Slacker Monday Slacker Monday
Wrapup: We have a new "Think Again" column, picking up on the food fight between the Washington Post's Dana Milbank and The Huffington Post's Nico Pitney and the larger issues we...
Jul 6, 2009 / Eric Alterman
Understanding Legislative Corruption Understanding Legislative Corruption
Ezra has a smart post up on the mechanisms of influence that the health insurance industry is using to affect the legislative process. "It's Not the Money. It's the Relationships,...
Jul 6, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Opposition Holds Firm in Iran Opposition Holds Firm in Iran
Let's leave aside, for today, Vice President Biden's incredibly destructive comments on Israel's "sovereign" right to bomb Iran, remarks that are widely being interpreted in the M...
Jul 6, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
This Week On The Hill This Week On The Hill
This week -- a lot of appropriations work, more markups on health care legislation, the Senate gets started on its climate bill, and welcome Senator Al Franken…. The Senate is ...
Jul 6, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Obama’s Eloquent Moscow Speech Obama’s Eloquent Moscow Speech
On the second day of a highly anticipated US-Russian summit meeting, after reaching a preliminary agreement to cut each country's stockpiles of strategic nuclear weapons by one th...
Jul 6, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Jobless Figures Pose Social, Political Threat for Obama, Dems Jobless Figures Pose Social, Political Threat for Obama, Dems
A month ago, when the jobless rate was edging toward 9 percent, it was clear that the most serious challenge facing the Obama administration was rising unemployment. Unfortunatel...
Jul 5, 2009 / John Nichols
Defining Patriotism Defining Patriotism
The first sentence of The Nation's prospectus, dated July 6, 1865, promised "the maintenance and diffusion of true democratic principles in society and government," surely a patri...
Jul 4, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
Rediscovering Secular America Rediscovering Secular America
This Fourth of July, those who identify themselves as non-believers, or humanists, or atheists -- or a whole host of other names which signify a nontheistic worldview -- have much...
Jul 4, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Palin Goes Gonzo Palin Goes Gonzo
Maybe Sarah Palin finally realized that the people who run the Republican party just aren't that into her. Maybe the soon-to-be-former governor of Alaska is still delusional enou...
Jul 3, 2009 / John Nichols
Revolutionary Republic of July 4 Should Eschew Empire’s Errors Revolutionary Republic of July 4 Should Eschew Empire’s Errors
The days leading up to the 233rd anniversary of American independence offered plenty of opportunities to consider how a country founded in opposition to empire and imperialism sho...
Jul 3, 2009 / John Nichols