Rural Health Care, the Public Option and the Opt Out Compromise Rural Health Care, the Public Option and the Opt Out Compromise
The latest health care legislative compromise being floated is one in which states would be allowed to opt out of offering a public option. I suppose if someone put a gun to my hea...
Oct 8, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Waiting for the Miracle: On Leonard Cohen Waiting for the Miracle: On Leonard Cohen
In Leonard Cohen's Afterworld, the trajectory between the latest hit and the wisdom of old has been a long one.
Oct 7, 2009 / Books & the Arts / David Yaffe
Obama and the Decline of White America Obama and the Decline of White America
Marginal extremist voices are amplified by the right-wing echo chamber.
Oct 7, 2009 / Column / Gary Younge
Where Have You Gone, William Safire? Where Have You Gone, William Safire?
Newsrooms' fears of misunderstanding the right leads to outsized coverage and attention.
Oct 7, 2009 / Column / Eric Alterman
Tuesdays With Rahm Tuesdays With Rahm
The quickest way to Rahm Emanuel's bad side: put progressive pressure on conservative Democrats.
Oct 7, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Climate Roulette Climate Roulette
A frightening new climate change study says the United States must quit carbon within ten years.
Oct 7, 2009 / Mark Hertsgaard
Help Wanted Help Wanted
Benefits extensions and retraining are not sufficient to address the staggering level of unemployment now facing Americans.
Oct 7, 2009 / The Editors
Noted. Noted.
On healthcare, Representative Grayson lands a punch; momentum against "don't ask, don't tell"; Obama goes weak on press freedom; Greece votes socialist as Europe trends right.
Oct 7, 2009 / The Editors
What Whoopi Goldberg (‘Not a Rape-Rape’), Harvey Weinstein (‘So-Called Crime’) et al. Are Saying in Their Outrage Over the Arrest of Roman Polanski What Whoopi Goldberg (‘Not a Rape-Rape’), Harvey Weinstein (‘So-Called Crime’) et al. Are Saying in Their Outrage Over the Arrest of Roman Polanski
He's been punished for this lapse--exiled for decades from LA!
Oct 7, 2009 / Column / Calvin Trillin