Palin Channels Cheney’s 9/11-Iraq Falsehoods Palin Channels Cheney’s 9/11-Iraq Falsehoods
When everyone's attention was focusing on Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's less-than-reassuring interview about foreign policy with ABC News anchor Charlie Gibson, the Republican nom...
Sep 12, 2008 / John Nichols
Feminism We Can Believe In Feminism We Can Believe In
The entire Palin Phenomenon is so transparent and craven and crassly designed to make the media chase its own tail, that I've been attempting to exercise restraint in my Palin blo...
Sep 11, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Looking Forward, Rather Than Backward, on Another 9-11 Looking Forward, Rather Than Backward, on Another 9-11
The various speeches, statements, pronouncements and pontifications by the president and the political class arrayed around him on this seventh anniversary of the September 11, 20...
Sep 11, 2008 / John Nichols
Seven Years Seven Years
I don't have anything particularly eloquent to say today, though I do wonder if the sudden turn from the idiocy of the campaign to the solemn memorialization of 9/11 will spark a ...
Sep 11, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Invading Pakistan, Expanding the War Invading Pakistan, Expanding the War
The Times reports today that President Bush gave an order in July allowing US Special Forces "to carry out ground assaults inside Pakistan without the prior approval of the Pakist...
Sep 11, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
What’s Your Obama Tax Cut? What’s Your Obama Tax Cut?
According to a recent Gallup poll, fifty-three percent of Americans expect their federal income taxes to increase if Barack Obama is elected president. The truth: The Democratic ...
Sep 10, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
Lethal High-Tech Counterinsurgency in Iraq Lethal High-Tech Counterinsurgency in Iraq
Bob Woodward, in "The War Within," has a mysterious passage about the supersecret, high-tech assassination efforts aimed at Iraqi militants. It's all hush-hush, but there is other...
Sep 10, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
The McCain Support That Dare Not Speak Its Name The McCain Support That Dare Not Speak Its Name
Last week's Republican National Convention heard plenty of testimonies to John McCain's character. Indeed, while the frenzy over Sarah Palin's selection as the party's vice presi...
Sep 10, 2008 / John Nichols
A Million Doors Open for Peace A Million Doors Open for Peace
At this moment, when the mainstream media has largely abandoned coverage of the Iraq War and the majority antiwar opinion, the presidential campaign is underwhelming in offering ...
Sep 10, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Real McCain The Real McCain
Worried about the McCain/Palin bump in the polls? Looking for a way to put that nervous energy to useful effect? Our friends at Brave New Films have been busy documenting the GOP ...
Sep 9, 2008 / Peter Rothberg