Stop the Next My Lai Stop the Next My Lai
The New York Times saw fit to mark the fifth anniversary of the US invasion by inviting nine "experts" including not one soldier to reflect on the conduct of the war and ...
Mar 17, 2008 / Laura Flanders
Final Fantasy Final Fantasy
Susan Faludi's Terror Dream made a provocative splash, but therapy is no substitute for understanding reality.
Mar 17, 2008 / Books & the Arts / David Waldstreicher
Quote of the Day Quote of the Day
Arizona State Rep. Krysten Sinema: Being a gay man who chooses to be a Republican, "is like being a deer and deciding to join the NRA."
Mar 17, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Economic Chaos, Political Consequences Economic Chaos, Political Consequences
As the federal bailout of the banking industry continues, is it too much to ask that McCain, Clinton and Obama abandon their blue-sky promises and address reality?
Mar 17, 2008 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
The Wages of Deregulation The Wages of Deregulation
Here at TBA, I just saw a fiery presentation from a member of the US Steelworkers on the result of deregulation, and inevitable rise of what Rick Perlstein has called E. Coli Cons...
Mar 17, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Clinton’s Iraq Vote – Five Years Later Clinton’s Iraq Vote – Five Years Later
The fifth anniversary of the start of the Iraq war provides an appropriate moment to revisit Hillary Clinton's argument in favor of authorizing Bush's use of force, and to contrast...
Mar 17, 2008 / Jon Wiener
Quote of the Day Quote of the Day
Ben Bernanke one year ago:
[T]he problems in the subprime market seems likely to be contained.
Mar 17, 2008 / Chris Hayes
What We Feared What We Feared
When Bill Kristol was inexplicably hired by the New York Times, the fear many of us on the left had was not that he'd bludgeon the paper's readers with his turgid prose and hacki...
Mar 17, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Take Back America Take Back America
Te-Ping and I will be at the Take Back America conference much of today, and we will be occasionally posting about the conference. In the meantime, happy St. Patrick's day one and...
Mar 17, 2008 / Chris Hayes
A Church Under Attack Says “No” to the Political Smears A Church Under Attack Says “No” to the Political Smears
Those who seek to discredit Barack Obama by bashing his former pastor are not just attacking the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr., they are attacking Trinity United Church of Christ an...
Mar 16, 2008 / John Nichols