Eartha Kitt: An Anti-War Patriot Eartha Kitt: An Anti-War Patriot
Forty years ago, America’s cultural icons expressed the frustration of the American people with the failure of then-President Lyndon Johnson to end this country’s undec…
Dec 26, 2008 / John Nichols
Celebrating a Christmas Truce and the Prospect of Peace Celebrating a Christmas Truce and the Prospect of Peace
On November 11 of this year – the 80th anniversary of that 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month when World War I ended – there was dedicated in Frélinghien, France, a ...
Dec 24, 2008 / John Nichols
The Kiss The Kiss
Let us pause, amid the muddle of the moment in this season of renewal and fresh starts, to consider fundamental things.
Dec 23, 2008 / JoAnn Wypijewski
Obama for America 2.0? Obama for America 2.0?
Barack Obama has mobilized the most connected national constituency in history. But can he use it to govern?
Dec 23, 2008 / Ari Melber
Good God, Bad God Good God, Bad God
If Rick Warren, Barack Obama and the gay community can find common ground, it'll be on civil, not religious, grounds. So let's separate church and state.
Dec 23, 2008 / Richard Kim
Noted. Noted.
A closer look at Obama's "green team," journalists behind bars and John Nichols on potential labor secretary Hilda Solis.
Dec 23, 2008 / The Editors
Ideas for a New Era Ideas for a New Era
It's time for progressives to create coalitions and craft smart strategies that will push Obama and the new Congress to seize this moment.
Dec 23, 2008 / The Editors
Double Indemnity Double Indemnity
Before he was the perfect TV dad, Fred MacMurray was Billy Wilder's favorite movie heavy.
Dec 23, 2008 / Books & the Arts / James Agee
It Happened One Night It Happened One Night
What happened was Clark Gable doffed his shirt to reveal his bare chest, prompting the second great crash of the Depression: in undershirt sales.
Dec 23, 2008 / Books & the Arts / William Troy
For Whom the Bell Tolls For Whom the Bell Tolls
Some feared a film of Hemingway's novel about the Spanish Civil War would take too strong a stance against fascism. They didn't know Hollywood.
Dec 23, 2008 / Books & the Arts / James Agee