Slacker Friday Slacker Friday
We have a new Think Again column here called "Mainstream Media Malpractice" and I wrote a new Moment column here that they called "The Secular Spirit of Judaism." This week on...
Jan 9, 2009 / Eric Alterman
Jimmy Carter on “An Unnecessary War” Jimmy Carter on “An Unnecessary War”
Jimmy Carter, the American president more widely and rightly recognized than any other for forging a lasting peace agreement in the Middle East, met with President-elect Barack Ob...
Jan 9, 2009 / John Nichols
Things You Learn in Washington Things You Learn in Washington
Apparently, Citigroup is a fourth branch of government that needs to be "negotiated" with in order to pass legislation. Good to know. Kind of wish congress had "negotiated" with ...
Jan 9, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Raging Bull Raging Bull
Robert DeNiro put on sixty pounds during the course of filming, probably by swallowing all that Hershey's syrup Martin Scorsese used for blood in the brutal black and white fight s...
Jan 8, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Robert Hatch
Annie Hall Annie Hall
Of all the shiksa goddesses that Woody Allen created, none could top Annie Hall. "La-dee-da, la-dee-da..."
Jan 8, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Robert Hatch
Gaza Crisis Spills Onto Basketball Court Gaza Crisis Spills Onto Basketball Court
A sports arena and a basketball team recently have become the unlikely setting and target of protests against Israel's attacks on Gaza.
Jan 8, 2009 / Column / Dave Zirin
The Third Man The Third Man
Something was rotten in postwar Vienna, but it wasn't Graham Greene's brilliant screenplay.
Jan 8, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Manny Farber
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