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
Torturers Torturers
By now, everyone is familiar with Hannah Arendt's famous phrase "the banality of evil" Like many I was disposed to view some of the most abhorrent abuses of the Bush administrat...
Apr 10, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Iraq’s Ruined Library Soldiers On Iraq’s Ruined Library Soldiers On
Five years ago this week, US troops stood by as mobs sacked Iraq's revered National Library and Archives. Despite little outside help, a cultural treasure soldiers on.
Apr 10, 2008 / Books & the Arts / R.H. Lossin
C’est Terrible! C’est Terrible!
When in trouble, reach for nuclear subs.
Apr 9, 2008 / Column / Alexander Cockburn