The Nation’s Chris Hayes on Cheney’s Gitmo Defense The Nation’s Chris Hayes on Cheney’s Gitmo Defense
The Nation's Washington editor Chris Hayes points out the missing pieces in Dick Cheney's defense of torture at Guantánamo Bay.
Jan 14, 2009 / Countdown
Escalation Without a Plan Escalation Without a Plan
Does this sound familiar? "We have no strategic plan. We never had one." That's how a senior US military commander described the war in Afghanistan to Washington Post reporter...
Jan 14, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Obama and the Middle East, Part II Obama and the Middle East, Part II
This is the second part of a five-part series on Barack Obama's Middle East. Yesterday, Part I covered the so-called War on Terror. Today, in Part II, the subject is Afghanistan a...
Jan 14, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Single-Payer Health Care Would Stimulate Economy Single-Payer Health Care Would Stimulate Economy
There is an unhealthy tendency on the part of politicians and journalists to see discussions about economic recovery and health care reform as separate debates. In fact, one of t...
Jan 14, 2009 / John Nichols
Why the Rush on TARP 2? Why the Rush on TARP 2?
Why rush to throw another $350 billion of taxpayer money at the Wall Street bandits and their political cronies who created the biggest financial mess since the Great Depression?
Jan 14, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer
The Shining The Shining
If you stay at the Overlook Hotel, best avoid Room 237.
Jan 14, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Robert Hatch
Will Obama Find Time to Dine with Progressive Thinkers & Writers Will Obama Find Time to Dine with Progressive Thinkers & Writers
Did you see the story about how Obama dined Tuesday evening with a passel of conservative and neocon columnists/pundits including George Will, Bill Kristol, Charles Krauthammer an...
Jan 14, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
George Bush’s “Outrageous and Offensive” Final Act George Bush’s “Outrageous and Offensive” Final Act
At the close of an indefensible presidency, George Bush was true to form. He committed an indefensible act. The president awarded the nation's hghest civilian honor to South Ame...
Jan 13, 2009 / John Nichols
Puzzle No. 3154 Puzzle No. 3154
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Jan 13, 2009 / Frank W. Lewis
Some Sanity on Gaza Some Sanity on Gaza
One of the most interesting things about the way the war on Gaza has been playing out politically, is that American mainstream, establishment voices have been far more critical of...
Jan 13, 2009 / Chris Hayes