Sunrise, Sunset Sunrise, Sunset
In this last episode we mostly wrap things up, but leave a few strange matters for earthly or cosmic interpretation.
Nov 25, 2008 / Feature / Gary Phillips
The Three Bozos of the Apocalypse The Three Bozos of the Apocalypse
The automotive jet set goes to Washington.
Nov 25, 2008 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Puzzle No. 3148 Puzzle No. 3148
ACROSS
1An athlete--or a DJ--might, but don't let go the minutes! (4,3,6)
Nov 25, 2008 / Frank W. Lewis
Past and Future Past and Future
Obama's too smart to allow the ideas of the past to define his presidency. Yet Timothy Geithner is an architect and enabler of the unfolding crisis.
Nov 24, 2008 / William Greider
Block Bush’s Pardons Block Bush’s Pardons
Our friends at Democrats.com have launched a campaign in support of Rep. Jerry Nadler's H.Res. 1531. The New York City Congressman and Chair of the Judiciary Subcommittee on the C...
Nov 24, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
Bailouts for Bankers, Not a Cent for Autoworkers Bailouts for Bankers, Not a Cent for Autoworkers
This is the part of our nation's surreal economic crisis that seems particularly surreal: The US auto industry, which employs 3 million Americans in auto plants, parts and suppli...
Nov 24, 2008 / John Nichols
Prediction: Franken Will Win by 27 Votes Prediction: Franken Will Win by 27 Votes
Nate Silver, whose website FiveThirtyEight.com had the most accurate predictions for the Nov. 4 vote for president and senators, has a new prediction: Al Franken will win the Minn...
Nov 24, 2008 / Jon Wiener
Obamacons? Obamacons?
Jeremy Scahill on President-elect Obama's questionable foreign policy team. Plus: Bolano's 2666.
Nov 24, 2008 / Radio Nation
Saturday Night Live Parodies Rahm Emanuel Saturday Night Live Parodies Rahm Emanuel
President-elect Obama's Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel, has a message for you: Be afraid, be very afraid.
Nov 24, 2008 / Saturday Night Live
Is Personnel Policy? Is Personnel Policy?
Yglesias (via his cronies at CAP) reports that Melody Barnes will run Obama's Domestic Policy Council. That's good news. I think she counts as a "dyed-in-the-wool progressive." ...
Nov 24, 2008 / Chris Hayes