Healthcare Disinformation: A Case Study Healthcare Disinformation: A Case Study
Ezra Klein links to some interesting polling today that shows a (slim) plurality saying Obama's health care reform proposals are a "bad idea," but a strong majority supporting the...
Aug 6, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Spy vs. Spy Spy vs. Spy
I've got a new Think Again called "The Mainstream Media Opens the DoortoHate" here. For those of you who've been following the Izzy Stone imbroglio, youwill have noted that Me...
Aug 6, 2009 / Eric Alterman
Ahmadinejad II Ahmadinejad II
A intensified crackdown in Iran in the next few weeks and months might make the post-election repression of Iran's opposition movement so far look mild. Now that President Ahmadin...
Aug 6, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Bottled Water Sucks Bottled Water Sucks
I knew bottled water was a social ill but I didn't know how damaging it was until I saw an explosive and compelling new documentary called Tapped. With style, verve and righteou...
Aug 5, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
How the Tea-Baggers are Like ACT-UP How the Tea-Baggers are Like ACT-UP
There's been some very interesting back and forth about the right-wing disruptions of health care town halls in the Twitterverse and Blogosphere (oh God, did I just type those two...
Aug 5, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Poems about Poems: Why Not? Poems about Poems: Why Not?
Is there something wrong with writing poems about writing poems? And if so, what? My friend Richard Howard was the first person who told me he didn't approve of that subject, but ...
Aug 5, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Katha Pollitt
Billion-Dollar Mystery in Iraq Billion-Dollar Mystery in Iraq
A multi-billion dollar mystery is unfolding in Iraq, and it may reach to the highest levels of the Iraqi government. It involves what the New York Times calls an "extremist Shiit...
Aug 4, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Rep. Ryan’s Plan to Make Your Healthcare Worse Rep. Ryan’s Plan to Make Your Healthcare Worse
Last week, I co-hosted Carlos Watson's morning news program on MSNBC. In an interview with Paul Ryan, the Wisconsin Congressman was combativeas he wrongly dismissed Democratic pr...
Aug 4, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
If We Want Health Care We Have to Fight For It If We Want Health Care We Have to Fight For It
I come from a family of organizers (my dad and my brother), so I'm intimately familiar with just how much work good organizing is. I also have a lot of guilt about the fact I'm no...
Aug 4, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Complain, Complain: Poems about Writing Poetry Complain, Complain: Poems about Writing Poetry
Now for something completely different. This week I'm guest-blogging at The Best American Poetry. So much fun! I'll be putting up here what I wrote over there the day before.
Aug 3, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Katha Pollitt