The Palin Fix The Palin Fix
There's only one explanation for the pundits who declared Sarah Palin finessed Thursday's debate: A nation of losers sorely needed a redemption narrative.
Oct 3, 2008 / Mark Ames
Sarah Palin, Mean Girl Sarah Palin, Mean Girl
Remember The Rules, that mean-girl guide to being the object of male desire? That's Sarah Palin. Not that it will do the GOP much good.
Oct 3, 2008 / Linda Hirshman
Obama’s Bailout Strategy Obama’s Bailout Strategy
Framing the financial crisis as a verdict on free-market fantasies, Obama can win with a mandate to end the war and build a better economy from the bottom up.
Oct 2, 2008 / Tom Hayden
Paul Newman Paul Newman
He was funny, he was thoughtful, he was committed and, in the end, he was a friend, period.
Oct 1, 2008 / Victor Navasky
Looking Backward Looking Backward
As America's second Gilded Age fissions around us, we can sense the zeitgeist shift. Are we staring into the abyss of 1929 or heading for a new New Deal?
Oct 1, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Steve Fraser
Democracy Inaction Democracy Inaction
Nothing brings left and right together like a Big Government intervention on behalf of Big Money.
Oct 1, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Noted. Noted.
D.D. Guttenplan on British politics, Nancy Kranich on Banned Books Week
Oct 1, 2008 / The Editors
Born-Again Democracy Born-Again Democracy
Congress must take control of the failed financial system until a new president can legislate a more permanent and equitable solution.
Oct 1, 2008 / William Greider
Newman Nation Newman Nation
The Nation bids farewell to one of its greatest friends--actor and activist Paul Newman.
Oct 1, 2008 / Edward Sorel
The Communist Manifesto Turns 160 The Communist Manifesto Turns 160
As Karl Marx's opus marks a big birthday, capitalism seems willing to mark the occasion by dropping dead.
Oct 1, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Barbara Ehrenreich