Blackwater’s Not Going Anywhere Blackwater’s Not Going Anywhere
Anyone who thinks Blackwater is in serious trouble is dead wrong. Business has never been better for Blackwater and its future looks bright.
Jul 30, 2008 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill
“Make Way for the Trucker” “Make Way for the Trucker”
In these times, when the number of women in Congress has leveled off, it is great to see Diane Benson waging a spirited fight for Congress in traditionally Republican Alaska. In ...
Jul 30, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Let’s Play: If I Were a Right Wing Blogger Let’s Play: If I Were a Right Wing Blogger
If I were a right-wing blogger, and I found out that Barack Obama was wearing Ferragamo loafers that cost $520, I would spend about 50% of my waking hours making sure everyone kne...
Jul 30, 2008 / Chris Hayes
A Bipartisan Lovefest With Bankers A Bipartisan Lovefest With Bankers
This is a time to condemn the banking industry, not embrace it. So what do McCain and Obama think they're doing?
Jul 30, 2008 / Column / Robert Scheer
Obama From the Agora Obama From the Agora
Assessing Barack Obama's mythic destiny: will he become more Athenian than Spartan?
Jul 30, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Tom Hayden
Bush’s Globalization Drive Crashes… Again Bush’s Globalization Drive Crashes… Again
President Bush subsumed much of his domestic-policy agenda in recent months to the project of renewing the World Trade Organization's Doha Development Round. The lame-duck presid...
Jul 29, 2008 / John Nichols
McCain Lunges for the Jugular McCain Lunges for the Jugular
All agree that this is (or should be) the year of the Democrats. But with candidate Barack Obama still leading, on average, in national polls by only about two to five percentage ...
Jul 29, 2008 / TomDispatch
Bush White House Uses Fox to Push Agenda Bush White House Uses Fox to Push Agenda
It's official, straight from the mouth of Bush's former press secretary, Scott McClellan--FOX is Republican propaganda.
Jul 29, 2008 / Countdown
Bush Parody: Swing ‘Em Home Bush Parody: Swing ‘Em Home
Unlike Bush, these guys are determined to play golf as often as possible to support our soldiers overseas.
Jul 29, 2008 / 236.com
1984: The Left, The Democrats and the Future 1984: The Left, The Democrats and the Future
Democrats seek the center--and lose their moorings.
Jul 29, 2008 / Feature / Alexander Cockburn and Andrew Kopkind