Did Obama Deserve the Nobel Peace Prize? Did Obama Deserve the Nobel Peace Prize?
My reaction to Barack Obama's Nobel Peace Prize elicited some decidedly "un-peaceful" responses from my friends and followers on social networking and blog sites. As r...
Oct 10, 2009 / Melissa Harris-Perry
Joe Tells Rush Who Wears the Rants in This Party Joe Tells Rush Who Wears the Rants in This Party
The good folks on the set of Morning Joe spent Friday morning dodging prairie oysters flung by the host at rival Rush Limbaugh, who had called Joe Scarborough a "neutered, chi...
Oct 9, 2009 / Leslie Savan
Al Qaeda in Afghanistan Al Qaeda in Afghanistan
At a recent Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, former CIA officers offered clear alternatives to escalation in Afghanistan.
Oct 9, 2009 / Feature / Greg Kaufmann
The NFL Must Flush Rush The NFL Must Flush Rush
Rush Limbaugh's long history of racism should be enough to quash his chances of becoming an owner in the National Football League.
Oct 9, 2009 / Column / Dave Zirin
Slacker Friday Slacker Friday
We've got a new Think Again column called "CBS and Dan Rather--Doing theRight's Dirty Work," and it's here. My Nation column, "Where have you gone, William Safire?" is here. ...
Oct 9, 2009 / Eric Alterman
US Out of Af-Pak US Out of Af-Pak
As the President and Congress are currently reviewing US war policy in Afghanistan and Pakistan, now is the time to apply as much popular pressure as possible against escalation. ...
Oct 9, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
Kristof’s Modest Proposal Kristof’s Modest Proposal
Nicholas Kristof had a fine proposal in his column yesterday: if Congress fails to pass health care reform by the end of the year, he argued, its members should agree to become tru...
Oct 9, 2009 / Eyal Press
Are We the Twenty-First Century Martians? Are We the Twenty-First Century Martians?
Should President Obama and General McChrystal read the 111-year-old novel, The War of the Worlds?
Oct 9, 2009 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt
Are You Represented By a “Public Option Senators” Are You Represented By a “Public Option Senators”
Ohio Senator Sherrod Brown, a health care reform champion who has (along with Iowa Senator Tom Harkin and West Virginia Senator Jay Rockefeller) led the fight for a robust public ...
Oct 9, 2009 / John Nichols
The Aspirational Nobel The Aspirational Nobel
I woke up, read the New York Times website and thought I had come to the Onion instead. I hit refresh. Still there: "Obama Wins Nobel for Diplomacy." Maybe this is one of...
Oct 9, 2009 / Richard Kim