Political Pandemic: While Obey Acts, Collins Spins Political Pandemic: While Obey Acts, Collins Spins
House Appropriations Committee chairman David Obey, the Wisconsin Democrat whose attempt to secure needed funding for pandemic preparedness was blocked earlier this year after Sen...
Apr 28, 2009 / John Nichols
Ratify CIFTA Ratify CIFTA
Co-written and researched by Corbin Hiar. In a joint press conference with Mexico's president Philippe Calderon, President Obama recently threw his support behind the Inter-Ameri...
Apr 27, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
Chasing Ghosts in Afghanistan Chasing Ghosts in Afghanistan
There were two important hearings regarding Afghanistan on the Hill last week -- in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and at the Congressional Progressive Caucus' (CPC) third...
Apr 27, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Is Obama Our Nixon? Is Obama Our Nixon?
My final weekly 100 Days column is in the magazine this week, and up on the web here. For the foreseeable future, we're going to convert the column to a biweekly one, so I can do ...
Apr 27, 2009 / Chris Hayes
The Nefarious Al Gore The Nefarious Al Gore
Scalise, Sleaze, and the Nefarious Al Gore Al Gore was on the Hill to endorse the House climate bill at an Energy and Commerce hearing. He was armed as always with the latest sc...
Apr 27, 2009 / Chris Hayes
GOP Know-Nothings Fought Pandemic Preparedness GOP Know-Nothings Fought Pandemic Preparedness
When House Appropriations Committee chairman David Obey, the Wisconsin Democrat who has long championed investment in pandemic preparation, included roughly $900 million for that ...
Apr 26, 2009 / John Nichols
Slacker Friday, Jumbo Edition Slacker Friday, Jumbo Edition
I've got a new "Think Again" column called "TheDHS Report: Torturing theTruth" here and I'vegot a new Nation column about the New York Times Company, theBostonGlobe and the crazi...
Apr 24, 2009 / Eric Alterman
Talking to Hamas Talking to Hamas
Given that the new Israeli government is an inflexible bunch of hardliners, the best area for the Obama administration to make progress in the Israel-Palestine conflict is for the...
Apr 23, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
What Passes for News What Passes for News
We've got a new "Think Again" column called "The DHS Report: Torturingthe Truth," here and I've got a new Nation column about the New York Times company, the Boston Globe and th...
Apr 23, 2009 / Eric Alterman
Freudian Waterboarding Freudian Waterboarding
Speaking aboard Air Force One, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs today made a rather funny Freudian slip. Asked to explain the president's policy on the issue of CIA-led interro...
Apr 22, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss