to woo Republicans so he can finally get cloture -- as th...
Mar 9, 2009 / Chris Hayes