Push Back Regressive Drug Laws Push Back Regressive Drug Laws
In her latest post, my boss Katrina vanden Heuvel highlights efforts to have New York State's draconian Rockefeller drug laws taken off the books. Tomorrow, March 10, thousands of...
Mar 9, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
This Week On The Hill This Week On The Hill
Greg Kaufmann's got the preview: This Week on the Hill It's like the movie Groundhog Day -- only with Harry Reid trying to woo Republicans so he can finally get cloture -- as th...
Mar 9, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Let Limbaugh Hate, Let Kennedy Have the Last Laugh Let Limbaugh Hate, Let Kennedy Have the Last Laugh
Richard Nixon, when asked his opinion of an up-and-coming Texan named George Herbert Walker Bush, famously replied with casual disinterest, observing that Bush was alright as ambi...
Mar 7, 2009 / John Nichols
Week in Review Week in Review
Yet another very busy week on the Hill. Greg Kaufmann has the goods: The House delayed its vote on the DC Voting Rights Bill due to the Senate's draconian gun amendment. Advocat...
Mar 6, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Rush and Coulter = Howe and Harrington? Really? Rush and Coulter = Howe and Harrington? Really?
We've got a new Think Again column here and it is called "The Other Meltdown: Conservatives." And I've got a new column in Moment called "Israeli Films Boldly Go Where Few Politi...
Mar 5, 2009 / Eric Alterman
Is the Obama Mortgage Plan Doomed To Fail? Is the Obama Mortgage Plan Doomed To Fail?
In the short-term, I think the answer is no. As I argued in my column last week, the plan does fairly elegantly snatch some low-hanging fruit. But the problem is that there's just...
Mar 5, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Reset with Russia Reset with Russia
UPDATE: In their first face-to-face meeting, Presidents Obama and Medvedev agreed they were "ready to move beyond Cold War mentalities," and launch a "fresh start" in what has be...
Mar 5, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Rich Lowry Is Making Sense Rich Lowry Is Making Sense
Over at the Corner he writes. While some conservative bloggers plunge into depths of despair that Rush Limbaugh gave a speech at CPAC not up to their standards and the White Hous...
Mar 5, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Chas Freeman Redux: “When Idiots Attack” Chas Freeman Redux: “When Idiots Attack”
The appointment of Chas Freeman as chairman of the National Intelligence Council is a done deal, and it's probably the single best appointment that Obama has made to date. But sma...
Mar 4, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Foodies Address the Slavery Issue Foodies Address the Slavery Issue
At The Nation we've tried to keep up on the good work of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, an organization comprised chiefly of Latino, Haitian and Mayan Indian immigrants worki...
Mar 4, 2009 / Peter Rothberg