Single-Payer Health Care Would Stimulate Economy Single-Payer Health Care Would Stimulate Economy
There is an unhealthy tendency on the part of politicians and journalists to see discussions about economic recovery and health care reform as separate debates. In fact, one of t...
Jan 14, 2009 / John Nichols
Will Obama Find Time to Dine with Progressive Thinkers & Writers Will Obama Find Time to Dine with Progressive Thinkers & Writers
Did you see the story about how Obama dined Tuesday evening with a passel of conservative and neocon columnists/pundits including George Will, Bill Kristol, Charles Krauthammer an...
Jan 14, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
George Bush’s “Outrageous and Offensive” Final Act George Bush’s “Outrageous and Offensive” Final Act
At the close of an indefensible presidency, George Bush was true to form. He committed an indefensible act. The president awarded the nation's hghest civilian honor to South Ame...
Jan 13, 2009 / John Nichols
Some Sanity on Gaza Some Sanity on Gaza
One of the most interesting things about the way the war on Gaza has been playing out politically, is that American mainstream, establishment voices have been far more critical of...
Jan 13, 2009 / Chris Hayes
What’s TARP II Supposed to Do? What’s TARP II Supposed to Do?
Huffington Post's new congressional correspondent Ryan Grim had a good scoop yesterday. Joe Lieberman told him that in the off-the-record meeting with Democratic Senators, Obama t...
Jan 13, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Shovel-Ready Mass Transit Shovel-Ready Mass Transit
There's been a lot of talk about the infrastructure component of the proposed stimulus, and whether it's too slanted towards roads, bridges and other aspects of our car-dependent ...
Jan 13, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Obama and the Middle East, Part I Obama and the Middle East, Part I
The Middle East looms large for Barack Obama, and in Washington it's clear that the seething arc of crises from Gaza and Lebanon through Iraq and Iran into Afghanistan and Pakista...
Jan 13, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
The Middle East’s Only Democracy The Middle East’s Only Democracy
As a general rule I don't do a ton of foreign policy commenting here on Capitolism, but I think the latest news that Israel has decided to ban Arab parties from the upcoming elect...
Jan 12, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Obama Invites Gay Bishop to Give an Inaugural Prayer Obama Invites Gay Bishop to Give an Inaugural Prayer
Apparently, it pays to complain to President-elect Barack Obama. Despite his protestations to the contrary, Obama clearly felt a bit burned by the outcry over his selection of Pa...
Jan 12, 2009 / John Nichols
Just Another PCS* (Bateman’s Back…) Just Another PCS* (Bateman’s Back…)
Hello Altercators, old and new. LTC Bob here, just checking in to thenew place. All this Altercation moving around these past few years really has notbugged me too much. The...
Jan 12, 2009 / Eric Alterman