Whistling Past the Afghan Graveyard Whistling Past the Afghan Graveyard
It is now a commonplace -- as a lead article in the New York Times's Week in Review pointed out recently -- that Afghanistan is "the graveyard of empires." Given Barack ...
Feb 5, 2009 / TomDispatch
Nuclear Neanderthals vs. Obama’s Common Sense Nuclear Neanderthals vs. Obama’s Common Sense
With George W. Bush back in Texas and President Barack Obama--an advocatefor a nuclear-free world--in the White House, there is reason for hope that the frayed andshredded arms c...
Feb 5, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Hilda Solis Under Fire Hilda Solis Under Fire
Yesterday my friend and colleague Ari Berman sent me a link to an Atlantic post by Marc Ambinder detailing GOP plans to hold up the confirmation of Labor Secretary-designate Hilda...
Feb 5, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
Super Bowl Shuffle Super Bowl Shuffle
We've got a new Think Again column herecalled "William Kristol: Journalism's Indispensable Man." Here are a few arguments I've made recently, with the categories onlyimplied, ...
Feb 5, 2009 / Eric Alterman
Protest at UNLV Protest at UNLV
Thousands of students in Nevada are being radicalized due to draconian budget cuts in state education funding.
Feb 5, 2009 / StudentNation / The Nation
What the Stimulus Bill is For What the Stimulus Bill is For
Joe Klein's got a wise post about the messiness surrounding the stimulus bill, most of which is par for the course for legislation of this size. I've got many beefs with the legis...
Feb 5, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Say No to Nukes in the Stimulus Package Say No to Nukes in the Stimulus Package
The nuclear power industry has dropped a $50 billion bomb into the Senate version of Obama's stimulus package for projects Wall Street wouldn't finance when it was flush.
Feb 5, 2009 / Feature / Harvey Wasserman
Reflections of a Troubled Israeli Reflections of a Troubled Israeli
The Israeli left has emerged from the Gaza offensive weakened, dispirited, but not irrelevant. The bedrock of a change-oriented and open civil society exists.
Feb 5, 2009 / Naomi Chazan
The White House Information Wars The White House Information Wars
Has the Obama administration's attempt to 'reach the public without having to rely on the mainstream media' worked? Hendrik Hertzberg and other journalists weigh in.
Feb 5, 2009 / GRITtv
The Nation’s Chris Hayes on Gary Gensler The Nation’s Chris Hayes on Gary Gensler
Nation editor Chris Hayes examines the record of Obama's CFTC pick Gary Gensler and the rest of the president's economic team.
Feb 5, 2009 / Countdown