Obama Must Get Afghanistan Right Obama Must Get Afghanistan Right
President-elect Barack Obama not only had the good judgment to opposethe war in Iraq, he argued for the need "to end the mindset that took usinto" that war. So it's troubling tha...
Jan 8, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
ET Come Home ET Come Home
Barbara Boxer began yesterday's briefing on investing in green technology by announcing that her third grandchild had been born around midnight. The seven Democratic Senators i...
Jan 8, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Morning Round-Up Morning Round-Up
1. Jeffrey Toobin's great profile of Barney Frank.
2. Kathy G helps make the case for a feminist stimulus.
3. Gershom Gorenberg on the ignored choices in Gaza.
Jan 8, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Yes to Special Elections for Senators Yes to Special Elections for Senators
Tom Geoghegan makes the constitutional case in the New York Times. Notwithstanding my support for seating Roland Burris, I think as a general matter, governors shouldn't (and don'...
Jan 7, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Seat Burris Seat Burris
In light of the news that Diane Feinstein has broken with Senate Democrats and called for Roland Burris to be seated, I just want to note for the record, she's absolutely right. (...
Jan 7, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Feingold’s Outline for a Constitutional Presidency Feingold’s Outline for a Constitutional Presidency
The new U.S. Senate is struggling to constitute itself this week, and the picture is a sorry one. Fights over how and when to seat potential members -- who have arrived via contr...
Jan 7, 2009 / John Nichols
Geoghegan’s Running Geoghegan’s Running
By now, you've probably seen the very, very excellent news that Tom Geoghegan is running to replace Rahm Emanuel as the congressman from Illinois' 5th district. Tom is a friend an...
Jan 7, 2009 / Chris Hayes
The Torture Legacy The Torture Legacy
Today at the gym I happened upon a report[PDF] from World Public Opinion about international attitudes towards human rights. (That's DC for ya.) There's a ton of interesting stuff...
Jan 7, 2009 / Chris Hayes
The Week Ahead The Week Ahead
I decided to bike to work on Capitol Hill yesterday because I wanted to survey the city, now playing host to the President-elect, and I have to say (maybe I'm projecting) there w...
Jan 6, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Panetta? Ummmmm… Well….. Panetta? Ummmmm… Well…..
For an agency whose job it is not to be surprised, nearly everything seems to surprise the CIA these days. So it's not surprising that the agency was surprised by the choice of Le...
Jan 5, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss