Internet Populist Lessig: Visionary, Realist, But Not Running Internet Populist Lessig: Visionary, Realist, But Not Running
Of course it would have been great if Stanford Law professor Lawrence Lessig had run for an open San Francisco Bay-area congressional seat on the reform platform he proposed. Les...
Feb 26, 2008 / John Nichols
Republicans for Obama Republicans for Obama
Reagan Democrats played a key role in electing a new present in 1980; now Obama Republicans seem to be emerging as a significant political force - at least in the primaries. In th...
Feb 25, 2008 / Jon Wiener
Independence Day Independence Day
Traveling from Albania's capital city Tirana to the Kosovo border reveals scenes ranging from festive to frightening as Kosova declares its independence.
Feb 25, 2008 / Feature / Gazmend Kapllani
What Exactly Will Go Into the Bush Presidential Library? What Exactly Will Go Into the Bush Presidential Library?
When George W. Bush's presidential library opens in Dallas at Southern Methodist University (officials announced the site on Friday), expect Bush to do his best to keep his paper...
Feb 25, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Mid-Day Links Mid-Day Links
1) The stalemate in Afghanistan continues. 2) John Judis on the American Adam. 3) Today, MoveOn.org launched a new Iraq/Recession campaign, linking the money spent on the war ...
Feb 25, 2008 / Chris Hayes
When Newspapers Take a Stand When Newspapers Take a Stand
The New York Times editorial page endorses McCain, while its news department works to discredit him. And there's nothing wrong with that.
Feb 25, 2008 / Ari Melber
FISA and the GOP Fear-Circus FISA and the GOP Fear-Circus
In a radio address this weekend, Rep. John Conyers (D-Michigan) boiled it down: The President and House Republicans simply can't have it both ways. They cannot argue simultaneou...
Feb 25, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Feingold to Senate: The Iraq War Still Matters Feingold to Senate: The Iraq War Still Matters
A warm, hearty bowl of kudos to Sen. Feingold for continuing to push Senate debate on the Iraq War. This week, the Senate will take up two of Feingold's bills. One would require t...
Feb 25, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Ralph: Don’t Run! Ralph: Don’t Run!
Dear Ralph, Your decision to run for President as a third-party candidate in 2008leads me to resend our Open Letter to you, published in The Nation in2004. As we wrote then, "...
Feb 25, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
No Link Between Poison and Agent Orange No Link Between Poison and Agent Orange
It's not easy suing big and powerful U.S. companies on U.S. soil and under the U.S. court system. But even after Vietnamese plaintiffs were rebuffed last Friday when New York's ...
Feb 25, 2008 / Chris Hayes