Chertoff, Kissed Off Chertoff, Kissed Off
The ACLU animates an amusing (and by amusing I mean eerily disquieting) vision of what a national ID database could mean, here. Fortunately however, this month in the state-feder...
Apr 11, 2008 / Chris Hayes
“Pivoted” “Pivoted”
Here's the Times excellent Michael Cooper on McCain's reversal on federal intervention in the mortgage crisis: Senator John McCain, who drew criticism last month after he warned ...
Apr 11, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Even Republicans Favor Stalling Colombia Deal Even Republicans Favor Stalling Colombia Deal
The Bush administration's propaganda arm -- which operates under the misnomer: White House Communications office -- is pushing the fantasy that Thursday's House vote to delay acti...
Apr 11, 2008 / John Nichols
Obama and the Palestinian Professors Obama and the Palestinian Professors
Ten years ago, Barack Obama went to a lecture by Edward Said, the prominent Palestinian intellectual. Should that be page one news now? The LA Times thinks so – they ran a ...
Apr 10, 2008 / Jon Wiener
The Nation and Hawaii The Nation and Hawaii
The questions raised by Hawaii's annexation have implications far beyond its shores: the imperial past forms the legal scaffolding of the imperial present.
Apr 10, 2008 / The Editors
Of Sacred Cows Of Sacred Cows
Kevin Drum wonders: "Which is more important to the cause of free trade: (a) passage of the Colombian trade pact or (b) reining in the monstrosity that is U.S. farm policy?" "Th...
Apr 10, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Two Cheers and a Caveat Two Cheers and a Caveat
This week, Obama made the point that by now is clearly manifest: More than anyone, his campaign has come close to virtually (literally and figuratively) capturing campaign finance...
Apr 10, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Noted. Noted.
The country's off-track; Blackwater's back in business; J. Goodrich blogs at The Nation.com.
Apr 10, 2008 / The Nation
You Ain’t a Goin’ Nowhere You Ain’t a Goin’ Nowhere
Bush today about Petraeus' request for a "pause" in troop withdrawals:
"He'll have all the time he needs."
Apr 10, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Norman Mailer-Requiem for a Champion Norman Mailer-Requiem for a Champion
Don DeLillo described him as a writer who "gave America a literature worthy of her vastness." Joan Didion spoke of his 1000 page nonfiction masterpiece "The Executio...
Apr 10, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel