Slacker Friday Slacker Friday
Weekly Wrap-up: Our new "Think Again" column, "The Surprising Success of the Right-WingRant," is here. It's an exploration of the weird success of the right'shysterical racist...
Jun 5, 2009 / Eric Alterman
Three Tests for Obama After “The Speech” Three Tests for Obama After “The Speech”
I'm arriving tonight in Tehran, where I expect I'll get a lot of interesting reaction to President Obama's speech yesterday. (My own reaction was posted here, at length, yesterday...
Jun 5, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Time to Break Up the Banks Time to Break Up the Banks
Last April, I wrote about A New Way Forward, a new and growing movement organized via the web and founded by young people who want to take back the power of the ordinary citizen t...
Jun 4, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
‘Smearing Izzy Continued,’ Continued… ‘Smearing Izzy Continued,’ Continued…
Our new "Think Again" column, "The Surprising Success of the Right-WingRant," is here. It's an exploration of the weird success of the right's hysterical racist andsexist attacks...
Jun 4, 2009 / Eric Alterman
A Seat at the Table for Single-Payer A Seat at the Table for Single-Payer
This week, Senator Bernie Sanders has been firing on all cylinders as hecontinues his advocacy for real healthcare reform that controls costswhile extending quality care to every...
Jun 4, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Obama Hits A Home Run Obama Hits A Home Run
I watched President Obama's Cairo speech from Dubai, the sprawling and frenzied city of gold and shopping malls on the shores of the Arabian--er, Persian--Gulf. (I'm on my way to ...
Jun 4, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Bipartisan Objections to a Bad Bailouts Bipartisan Objections to a Bad Bailouts
Thirty-six members of the U.S. House -- Democrats and Republicans, liberals and conservatives -- recently wrote to President Obama asking him to stop the White House Auto Task For...
Jun 3, 2009 / John Nichols
Anti-Choice Terrorism Anti-Choice Terrorism
There were lots of young people in the crowd, and at the microphone, for Monday evening's spirited rally in Union Square to honor Dr. George Tiller. It was quite a contrast...
Jun 3, 2009 / Katha Pollitt
This Week on the Hill This Week on the Hill
I've been a bad blogger the last week: Congress was on recess and I was working on a number of long-form writing assignments that had stacked up in my queue. But now Congress is ...
Jun 2, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Gun (In)Sanity Gun (In)Sanity
Despite a Democratic Congress and President, it's been a bad time for common sense measures to curb gun violence. Earlier this year, a voting rights bill for the citizens of the...
Jun 2, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel