Obama’s Fateful Choice Obama’s Fateful Choice
US Afghanistan policy should not be held hostage to the president's past rhetoric.
Oct 21, 2009 / The Editors
Just Don’t Call It ‘Journalism’ Just Don’t Call It ‘Journalism’
By refusing to acknowledge Fox News's avowed partisanship, its MSM defenders diminish the work of honest journalists who try to play fair.
Oct 21, 2009 / Column / Eric Alterman
Nobel Peace Sparks War Nobel Peace Sparks War
It's peculiar, the vocabulary that makes a liability out of the Nobel Prize.
Oct 21, 2009 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Why the Health Insurance Excise Tax Is a Bad Idea Why the Health Insurance Excise Tax Is a Bad Idea
Max Baucus's scheme to tax the benefits of workers slightly better off--so revenue can be raised for private insurance subsidies--is a lose-lose proposition.
Oct 21, 2009 / Steve Early and Rand Wilson
Pelosi Champions the Public Option Pelosi Champions the Public Option
A Congressional Budget Office report suggesting that a robust public option would actually cut the deficit seems to have lit a fire under Speaker Pelosi.
Oct 21, 2009 / Feature / Lindsay Beyerstein
Hoaxville USA Hoaxville USA
Ah, the dog days of autumn, when the media are full of hoaxes because nothing much else is going on. Last Thursday, the Heene family of Colorado gave us a homemade version of the ...
Oct 21, 2009 / Leslie Savan
Puzzle No. 3190 Puzzle No. 3190
ACROSS
1 Setting out, and putting on the scales what keeps things steady. (8,6)
Oct 21, 2009 / Frank W. Lewis
Low-Income Students Need your Help! UPDATED Low-Income Students Need your Help! UPDATED
The school year is well underway, and most of you know how savage the budget cuts have been. Excellent teachers who care about their students –yes, they exist! --are struggli...
Oct 21, 2009 / Katha Pollitt