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
Will Afghanistan Become Obama’s War? Will Afghanistan Become Obama’s War?
One of the eerier reports on the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan appeared recently in the New York Times. Journalist John Burns visited the Russian ambassador in Kabul, Zam...
Nov 17, 2008 / TomDispatch