From My Inbox: WRRAP Says Thanks; UPDATE From My Inbox: WRRAP Says Thanks; UPDATE
Despite hard times which have made philanthropy hard for many, readers responded to the appeal in my last post for donations for the Women's Reproductive Rights Assistance Project...
Mar 31, 2009 / Katha Pollitt
The Senate is Broken The Senate is Broken
Over the weekend, during a drive to and from New York I listened to Steven Johnson's enjoyable and stimulating new book The Invention of Air. It's about a British scientist/preach...
Mar 31, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Auto Gets Tough Love, While Wall Street Feels the Love Auto Gets Tough Love, While Wall Street Feels the Love
Of course, General Motors CEO Rick Rick Wagoner was incapable of running a major auto company. Aside from a name that sounded like a Jeep model, Wagoner brought nothing to the Ame...
Mar 31, 2009 / John Nichols
No to War, No to NATO No to War, No to NATO
With President Obama announcing his new strategy for US/NATO escalation in Afghanistan, the April 3-4 NATO Summit in Baden-Baden and Kehl, Germany, and in Strasbourg, France, take...
Mar 31, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
How Much Does It Cost? How Much Does It Cost?
The General Accounting Office, at least, is still using the phrase "Global War on Terrorism," when it adds up how much the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and related matters are costi...
Mar 30, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Ban Cluster Bombs Ban Cluster Bombs
On March 10th Congress passed an omnibus budget bill that created a permanent ban on nearly all US cluster bomb exports. The legislation states that cluster munitions can only be ...
Mar 30, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
A Progressive Victory In New York A Progressive Victory In New York
Governor David Paterson and the leaders of the Legislature have struck adeal to create two new tax brackets for those earning above $300,000 and$500,000. The new tax structure wo...
Mar 30, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Week In Preview Week In Preview
From Greg Kaufmann: Now that Obama has announced his Af/Pak strategy there will be a whole host of hearings about it this week. One that was already in the works was the Congre...
Mar 30, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Afghanistan: Might As Well Talk Now Afghanistan: Might As Well Talk Now
Senator John McCain, appearing on Meet the Press yesterday, made all of his usual noises about Afghanistan and Pakistan -- attacking "minimalists" who want to reduce the US missio...
Mar 30, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
On Budgets and Europe On Budgets and Europe
A dispatch from Greg Kaufmann: On Budgets and Europe Thursday afternoon, I was one of the 18 viewers in the age 3 to 100 demographic watching the Senate Budget Committee's marku...
Mar 30, 2009 / Chris Hayes