To Spend or Not to Spend? To Spend or Not to Spend?
One day after the government reported the worst hemorrhaging of jobs in a month since 1974 -- with 533,000 jobs lost in November -- President-elect Barack Obama revealed aspects o...
Dec 9, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Bill Ayers Whitewashes History, Again Bill Ayers Whitewashes History, Again
It couldn't have been easy for Bill Ayers to keep quiet while the McCain campaign tarred him as the Obama's best friend, the terrorist. Unfortunately, the silence was too good to...
Dec 8, 2008 / Katha Pollitt
Did ISI Do It, Or Didn’t They? Did ISI Do It, Or Didn’t They?
The lead story in today's New York Times reports a definitive connection between the Lashkar-e Taiba ("Army of the Pure") terrorist group and Pakistan's ISI intelligence service. ...
Dec 8, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Making a New New Deal: Sitdown Strike in Chicago Making a New New Deal: Sitdown Strike in Chicago
Much has been made about the prospect that Barack Obama's presidency might, due to economic necessity and the president-elect's interventionist inclinations, be a reprise of the N...
Dec 7, 2008 / John Nichols
Shinseki–The General Who Battled Rumsfeld Shinseki–The General Who Battled Rumsfeld
In June 2003 I wrote about how General Eric Shinseki, the Army Chief of Staff, was shunted aside by the arrogant civilians running Defense--Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Feith. ( I post t...
Dec 7, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Consider Me Stimulated Consider Me Stimulated
Since I've strangely become some kind of spokesperson for "the left"'s discontent with Obama, let me say that the outline of the stimulus package he announced this morning made my...
Dec 6, 2008 / Chris Hayes
“Irreplaceable” Kennedy Quits Judiciary Seat “Irreplaceable” Kennedy Quits Judiciary Seat
Determined to make the most of his remaining time in the Senate, and of the opportunities that will come with Democratic control of the legislative and executive branches, Massach...
Dec 6, 2008 / John Nichols
At The Table At The Table
Back in the winter days of the primary when Center for Community Change hosted their forum on community values in Iowa, they invited all of the presidential candidates to listen t...
Dec 5, 2008 / Chris Hayes
John Bolton Reads ‘Em and Weeps John Bolton Reads ‘Em and Weeps
It was an extraordinary scene at the American Enterprise Institute on Tuesday, where John Bolton read 'em and wept. There is, he said, no way to stop Iran from getting nuclear wea...
Dec 5, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Another Woman Senator From New York? Another Woman Senator From New York?
Feminist groups are moving to assure that the New York Senate seat that Hillary Clinton will soon vacate goes to a woman -- and they have chosen their candidate: Democratic Congre...
Dec 4, 2008 / John Nichols