Rethink Afghanistan: More Troops? Rethink Afghanistan: More Troops?
A variety of Afghanis, journalists and academics weigh in on President Obama's decision to increase the troop deployment in the embattled country.
Feb 27, 2009 / Brave New Films
Colbert Challenges Steele to Rap-Off Colbert Challenges Steele to Rap-Off
Nas's favorite faux newscaster offers to help the new Republican National Committee chairman take the GOP's message to the streets (and cul de sacs).
Feb 27, 2009 / The Colbert Report
The Week In Review The Week In Review
This was a very busy week on Capitol Hill. Greg Kaufmann provides the highlights: Obama's Big Week: Monday was the President's "fiscal responsibility summit." Tuesday was his big...
Feb 27, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Slacker Friday Slacker Friday
We've got a new "Think Again" column here called, "Thank God for Gitmo." I've also got a new Nation column called "War is Over (If You Want It) here. Name: Charles PierceHometow...
Feb 27, 2009 / Eric Alterman
Obama’s Iraq Plan Ain’t It Obama’s Iraq Plan Ain’t It
It's hard not to take a glass-half-empty attitude toward President Obama's Iraq speech today -- especially when John McCain is praising his policy and prominent Democrats are crit...
Feb 27, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Around The Nation Around The Nation
I'm on ABC's This Week with George Stephanopolous on Sundaymorning. The topic? President Obama's proposed $3.5 trillion budget. Inour lead editorial this week we offered cautious...
Feb 27, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Nation’s Chris Hayes on Coleman, Franken Race The Nation’s Chris Hayes on Coleman, Franken Race
With the stimulus battle out of the way, The Nation's Chris Hayes argues Democrats now need to focus on seating Al Franken as the fifty-ninth vote in the Senate.
Feb 27, 2009 / Countdown
We Lost Trillions We Lost Trillions
In this week's column on the Obama foreclosure plan I write: This is all significant progress over the callous inaction of the Bush administration. But though the Obama foreclosu...
Feb 27, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Freeman Appointed to Key Intel Post Freeman Appointed to Key Intel Post
All's well that ends well. After much huffing and puffing by the neocons -- from an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal to blog pontification at the Weekly Standard, the Middle East...
Feb 26, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Why We Detain the Innocent Why We Detain the Innocent
Yet again the courts have ignored the Constitution and legal precedent, leaving seventeen innocent Guantánamo detainees in legal limbo.
Feb 26, 2009 / Aziz Huq