A J’accuse for CAP, MoveOn Afghanistan Silence A J’accuse for CAP, MoveOn Afghanistan Silence
President Obama went on CBS News' "Face the Nation" Sunday to make the case for his great big war in Afghanistan. The good news is that Obama says, "What I will not do is to simp...
Mar 29, 2009 / John Nichols
O’Reilly Ambushes Journalist and Gets Ambushed Back O’Reilly Ambushes Journalist and Gets Ambushed Back
After ThinkProgress.org's managing editor Amanda Terkel wrote a blog entry critical of Fox News anchor Bill O'Reilly, the bloviator-in-chief sent a producer, Jesse Watters, to sta...
Mar 27, 2009 / John Nichols
Obama’s Afghan Plan Could Be Worse Obama’s Afghan Plan Could Be Worse
It could have been worse. But there's a lot of bad news. I listened to President Obama's speech, and I spent the morning over at the White House listening to officials there talk...
Mar 27, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Slacker Friday Slacker Friday
We've got a new Think Again here. It's called "Cable News Blues." My Nation column, comparing Jon Stewart with yes, Edward R. Murrow, is here, and I did a post about Obama's pres...
Mar 27, 2009 / Eric Alterman
I’ve Got a Right to Sing the Blues… I’ve Got a Right to Sing the Blues…
We've got a new Think Again here. It's called "Cable News Blues."Â My Nation column, comparing Jon Stewart with yes, Edward R. Murrow, is here, and I did a post about Obama's pre...
Mar 26, 2009 / Eric Alterman
William Polk on Afghanistan William Polk on Afghanistan
With reports that the Obama Administration will unveil its Afghanistan strategy as early as Friday -- and one senior Senate staffer telling me that Obama's special envoy to Afghan...
Mar 26, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Israel Bombed Sudan Israel Bombed Sudan
Israel's (outgoing) prime minister, Ehud Olmert, has pretty much confirmed the news -- first reported by CBS yesterday -- that Israel bombed a convoy of arms dealers in Sudan in J...
Mar 26, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
John Hope Franklin, RIP John Hope Franklin, RIP
I was a history major in college so I'm especially saddened when any great historian dies. But John Hope Franklin, who passed away this morning at the age of 94, was far more than...
Mar 25, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
Update on Gary Gensler Update on Gary Gensler
Six weeks ago I wrote a column about Gary Gensler, Obama's problematic nominee to be chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission As Robert Scheer points out here, Bernie S...
Mar 25, 2009 / Chris Hayes
The Real Economic Crisis The Real Economic Crisis
Today I want to highlight an example of remarkably good and important journalism, namely, a story in the Washington Post by Karin Brulliard that opens the door, a crack at least, ...
Mar 25, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss