Not Impressed Not Impressed
Barry Ritholtz on the SEC's decision to ban short selling: This is nothing short of a total panic by people who have no clue what they are doing. We Are A Nation of Morons, led ...
Sep 19, 2008 / Chris Hayes
McCain vs. Spain McCain vs. Spain
McCain declares he wouldn't grant a meeting with the President of Spain if he's elected, perhaps forgetting that Spain is a US ally.
Sep 19, 2008 / CNN
The Contempt of Karl Rove The Contempt of Karl Rove
Fifty years ago, Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote that all citizens have an "unremitting obligation" to respond to Congressional subpoenas. Karl Rove has breached this obligation.
Sep 19, 2008 / Rep. John Conyers
David Brooks is Pessimistic David Brooks is Pessimistic
Brooks column today is sort of a classic from him: on the surface, it's open-minded, and ambivalent, but ultimately, underneath it all, he manages to advance a deeply conservative...
Sep 19, 2008 / Chris Hayes
A Fair Plan to Pay for Economic Recovery A Fair Plan to Pay for Economic Recovery
The corporations that rigged the casino economy and CEOs and investors who profited at our expense should bear the recovery costs.
Sep 19, 2008 / Feature / Chuck Collins
Crossword Classic #18 Crossword Classic #18
From the February 14, 1948, issue.
Sep 18, 2008 / Frank W. Lewis
Too Much Too Much
I didn't blog yesterday, because I felt to do so would have required comment on the financial crisis and, well, I wanted to make sure I understood the what hell was going on befor...
Sep 18, 2008 / Chris Hayes
US Vets Fight for the Vote US Vets Fight for the Vote
Update: September 19, 11:18 a.m.The House passed its companion legislation, H.R.6625. Howard Gantman, Staff Director of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, said th...
Sep 18, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Three Years Late: McCain Says Cox Wrong for SEC Three Years Late: McCain Says Cox Wrong for SEC
Remember when John McCain's economic guru, Phil Gramm, got in trouble for saying that Americans were whining about a financial mess that the Republican nominee for president now s...
Sep 18, 2008 / John Nichols
Turning Pages: High School Journalism in Transition Turning Pages: High School Journalism in Transition
With high school newspapers disappearing, the future of journalism is at risk.
Sep 18, 2008 / The Nation