Forrest Gump Forrest Gump
In which an addled man stumbles through recent American history, kind of like George W. Bush.
Jan 8, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Altercation 3.0 Altercation 3.0
So here we are again.... Welcome to Altercation, 3.0. We began back inMay 2002, when, Joan Connell, then the opinion editor of MSNBC.com, nowonline editor here at The Nation, ask...
Jan 8, 2009 / Eric Alterman
Tax Havens: The Hidden Hand in the Financial Crisis Tax Havens: The Hidden Hand in the Financial Crisis
How did so many financial institutions crumble with so little warning? How tax havens helped enable the mess.
Jan 8, 2009 / American News Project
Priming the Economic Pump Priming the Economic Pump
Nobody can say whether pumping large amounts of money into the economy will work--or even define the proper measure of success.
Jan 8, 2009 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Rachel Maddow Meets Jon Stewart Rachel Maddow Meets Jon Stewart
Maddow talks about her experiences interviewing Barack Obama and debating Pat Buchanan. Stewart admits he's a fan.
Jan 8, 2009 / The Daily Show
Obama Must Get Afghanistan Right Obama Must Get Afghanistan Right
President-elect Barack Obama not only had the good judgment to opposethe war in Iraq, he argued for the need "to end the mindset that took usinto" that war. So it's troubling tha...
Jan 8, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
ET Come Home ET Come Home
Barbara Boxer began yesterday's briefing on investing in green technology by announcing that her third grandchild had been born around midnight. The seven Democratic Senators i...
Jan 8, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Morning Round-Up Morning Round-Up
1. Jeffrey Toobin's great profile of Barney Frank.
2. Kathy G helps make the case for a feminist stimulus.
3. Gershom Gorenberg on the ignored choices in Gaza.
Jan 8, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Israel: Boycott, Divest, Sanction Israel: Boycott, Divest, Sanction
To end the bloody occupation, Israel must be the target of the same kind of global movement that finally ended apartheid in South Africa.
Jan 8, 2009 / Column / Naomi Klein
Caroline and Me Caroline and Me
What Caroline Kennedy lacks as an appointee to the Senate, Tom Geoghegan possesses as a Congressional candidate.
Jan 8, 2009 / Column / Katha Pollitt