Holder Launches Torture-Inquiry Trial Balloon Holder Launches Torture-Inquiry Trial Balloon
Quick, to the political dictionary.
Look up the phrase "trial balloon."
Next to it you will find a photograph of Attorney General Eric Holder.
Jul 12, 2009 / John Nichols
Obama Visits Africa’s ‘Oil Gulf’ Obama Visits Africa’s ‘Oil Gulf’
Ghanaians and other Africans are clamoring for a new direction in US Africa policy, one based in mutual interests and mutual respect.
Jul 12, 2009 / Feature / Emira Woods
New Evidence Surfaces in Post-Katrina Crimes New Evidence Surfaces in Post-Katrina Crimes
Television news reports are casting new light on the violence that flourished in New Orleans in the anarchic days after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Jul 11, 2009 / Feature / A.C. Thompson
CIA’s Panetta Owes Pelosi an Admission and an Apology CIA’s Panetta Owes Pelosi an Admission and an Apology
Central Intelligence Agency director Leon Panetta owes House Speaker Nancy Pelosi an apology -- or, at the very least, a clarification. In May, when Republicans claimed she had b...
Jul 10, 2009 / John Nichols
Iran: A Compromise Deal? Iran: A Compromise Deal?
Supporters of the Green Wave increasingly see negotiations with the regime as the best way out of today's crisis.
Jul 10, 2009 / Feature / Babak Sarfaraz
Talks with Iran by September? Talks with Iran by September?
Let's try to sort out what happening on the front of dealing with Iran's pesky nuclear program. In Italy, the G-8 countries took a stab at addressing the issue, but the result is...
Jul 10, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Will Palin Still Run for President in 2012? Will Palin Still Run for President in 2012?
The Nation's John Nichols on how Sarah Palin's resignation will or won't affect her 2012 presidential prospects.
Jul 10, 2009 / The Ed Show
Sarah Palin’s Elite Apologists Sarah Palin’s Elite Apologists
I like Ross Douthat, as I've said here before, but earlier this week he wrote a justly panned column in which he claimed, absurdly, that Sarah Palin had been done in by media elite...
Jul 10, 2009 / Eyal Press
Max Baucus’s Party? Max Baucus’s Party?
The Republicans may now be "the party of no," but it remains to be seen who exactly the Democrats are.
Jul 10, 2009 / Greg Kaufmann
Et Tu, Brüno? Et Tu, Brüno?
Have you ever been at a polite dinner party and heard, in an exquisitely timed moment of silence, a loud, rasping fart erupt from one of the guests? The ensuing moment is ripe--wit...
Jul 10, 2009 / Richard Kim