Spitzer’s Shame is Wall Street’s Gain Spitzer’s Shame is Wall Street’s Gain
Why should we get all worked up over the revelation that the New York governor paid for sex?
Mar 12, 2008 / Column / Robert Scheer
The House Isn’t The Problem The House Isn’t The Problem
Matt Yglesias makes a very important point on the occasion of the House passing a new ethics package. While overall the post-2006 congress has been a massive disappointment, that...
Mar 12, 2008 / Chris Hayes
The Save Spitzer Campaign The Save Spitzer Campaign
Just about everyone seems to be calling for New York Governor Eliot Spitzer to step down in light of revelations regarding his apparent involvement with a prostitution ring -- and...
Mar 12, 2008 / John Nichols
Quote of the Day Quote of the Day
My boss, in an email discussion of Eliot Spitzer:
He should have kept to sticking it to the man.
Bada bing!
Mar 11, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Follow Bernie Sanders’s Lead Follow Bernie Sanders’s Lead
In countless speeches over the past seven years, Democrats have rightly slammed "the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy" as reckless, unnecessary, and unjust. Yet Senator Bernie Sand...
Mar 11, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Professing Literature in 2008 Professing Literature in 2008
Why is the intellectual agenda of English departments being set by teenagers?
Mar 11, 2008 / Books & the Arts / William Deresiewicz
House to WH on Telco’s: Immunize This House to WH on Telco’s: Immunize This
The new surveillance bill not only doesn't contain immunity for the telco's but explicitly authorizes the courts to hear the cases.
Mar 11, 2008 / Chris Hayes
How the Spitzer Sex Scandal Could Help Hillary How the Spitzer Sex Scandal Could Help Hillary
A woman president is not going to be Client 9 of the Emperor's Club VIP sex service. A woman president is not going to get arrested for soliciting sex in a rest room at the Minnea...
Mar 11, 2008 / Jon Wiener
The People vs. Michael Chertoff The People vs. Michael Chertoff
To build a fence on the US border with Mexico, the Department of Homeland Security seized land without trials or negotiations.
Mar 11, 2008 / Feature / Brett Story
The Fall of the American Consumer The Fall of the American Consumer
We have been the world's designated shoppers, and, if we fall down on the job, we take the global economy with us.
Mar 11, 2008 / Barbara Ehrenreich