The Economist Backs ‘The Socialist’ The Economist Backs ‘The Socialist’
This writer has never taken particularly seriously the suggestion of Republican presidential candidate John McCain and his surrealist running-mate Sarah Palin that Democrat Barack...
Oct 30, 2008 / John Nichols
A Chronicle of Despair, A Promise of Change A Chronicle of Despair, A Promise of Change
Before he dismissed it as a "gauzy, feel-good commercial," John McCain really should have watched the thirty-minute television program that Barack Obama's campaign aired Wednesday...
Oct 30, 2008 / John Nichols
United Socialist States of America United Socialist States of America
Last night Stephen Colbert quite cleverly invited the actualSocialist candidate for President ontohis show, to give him the opportunity to state the blindinglyobvious: Obama's no...
Oct 29, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Stop GOP Vote Suppression Stop GOP Vote Suppression
My friend and Nation writer Roberto Lovato has an important post today on his Of America blog. He outlines what to do before the election to safeguard against any possible dirty t...
Oct 28, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
The End of International Law? The End of International Law?
A parallel new Bush doctrine is emerging, in the last days of the soon-to-be-ancien regime, and it needs to be strangled in its crib. Like the original Bush doctrine -- the one th...
Oct 28, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Bachmann’s Blues Bachmann’s Blues
Ever since Minnesota Republican Congresswoman Michele Bachmann's poisonous comments on Hardball ten days ago, it has looked increasingly possible that her deep red district might ...
Oct 27, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Numbers Game: How to Read the Polls Now Numbers Game: How to Read the Polls Now
Barack Obama's poll numbers have been looking good for so long that it is easy for his supporters to assume a triumphalism stance as America's longest-ever presidential campaign e...
Oct 27, 2008 / John Nichols
Political Crisis in Israel May Boost Hawks Political Crisis in Israel May Boost Hawks
The former Mossad agent who leads Israel's ruling party, Kadima, failed in her effort to put together a government, but there's a chance that Tzipi Livni will never become prime m...
Oct 27, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
It’s Crunch Time in South Dakota It’s Crunch Time in South Dakota
Election Day is around the corner, so if you still have two dimes to rub together, you have just a few days to send them where they can still do good on November 4. I'm send...
Oct 26, 2008 / Katha Pollitt
Obama Highlights a Vote for McCain: George Bush’s Obama Highlights a Vote for McCain: George Bush’s
Barack Obama has gotten plenty of help from Republicans over the course of the past week. Former Secretary of State Colin Powell jumped party lines to endorse the Democrat for pr...
Oct 26, 2008 / John Nichols