Washington Post Watch Washington Post Watch
I've been a bit remiss in updating our weekly feature the last week, but this week a change of pace. Since here at J Street we believe in carrots and sticks, (or as Colbert says, ...
Jun 23, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Mind Games Mind Games
This Week: Kang sips a martini and contemplates just what it is that billionaires do in their spare time.
Jun 23, 2008 / Feature / Gary Phillips
Liposuction: The Key to Energy Independence Liposuction: The Key to Energy Independence
Obese America is literally sitting on vast energy reserves--all we need to do is extract it and turn it into fuel.
Jun 22, 2008 / Barbara Ehrenreich
Democrats Write a Blank Check for Bush’s War Democrats Write a Blank Check for Bush’s War
George Bush, who has never chosen to take responsibility for addressing the mess he created in Iraq, has now been given permission by the U.S. House to finish his presidency witho...
Jun 22, 2008 / John Nichols
The Haditha Travesty, Take Two The Haditha Travesty, Take Two
Small tragedies can get lost in a big war, but it is sad and troubling that, so far at least, it looks like no one is going to have to pay for the November, 2005, massacre of 24 c...
Jun 22, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
McClellan: Administration ‘Has Chosen to Conceal’ Truth McClellan: Administration ‘Has Chosen to Conceal’ Truth
Former White House spokesman Scott McClellan told Congress Friday that the Bush-Cheney Administration continues to conceal information about abuses of power committed to punish fo...
Jun 20, 2008 / John Nichols
Surveillance Bill: The Worst of All Worlds Surveillance Bill: The Worst of All Worlds
House Democrats capitulate to pass a surveillance bill that further compromises our privacy and limits accountability of the government and telecoms. Will the Senate fight back?
Why Ireland Rejected the Lisbon Treaty Why Ireland Rejected the Lisbon Treaty
Despite bullying from Brussels, Ireland had the confidence to reject the Lisbon Treaty and the politics of the fait accompli.
Jun 20, 2008 / Feature / Chris Bickerton
Meet the New Dr. Strangelove Meet the New Dr. Strangelove
His name is David Kilcullen, an Australian academic and military veteran, who seeks to impose a mad science of counterinsurgency on Iraq.
Jun 20, 2008 / Feature / Tom Hayden
Jim Webb Tackles Our Tangled Drug Policy Jim Webb Tackles Our Tangled Drug Policy
Yesterday Senator Jim Webb--who seems to be on many people's shortlistas a possible running mate for Senator Barack Obama--chaired the Joint Economic Committee's hearing on "Ille...
Jun 20, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel