Can We Forget About Pirates, Please? Can We Forget About Pirates, Please?
There are two ways to read this, from Secretary of Defense Robert Gates: "I am confident that we will be spending a lot of time in the situation room over the next few weeks tryi...
Apr 14, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Tax Rates for America Tax Rates for America
With Tax Day just around the corner, and the nation attempting to recover from our worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, a new report from the Institute for Policy St...
Apr 13, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Is Iran ‘Demonic,’ Ask Dennis Ross Is Iran ‘Demonic,’ Ask Dennis Ross
Does Dennis Ross believe that Iran is a "demonic" nation? Apparently so, at least according to the latest report from the Jewish People Policy Planning Institute. Readers of The...
Apr 13, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Socialists Take Over Congress (A GOP Fairy Tale) Socialists Take Over Congress (A GOP Fairy Tale)
Alabama Congressman Spencer Bachus, who despite an uncanny naivete regarding matters economic is the ranking Republican on the powerful House Financial Services Committee, is all ...
Apr 12, 2009 / John Nichols
Screw Seth Rogen Screw Seth Rogen
Is date rape funny? Seth Rogen and his crew apparently think so. Watch this video from Feministing.com for the far-from-comic story. Even actress Anna Faris, Rogen's fictional ...
Apr 10, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
Slacker Friday Slacker Friday
We've got a new "Think Again column called, ""Will-ful Ignorance, Round26," and it's about George Will's shameful global warming columns andFred Hiatt's defense of them, and it's...
Apr 10, 2009 / Eric Alterman
“One Thing” “One Thing”
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and this year, Connecticut Sexual Assault Crisis Services and the Victim/Survivor Advisory Council are making it easy to take a critical f...
Apr 9, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
Fair Elections Now (Or a Donor Strike?) Fair Elections Now (Or a Donor Strike?)
At this perilous moment, as we face key battles on the economic crisis, climate change, healthcare, and a slew of other issues, it's important to recognize that these fights will ...
Apr 9, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Ahoy, Obama! They’s Pirates Aplenty in These Waters Ahoy, Obama! They’s Pirates Aplenty in These Waters
Forget the economy! Vice President Joe Biden says the White House is working "around the clock" on the problem of piracy in the Gulf of Aden and on the Indian Ocean. Asked by a ...
Apr 9, 2009 / John Nichols
Paper Industry Panics Paper Industry Panics
My column in this week's issue of The Nation -- about the paper industry exploiting an alternative fuel tax credit -- has gotten some attention in the blogosphere. Today, I record...
Apr 8, 2009 / Chris Hayes