Smart Defense Smart Defense
Last month, Congressman Barney Frank called for a 25 percent cut in the defense budget--approximately $150 billion in annual spending--saying, "We don't need all these fancy new ...
Nov 18, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Rewarding War Crimes Rewarding War Crimes
A doddering old former US secretary of state wants President-elect Obama to do more than keep Robert Gates on a secretary of defense. He suggests that Obama ought to retain W.'s p...
Nov 18, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Sen. Ted Kennedy Returns to Senate Sen. Ted Kennedy Returns to Senate
Sen. Ted Kennedy triumphantly returns to the Senate and plans to make healthcare reform a top priority.
Nov 17, 2008 / Talking Points Memo
Barack Obama on 60 Minutes: No More Gitmo, Torture Barack Obama on 60 Minutes: No More Gitmo, Torture
President-elect Obama speaks with 60 Minutes' Steve Kroft about the need to restore America's moral standing in the world.
Nov 17, 2008 / CBS
The Right Choice at Treasury The Right Choice at Treasury
To avoid the mistakes of the past, there are two basic criteria: First, no Wall Streeters; second, no one who helped create the current crisis.
Nov 17, 2008 / Chris Hayes
You Go To Crisis With The Government You Have You Go To Crisis With The Government You Have
My Swiss-junket-mate, Matt Yglesias makes a good point about the distance between the abstract ideal policy vis a vis GM and the auto-industry and the real-world one we're likely ...
Nov 17, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Operation Enduring Disaster Operation Enduring Disaster
Given a severe global economic crisis and the election of Barack Obama, the possibility of a serious discussion about a US exit strategy from the Afghan disaster hovers on the hori...
Saturday Night Live’s Biden Blunder Scale Saturday Night Live’s Biden Blunder Scale
You don't think Joe Biden can give a train-wreck interview with Katie Couric? Just name the time and the place and he will bring the train.
Nov 17, 2008 / Saturday Night Live
Choosing Obama’s Successor Choosing Obama’s Successor
Barack Obama resigned his US Senate seat on a grace note. Unfortunately, the process of replacing him may not be so graceful as his exit from the chamber in which he has served f...
Nov 17, 2008 / John Nichols
Socialism With a Withered State Socialism With a Withered State
Apologies for the week-long hiatus. I was on a trip in Switzerland (about which more in a bit) and trying amidst a heavy schedule to pay attention to developments back at home. Se...
Nov 17, 2008 / Chris Hayes