Ask the President Ask the President
Of his many promises during the 2008 Presidential campaign, one of themost appealing was Barack Obama's pledge to make his administration "themost open and transparent in history...
Mar 20, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Obama Spiritual Counselor: Change Course on Afghanistan Obama Spiritual Counselor: Change Course on Afghanistan
President Obama, formerly of Chicago's Trinity United Church of Christ, is currently looking for a new spiritual home. In the meantime, he is reportedly taking religious counsel f...
Mar 19, 2009 / John Nichols
Taking Back the Economy Taking Back the Economy
Laura Dean attended the local Take Back the Economy protest today and files this dispatch: Quite a crowd had gathered outside AIG's K street offices despite the dreary weather fo...
Mar 19, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Grassley to Rush: More Lies Please Grassley to Rush: More Lies Please
I think there's a fascinating cultural difference between the way that Democratic politicians view the progressive base (as something to keep distance from, to be triangulated aga...
Mar 19, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Everybody Wants to Rule the World Everybody Wants to Rule the World
Big Alter-media week: We've got a new called "Think Again column called"Remember Real Journalism," and it's here. We did a BHTV episode with our new conservative buddy Reihan,...
Mar 19, 2009 / Eric Alterman
What AIG Started What AIG Started
As promised here's my comment in this week's issue on the AIG bonus issue. It's behind a sub-wall, but I'm just gonna yank it out and post it here: The infamous letter from AIG C...
Mar 19, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Another Way to Recoup The Bonuses Another Way to Recoup The Bonuses
Like everyone I've been following the AIG brouhaha, though with more than a bit of skepticism at the howls of outrage from the political class. (I have some more extended thoughts...
Mar 19, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Suicide for AIG Execs? Don’t Let Them Off That Easy Suicide for AIG Execs? Don’t Let Them Off That Easy
Suddenly populist Iowa Senator Charles Grassley certainly stirred things up with his suggestion that AIG executives accept responsibility for the collapse of the insurance giant b...
Mar 18, 2009 / John Nichols
Stop Mountaintop Removal Stop Mountaintop Removal
In the United States, 100 tons of coal are extracted every two seconds. Around 70 percent of that coal comes from strip mines, and over the last 20 years, an increasing amount com...
Mar 17, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
The Zardari-Sharif Battle in Pakistan The Zardari-Sharif Battle in Pakistan
At Tuesday's State Department briefing, spokesman Robert Wood -- admittedly speaking quickly, and off the cuff -- said the following about Pakistan, when asked about the political...
Mar 17, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss