Obey Issues A ‘Vietnam’ Warning Obey Issues A ‘Vietnam’ Warning
Representative David Obey, who chairs the House appropriations committee, is comparing the Afghanistan-Pakistan war to Vietnam: There were new signs of uneasiness on Capitol Hil...
May 5, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Springsteen to Seeger: ‘You Outlasted the Bastards’ Springsteen to Seeger: ‘You Outlasted the Bastards’
"You outlasted the bastards, man," Bruce Springsteen told the roaring crowd. I think that was my favorite line at the rollicking birthday concert celebrating Pete Seeger's 90th! ...
May 5, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Four Dead in Ohio Four Dead in Ohio
Today is the 39th anniversary of the infamous killings of four student antiwar protesters at Kent State University by members of the Ohio National Guard. Nine other students were ...
May 4, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
This Week on the Hill This Week on the Hill
From Greg Kaufmann: President Obama meets with President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan and President Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan on Wednesday, while the Senate, House, and Congre...
May 4, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Is It Clinton vs. Jones? Is It Clinton vs. Jones?
Is this the first crack in the we're-all-one-big-happy-family talk from the Obama adminstration when it comes to foreign policy? Is Hillary Clinton's State Department trying to un...
May 4, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Ways to Perfect Our Democracy Ways to Perfect Our Democracy
The first 100 days of the Obama Presidency have come and gone in a state of crisis. For supporters of democracy reform, however, that could describe the last eight years since Bus...
May 4, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Bankrupt Bailout Spends Billions to Shut Factories Bankrupt Bailout Spends Billions to Shut Factories
President Obama says that, after the brief inconvenience of a bankruptcy filing and the ensuing reorganization, Chrysler will "a going concern" with "a strong chance of success." ...
May 2, 2009 / John Nichols
Slacker Friday Slacker Friday
We've got a new Think Again column here called "Conservatives Know the Real Origin of Swine Flu." This morning I put up this piece on that lunatic Michele Bachmann and I did a s...
May 1, 2009 / Eric Alterman
Pete Seeger at 90 Pete Seeger at 90
In January, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, Pete Seegerwas the oldest person to perform as part of Barack Obama'sinauguration festivities. Singing the "greatest song about ...
May 1, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
Around The Nation Around The Nation
The Nation did not take home a National Magazine Award this week. We were nominated in two categories: Naomi Klein for Columns & Commentary, and William Deresciewicz for Reviews &...
May 1, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel