Exit: 2011, Part II Exit: 2011, Part II
Both the New York Times and the Washington Post carried feature-length, page one articles yesterday analyzing the inside debate over President Obama's Afghanistan policy. The Time...
Dec 7, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
The Peril of Positioning Dems as Managers, Not Leaders The Peril of Positioning Dems as Managers, Not Leaders
Senate Democrats are celebrating the fact that, in their rush to come up with a scheme to pay for health-care reform, they have blocked an effort to preserve payments to home hea...
Dec 6, 2009 / John Nichols
Slacker Friday Slacker Friday
I've got a new "Think Again" column called "A Climate of Conspiracy," which deals with the tendency of contemporary conservativesto treat everything they don't ...
Dec 4, 2009 / Eric Alterman
Sherrod Brown Shames Republicans Who Wanted to Shame Democrats Sherrod Brown Shames Republicans Who Wanted to Shame Democrats
Regal Republicans Senators who willingly accept government pay, government staff and government-organized and funded health care benefits are so sure that Americans would not want...
Dec 4, 2009 / John Nichols
Fire Gates! Fire Gates!
It's time to fire Robert Gates. True, it was Obama who made the decision to escalate the war. And by all accounts, the president was comfortable with the decision he made, having...
Dec 4, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
It’s NOT Such a Wonderful Life It’s NOT Such a Wonderful Life
Rep. Barney Frank is in the process of bringing a package of banking reform bills to the floor. Today represented a small victory as the House Financial Services Committee, chaired...
Dec 3, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
A Conspiracy, I Tell Ya… A Conspiracy, I Tell Ya…
Alter-reviews: John Fogerty and David Johansen, live and the big Miles Davis Columbia box
Dec 3, 2009 / Eric Alterman
After the Summit Ends After the Summit Ends
It's Jobs Summit Day at the White House, and here's hoping it creates real momentum for a bold jobs bill that the people of this nation desperately need.
Dec 3, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Bernie Sanders Fights to Block Bernanke Confirmation Bernie Sanders Fights to Block Bernanke Confirmation
When the U.S. economy melted down on former President Bush's watch, it was a sobering moment. Unfortunately, Ben Bernanke was not willing to sober up. Instead of rejecting the f...
Dec 3, 2009 / John Nichols
Exit: 2011? Exit: 2011?
Is he lying to us? When President Obama talks about withdrawing US forces from Afghanistan in July, 2011, does he mean it? Or is that a clever ruse in order to blunt criticism fro...
Dec 2, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss