House Dems Near Surrender on Bush Spying House Dems Near Surrender on Bush Spying
Tuesday's Washington Post reports that House Democrats are close to granting all of President Bush's demands for more domestic spying powers and telecommunications amnesty, in exch...
Mar 4, 2008 / Ari Melber
March 4, 1933 March 4, 1933
Today marks the 75th anniversary of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's inaugural as President. On a cold day at the tail of winter, Roosevelt looked out over a nation gripped by Depress...
Mar 4, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Five Rules for Writing About Women Five Rules for Writing About Women
Courtesy of the inimitable Dahlia Lithwick
Mar 3, 2008 / Chris Hayes
FISA Cave In FISA Cave In
I can hardly muster the energy to express adequate frustration over the House Democrats willingness to cave-in to the absurd and odious position that telecomm companies should rec...
Mar 3, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Pundit Accountability Project Pundit Accountability Project
From the press release: The Pundit Accountability Project captures video clips of pundits' predications so they can be measured against actual outcomes. And users can track pun...
Mar 3, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Lame Duck Pitcher Lame Duck Pitcher
Roger Clemens has done his damage, to himself and to baseball--and we will see him go down.
Mar 3, 2008 / Feature / Robert Lipsyte
A $736-Million Symbol of Progress A $736-Million Symbol of Progress
When the U.S. embassy in Iraq is built, it will be a $736-million gargantuan complex, the biggest U.S. diplomatic facility in the world. (For Sim-style renderings of the planned a...
Mar 3, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Dennis Kucinich’s Media Fight Dennis Kucinich’s Media Fight
Ohio voters head to the polls for a primary election Tuesday, and that can mean only one thing: The Cleveland Plain Dealer is griping about Congressman Dennis Kucinich. There is ...
Mar 3, 2008 / John Nichols
NAFTA Debate, Round 4,489,642 NAFTA Debate, Round 4,489,642
On my walk into the New York office, I was thinking through a post on NAFTA, but Robert Reich's post seems like a better jumping off point: NAFTA has become a symbol for the mou...
Mar 3, 2008 / Chris Hayes
This Week on Tap This Week on Tap
This week to break the impasse over the Senate-passed FISA bill, House Dems may split the legislation into two titles for separate votes--one that authorizes surveillance activiti...
Mar 3, 2008 / Chris Hayes