Send the Next President to Poland Send the Next President to Poland
The United States has historically contributed more to climate change than any other nation, and over the past eight years it's done the least to curb the dangerous trends toward ...
Oct 15, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
How to Fix the Debates: Better Moderators How to Fix the Debates: Better Moderators
The last of the Lincoln-Douglas debates took place 150 years ago today in the politically volatile Mississippi River town of Alton, Illinois. As Stephen Douglas, the former Illin...
Oct 15, 2008 / John Nichols
Iran Readies Its End-Game Iraq Strategy Iran Readies Its End-Game Iraq Strategy
The U.S. embassy and military command has once again started to raise accusations about Iranian "meddling" in Iraq. Of course, one man's meddling is another man's pursuit of natio...
Oct 15, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
A McCain-Feingold Split: Feingold Scores Former Ally A McCain-Feingold Split: Feingold Scores Former Ally
Mention bipartisan cooperation and no two names come more quickly to mind than "McCain" and "Feingold." Ever since Republican Senator John McCain of Arizona and Democratic Senator...
Oct 14, 2008 / John Nichols
Planting the Seeds Planting the Seeds
The ACLU is offering 16 young civil liberties activists $12,500 each toward their first year in college. The winners will become part of a special class of scholar-activists, part...
Oct 14, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
A Well-Deserved Prize for An Outspoken Liberal A Well-Deserved Prize for An Outspoken Liberal
Before the Bush years, Paul Krugman was simply an economist. As a young academic, he made a tremendous splash through his work on economic geography, developing what came to be kn...
Oct 14, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Frank Gaffney’s Obama Insanity Frank Gaffney’s Obama Insanity
Some pundits have intelligent things to say, even if now and then they let their emotions step all over their better judgment. Some pundits have little or nothing intelligent to s...
Oct 14, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Nation to New Yorkers: Vote Change Like You Mean It. Nation to New Yorkers: Vote Change Like You Mean It.
"In an otherwise desultory fall election, there is one lever New York voters can pull on Election Day that will make a real difference – that of the Working Families Party…"--...
Oct 13, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Openings for US-Iran Deal? Openings for US-Iran Deal?
The elections in Iran are nearly a year away, but it's encouraging to see the emerging possibility of a new bid for the presidency by former President Mohammad Khatami. Last week,...
Oct 13, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
A Phrase for Obama: “The McCain-Bush Economy” A Phrase for Obama: “The McCain-Bush Economy”
The new Washington Post-ABC News poll is out, and the numbers are astounding. No, we're not talking about Barack Obama's lead, although let's be clear that a 53-42 advantage over...
Oct 13, 2008 / John Nichols