Keep Lieberman in the Caucus (For Now) Keep Lieberman in the Caucus (For Now)
This writer has worn out several computers criticizing Senator Joe Lieberman, going back to the days when he was mounting a conservative-backed challenged to progressive Republica...
Nov 12, 2008 / John Nichols
No to Lawrence Summers No to Lawrence Summers
President-elect Obama rightly spoke often on the campaign trail about the perils of deregulation and trade agreements that do not include worker and environmental protections. Th...
Nov 11, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
Mr. President, May I Suggest A Book Mr. President, May I Suggest A Book
Scott McLemee wrote a fantastic column in which he emailed a number of journalists, thinkers, and intellectuals and asked them what book they would have Barack Obama read if it co...
Nov 11, 2008 / Chris Hayes
The Doctor Who Cured the Democratic Party The Doctor Who Cured the Democratic Party
When Howard Dean, fresh off a bid for the Democratic presidential nomination that ended with a scream, announced that he would seek the chairmanship of the Democratic National Com...
Nov 11, 2008 / John Nichols
Election Updates –Good News and Not Election Updates –Good News and Not
For the Election Day causes I've written about here and in my column,there's good news and, well, not so good news. First the hurrahs. By a whopping 69%, Milwaukee voters pass...
Nov 10, 2008 / Katha Pollitt
Pushing Obama Pushing Obama
As talk turns to whom the new President will appoint to his cabinet and what tasks they'll immediately turn themselves to in the first 100 days, a stirring new video from our frie...
Nov 10, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
End of International Law, Part II End of International Law, Part II
Last week, I wrote a post here about the emergence of a parallel new Bush admininstration doctrine that allows US forces to raid countries at will whenever supposedly "actionable ...
Nov 10, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Obama’s Best Advice Will Come From Reich, Bonior Obama’s Best Advice Will Come From Reich, Bonior
Barack Obama appeared at his first press conference as the president-elect of the United States on a day of sobering economic news. Just hours earlier, the Department of Labor had...
Nov 7, 2008 / John Nichols
The First 100 Days The First 100 Days
At the end of this remarkable week, we're starting to look ahead to theFirst 100 Days of the Obama presidency. Already, we're hearing calls inthe mainstream media warning the new ...
Nov 7, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Obama and Iran Obama and Iran
In the realm of foreign affairs, the two wars that America is fighting, in Iraq and Afghanistan, may have higher priority for President Obama than the war it isn't fighting, namel...
Nov 7, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss