The Right’s Response to the Bailout The Right’s Response to the Bailout
It's a tough time to be a conservative, and not just because John McCain has been nose-diving in the polls. The financial crisis seems to be history rendering its final judgment o...
Oct 13, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Troopergate Conclusion: Palin Abused Her Office Troopergate Conclusion: Palin Abused Her Office
Far from being the good-government "reformer" that Republicans have attempted to present her as, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has governed in an abusive manner that violated the pu...
Oct 11, 2008 / John Nichols
Thirty Years’ War in Afghanistan Thirty Years’ War in Afghanistan
Following on the heels of recent reports from British military and diplomatic circles that the war in Afghanistan can't be won, a new report from Tony Cordesman at the Center for...
Oct 10, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
The Woman Greenspan, Rubin & Summers Silenced The Woman Greenspan, Rubin & Summers Silenced
"Break the Glass" was the code-name high-level Treasury Department figures gave the $700 billion bailout; it was to be used only as a last- resort measure. Now millions have be...
Oct 10, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
VA Fails Vets on the Vote VA Fails Vets on the Vote
Last month I wroteabout important legislation designed to help veterans vote in theupcoming election, the Veteran Voting Support Act (S. 3308). Introducedby Senators Dianne Fein...
Oct 8, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
No More Stolen Elections! No More Stolen Elections!
The 2000 presidential election was an in-broad-daylight assault on both the concept of democracy and its practice in the United States. Democrat Al Gore received 543,895 more vote...
Oct 8, 2008 / John Nichols
Obama v. McCain: “Fundamental Difference” on Health Care Obama v. McCain: “Fundamental Difference” on Health Care
NASHVILLE -- Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama offered radically different responses to what was arguably the best question asked so far in any of this year's debat...
Oct 8, 2008 / John Nichols
Expert Failure Expert Failure
Eli Lake and I talk about the VP debate, the future of newspapers and the financial crisis on bloggingheads. Here's our discussion of something I've been thinking a lot about: the...
Oct 7, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Who’s Watching the Fox at Treasury? Who’s Watching the Fox at Treasury?
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is expected to name fellow GoldmanSachs alum, Neel Kashkari, to oversee the government's $700 billionSuperfund cleanup of Wall Street's toxic asse...
Oct 6, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
S. Dakota Goes After Choice (Again) S. Dakota Goes After Choice (Again)
Last week, I wrote about a draconian, anti-choice initiative in Colorado that threatens to criminalize abortion, curtail stem-cell research, and deprive women of access to legal c...
Oct 6, 2008 / Peter Rothberg