End the War End the War
This post was researched and co-written by Fernanda Diaz. (Click here to skip to a guide to antiwar protest activities this week.) The 9th year of the war in Afghanistan begins ...
Oct 7, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
But How Does the GOP Win With 1 Percent of the Vote? But How Does the GOP Win With 1 Percent of the Vote?
Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann maintains one of the largest press operations in Congress. Her staff goes out of its way to "place" the Republican firebrand on television...
Oct 7, 2009 / John Nichols
Will Obama Cave to McChrystal? Will Obama Cave to McChrystal?
President Obama didn't make encouraging noises on Afghanistan yesterday, at least not if you're looking for the president to reverse course and step out of the quagmire. In his me...
Oct 7, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
It’s About the People It’s About the People
When it comes to the media, we hear a lot of talk about a conservative-liberal divide, or the thoroughly discredited idea of aliberal bias. But the divide worth paying attention to...
Oct 6, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
McChrystal Admits: We Don’t Understand the Afghans McChrystal Admits: We Don’t Understand the Afghans
One of the most shocking things about General Stan McChrystal's leaked "Commander's Initial Assessment" about the war in Afghanistan is how bluntly he admits that the US occupatio...
Oct 6, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Obama Should Meet With ‘Rethink Afghanistan’ Caucus Obama Should Meet With ‘Rethink Afghanistan’ Caucus
President Obama, who is under pressure from the Pentagon and defense contractors to surge 40,000 additional U.S. troops into occupied Afghanistan, met Tuesday with members of Cong...
Oct 6, 2009 / John Nichols
Bernie Sanders Applies ‘ACORN Standard’ to Defense Contractors Bernie Sanders Applies ‘ACORN Standard’ to Defense Contractors
Now that the U.S. House and Senate have established an "ACORN Standard" for policing federal expenditures -- if even a few employees of an organization that feeds at the...
Oct 4, 2009 / John Nichols
The Fight for Financial Reform The Fight for Financial Reform
These next few months are a time of reckoning. Every so often in American political history, a window for change opens, and the combination of crisis, leadership, ...
Oct 3, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Obama’s Deal with Iran Obama’s Deal with Iran
It's both funny and sad -- okay, mostly funny -- to watch the right-wingers, neocons, and pro-Israel hawks gnashing their teeth and nay-saying about the Iran talks. Fact is, the r...
Oct 2, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Slacker Friday Slacker Friday
We've got a new "Think Again" column called called "Kevin Jennings, theMainstream Media, and Right-Wing Target Practice." Read it here.Now here's Pierce: CHARLES PIERCE ...
Oct 2, 2009 / Eric Alterman