Investigative Reporting Costs Money Investigative Reporting Costs Money
This morning we sent out our end of year fundraising appeal. You can read the full text here but the gist of it is this: The Nation is facing a significant budget shortfall, at a m...
Dec 16, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
McCain Rejects Quetta Attack McCain Rejects Quetta Attack
On Pakistan, at least, Senator John McCain appears slightly to the left of Barack Obama. Just as it was during the 2008 presidential campaign. Yesterday, during his appearance at ...
Dec 16, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Dr. Howard Dean: Scrap Reid’s Compromise Dr. Howard Dean: Scrap Reid’s Compromise
Dr. Howard Dean has a prescription for health-care reform: Scrap the ridiculously compromised Senate bill -- from which Majority Leader Harry Reid has, under pressure from Connec...
Dec 16, 2009 / John Nichols
A Sucker-Punched Harry Reid Throws in the Towel on Real Reform A Sucker-Punched Harry Reid Throws in the Towel on Real Reform
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is, famously, an ex-boxer. Put an emphasis on "ex." As the health-care debate made its way to the Senate, the chamber's top Democrat refused to...
Dec 15, 2009 / John Nichols
Slacker Monday Slacker Monday
I've got a new Think Again column called "Conservatives Turn to CNBC and the WSJ for Stimulating Propaganda" and you can find it here.
Dec 14, 2009 / Eric Alterman
Bombing Quetta? Bombing Quetta?
If Afghanistan is Vietnam, and the Taliban is the Viet Cong, then, according to the analogy, Pakistan is North Vietnam. The really odd thing about that extended analogy is that, i...
Dec 14, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Financial ‘Reform’ Preserves Too Big Banks, Too Much Speculation Financial ‘Reform’ Preserves Too Big Banks, Too Much Speculation
The U.S. House has voted for legislation that is described as "financial services reform." But most of the "reforms" are so mild that the savviest of the nation's big bankers wil...
Dec 13, 2009 / John Nichols
Reich on Senate Health Deal: It’s a Bailout for Big Insurers Reich on Senate Health Deal: It’s a Bailout for Big Insurers
Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich is pulling no punches in his criticism of the health-care reform "deal" that has reportedly been reached by Senate Democratic negotiators. ...
Dec 11, 2009 / John Nichols
The Iranian Souffle The Iranian Souffle
Last June, when I was in Iran to cover the presidential election for The Nation, I happened to run into a middle-aged Iranian war veteran on the street. I was on my way to Preside...
Dec 11, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
A Modest Proposal to Save the States A Modest Proposal to Save the States
We all know states are hemorrhaging jobs, gutting services and even facing bankruptcy in some cases. More layoffs loom on the horizon.
Dec 10, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel