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
Obama, Iran, and the US-Iraq SOFA Obama, Iran, and the US-Iraq SOFA
Why, after so many months, was the US-Iraq security pact approved now? True, the two countries were facing a deadline of December 31, when the UN authority for the occupation expi...
Nov 17, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
You Voted. Now What? You Voted. Now What?
Barack Obama may be able to seize the moment and push a new kind of politics, but not unless he is pushed to do so. So here's a young voter's post-election guide, from the grassroo...
Nov 16, 2008 / Feature / Kristina Rizga
Blackwater Busted? Blackwater Busted?
Six Guards may be charged in Iraq massacre, but critics fear the company's 'reckless behavior' will continue.
Nov 14, 2008 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill
Paulson Plays While We Pay Paulson Plays While We Pay
A little under $300 billion of the $700 billion bailout has been invested, loaned out or lost. And as long as Henry Paulson's in charge, we won't know where it went.
Nov 14, 2008 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman