Slacker Friday Slacker Friday
Wrapup: My new "Think Again" column is here. It's called "That Doggone Librul Media, Caught Again... " Also, I did a Daily Beast post this morning trying (hoping) to explain the ...
Aug 21, 2009 / Eric Alterman
Gun-Toting Town Hall Tactics Gun-Toting Town Hall Tactics
Americans who've been bringing guns to public meetings about healthcare reform are really just responding to a media-wide casting call for crazies.
Aug 21, 2009 / Dan Bischoff
Fixing Afghanistan Fixing Afghanistan
Some thoughts on Afghanistan, now that the election's come and gone. I don't usually find inspiration in the pages of the Washington Times, are rarely if ever in the writings of ...
Aug 21, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Caster Semenya: The Idiocy of Sex Testing Caster Semenya: The Idiocy of Sex Testing
South African runner Caster Semenya shouldn't be the one humiliated by "gender testing"--it's the outdated views of athletic officials that are embarrassing.
Aug 21, 2009 / Column / Dave Zirin and Sherry Wolf
Congress Must Investigate Ridge Allegations Congress Must Investigate Ridge Allegations
While it may be true that no one in their right mind doubted that the Bush-Cheney administration was manipulating all those color-coded terror alerts for political purposes, forme...
Aug 21, 2009 / John Nichols
CIA Outsources Murder to Blackwater CIA Outsources Murder to Blackwater
The Nation's Jeremy Scahill on the latest devastating news about Blackwater: its involvement with the CIA's covert assassination program.
Aug 21, 2009 / Countdown
What’s Delay’s Dance? What’s Delay’s Dance?
By 9 am on this hot and furious August, I had read everything about the pros & cons of the public option and the outcome of the Afghan elections. I'd even marked passages in rele...
Aug 21, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Joe Scarborough Is Shocked, Yet Awed by Single-Payer Logic Joe Scarborough Is Shocked, Yet Awed by Single-Payer Logic
Something rather remarkable happened on Tuesday's Morning Joe. Rep. Anthony Weiner of New York pointed out that the health insurance industry has no clothes, and Joe Scarborough, a...
Aug 20, 2009 / Leslie Savan
The Healthcare Debate Is Like Crossing Mountains The Healthcare Debate Is Like Crossing Mountains
The Nation's Chris Hayes talks about the difficulty of achieving progressives' goals in today's highly charged political climate.
Aug 20, 2009 / Sum of Change
CIA Hires Blackwater for Assassinations CIA Hires Blackwater for Assassinations
The Nation's Jeremy Scahill talks about the possible involvement of the private contractor's owner Erik Prince in multiple murders.
Aug 20, 2009 / Democracy Now!