‘Get Afghanistan Right’ Week ‘Get Afghanistan Right’ Week
The biggest concern about Barack Obama's foreign policy is probably his hawkishness on Afghanistan. Since early in the primary campaign he has consistently taken the position that...
Jan 12, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
This Week on the Hill This Week on the Hill
From Greg Kaufmann, comes a look what's slated to go down on the hill this week: This week -- a gazillion confirmation hearings -- way too many to list here. It's going to be fu...
Jan 12, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Torture and the Status Quo Torture and the Status Quo
Digby notices that there's a growing Establishment chorus calling for a continuation of the torture regime. This week it's Stuart Taylor in Newsweek. Meanwhile, Obama tells George...
Jan 12, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Correcting the Record on Pete Stark and Healthcare Correcting the Record on Pete Stark and Healthcare
One of the occupational hazards of opining on the Tee Vee is that it's very easy to make a mistake, and there's no institutionalized way (like a magazine's corrections page) to tr...
Jan 9, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Impeachment Made Easy: The Illinois Model Impeachment Made Easy: The Illinois Model
How quickly can a motivated legislative chamber impeach a scoundrel? Very quickly, indeed. The Illinois House of Representatives, acting just hours after the chamber's investiga...
Jan 9, 2009 / John Nichols
Bush Does A 180 on Gaza Bush Does A 180 on Gaza
It's interesting, and unsettling, to note the near-absence of Democratic Party criticism of the Israeli invasion of Gaza, even as the Bush Administration executes a near-180-degre...
Jan 9, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Slacker Friday Slacker Friday
We have a new Think Again column here called "Mainstream Media Malpractice" and I wrote a new Moment column here that they called "The Secular Spirit of Judaism." This week on...
Jan 9, 2009 / Eric Alterman
Jimmy Carter on “An Unnecessary War” Jimmy Carter on “An Unnecessary War”
Jimmy Carter, the American president more widely and rightly recognized than any other for forging a lasting peace agreement in the Middle East, met with President-elect Barack Ob...
Jan 9, 2009 / John Nichols
Things You Learn in Washington Things You Learn in Washington
Apparently, Citigroup is a fourth branch of government that needs to be "negotiated" with in order to pass legislation. Good to know. Kind of wish congress had "negotiated" with ...
Jan 9, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Altercation 3.0 Altercation 3.0
So here we are again.... Welcome to Altercation, 3.0. We began back inMay 2002, when, Joan Connell, then the opinion editor of MSNBC.com, nowonline editor here at The Nation, ask...
Jan 8, 2009 / Eric Alterman