Progressive Caucus Report on Afghanistan Progressive Caucus Report on Afghanistan
The Congressional Progressive Caucus has released a set ofrecommendations based on its series of forums on Afghanistan--thesixth and last of which will be held Wednesday. It's re...
May 12, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
This Week On The Hill This Week On The Hill
From Greg Kaufmann, our weekly preview: The war supplemental, FY10 budget hearings, and credit card reform -- those are the big-ticket items this week. The House is expected to ...
May 12, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Baucus Healthcare Plan: Arrest Doctors, Nurses Baucus Healthcare Plan: Arrest Doctors, Nurses
Senate Finance Committee chairman Max Baucus, the insurance industry-friendly Democrat who is managing show hearings on healthcare reform, has come up with a novel way to express ...
May 12, 2009 / John Nichols
New US General Vs. Taliban, Pashtuns New US General Vs. Taliban, Pashtuns
The war in Afghanistan has been overshadowed in recent weeks by the crisis next door in Pakistan, but no more. Secretary of Defense Gates has fired the US commander there, General...
May 12, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Bush, Cheney, Pelosi and Testifying About Torture Bush, Cheney, Pelosi and Testifying About Torture
I.F. Stone used to joke that what passed for investigative journalism in Washington was actually just the restating of what was already in the public record at the appropriate tim...
May 11, 2009 / John Nichols
The Fierce Urgency of Disarmament The Fierce Urgency of Disarmament
"After a long winter of discontent we have the audacity to hope forspringtime.... But there are miles to go before we sleep."--Ambassador Jayantha Dhanapalawe, President ofPugwas...
May 11, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Reviving Anti-Trust Reviving Anti-Trust
The New York Times has a piece today about the Obama administration's intention to actually enforce anti-trust provisions, a shocking departure from the actions of the last admini...
May 11, 2009 / Chris Hayes
US General Builds A Palestinian Army US General Builds A Palestinian Army
Last Thursday, in what was billed as his very first on-the-record address, Lt. Gen. Keith Dayton, U.S. security coordinator for Israel and the Palestinian Authority, spoke to the ...
May 11, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Mother’s Day for Peace Mother’s Day for Peace
It makes sense that the best way to honor a mother is to work to end wars that kill her sons, but the true origin of Mother's Day has been buried under an avalanche of flowers and...
May 10, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
Cheney Joins Grand Old Party of Limbaugh Cheney Joins Grand Old Party of Limbaugh
Former Vice President Dick Cheney has made himself the most prominent spokesman for the Republican establishment in recent weeks. But for the most part he has confined himself to ...
May 10, 2009 / John Nichols