Obama’s GOP Base Obama’s GOP Base
Judging by their voting patterns in the primaries, crossover Republicans may swing the presidential election for Barack Obama.
May 15, 2008 / John Nichols
Burma’s Desperate Hour Burma’s Desperate Hour
The crisis in Burma justifies humanitarian intervention--but it should be carried out by the UN and limited to emergency relief.
May 15, 2008 / The Editors
Morning Links Morning Links
Some things to read this morning:
1) Digby on vote suppression and disenfranchisement in Missouri.
2) George Bush partying like it's 1939. Again.
May 15, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Fallon for Congress Fallon for Congress
Co-written by Dinelle Lucchesi. With this historic and virtually eternal Democratic presidential primary soaking up all the oxygen some of the worthiest state candidates are bein...
May 15, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
Paraphrase This: How High Did This Scheme Go? Paraphrase This: How High Did This Scheme Go?
Yesterday morning, Burger King's Senior Analyst of Communications, Denise Wilson, sent me an e-mail saying that the company had "terminated two employees who participated in unaut...
May 14, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Ask President Bush Ask President Bush
Mr. President, did you end up with debacle in Iraq?: "Sure did, fits right in my Bible belt."
May 14, 2008 / Column / Steve Brodner
Competitive Sliming Competitive Sliming
At least McCain's being creative.
May 14, 2008 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Letters Letters
Readers write back on Jeremiah Wright's church and Henry Siegman's criticism of Israel; Eric Alterman answers his critics.
May 14, 2008 / Eric Alterman and Our Readers
Trust, Verified Trust, Verified
In last week's lede editorial, the editors wrote: The stinging defeats of the Bush years (and, stretching back, of the age of Reagan) have induced a nagging self-doubt among many...
May 14, 2008 / Chris Hayes
On Not Passing Israel’s ‘Lynch Test’ On Not Passing Israel’s ‘Lynch Test’
On the sixtieth anniversary of Israel's founding, one of the country's leading journalists reflects on history, the occupation and the duties of conscience.
May 14, 2008 / Feature / Akiva Eldar