Get Rid of Bush’s Last-Minute HHS Regulation Get Rid of Bush’s Last-Minute HHS Regulation
Thursday, April 9th, is the deadline for comments on the proposed rescission of the Bush administration's last-minute HHS regulation expanding provider "conscience" clauses...
Apr 8, 2009 / Katha Pollitt
A New Way Forward A New Way Forward
What seems most immediately alarming about the bailouts and the $787 billion stimulus, write Leo Hindery and Donald Riegle in the April 20 issue of The Nation, are the countless i...
Apr 7, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
Springtime for Marriage Equality: First Iowa, Now Vermont, DC Springtime for Marriage Equality: First Iowa, Now Vermont, DC
In spring, they say, human hearts incline toward love. And from the Midwest to New England, the love that once dared not speak its name is being formally recognized and celebrated...
Apr 7, 2009 / John Nichols
A Soldier’s Soul Screams ‘Get Out’ A Soldier’s Soul Screams ‘Get Out’
Last week, the Congressional Progressive Caucus held its second of six scheduled forums on Afghanistan. It was the first non-classified public forum on Capitol Hill to address the...
Apr 6, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Around The Nation Around The Nation
I'm just back from a whirlwind trip to Grand Rapids, Michigan, where Idebated the editor of The National Review, Rich Lowry, about PresidentObama's policy agenda. It was a spiri...
Apr 5, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Slacker Friday Slacker Friday
We've got a new "Think Again Column called "Mice, Playing: The Declineof Skeptical Journalism," and it's here.And I did a post for the Daily Beast on the contretemps over Vanity ...
Apr 3, 2009 / Eric Alterman
House Members to Obama: Rethink Afghanistan Surge House Members to Obama: Rethink Afghanistan Surge
Congressional Democrats and Republicans are signing on to a letter urging President Obama to reconsider his plan to surge tens of thousands of additional U.S. troops into Afghanis...
Apr 2, 2009 / John Nichols
Netanyahu Blusters on Iran Netanyahu Blusters on Iran
The strategy of the new Israeli government is to avoid making a deal with the Palestinians by changing the subject. Instead of talking about Palestine, Prime Minister Bibi Netanya...
Apr 2, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Afghanistan: No Benchmarks Yet Afghanistan: No Benchmarks Yet
Last week, in revealing the outlines of his new plan for Afghanistan, President Obama spoke about "benchmarks" that would be applied to measure progress. The comment inevitably ra...
Apr 1, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Referendum on Obama Policies Yields a Virtual Tie Referendum on Obama Policies Yields a Virtual Tie
The most closely-watched election test yet faced by the young Obama administration has yielded an inconclusive result with 100 percent of the vote counted. In the upstate New Yor...
Apr 1, 2009 / John Nichols