The Rhetoric on Iran The Rhetoric on Iran
"The world is watching," President Obama said yesterday about the confrontation currently unfolding on the streets of Tehran, where demonstrators are clashing with riot p...
Jun 20, 2009 / Eyal Press
Obama’s Ally on Iran Policy: Pat Buchanan Obama’s Ally on Iran Policy: Pat Buchanan
In this era of Democratic domination of the executive and legislative branches of the federal government, who is the new go-to man for counsel with regard to wise foreign policy s...
Jun 20, 2009 / John Nichols
Hawaii Prepares for North Korean Attack Hawaii Prepares for North Korean Attack
Vacationing on Kauai, the westernmost of the Hawaiian islands, the only question most tourists ask is which beach to go to today – but visitors and locals alike were startled...
Jun 20, 2009 / Jon Wiener
Obama’s False Financial Reform Obama’s False Financial Reform
What's missing in the President's call for reform are concrete rules that address a dysfunctional banking system. Slow down the rush to weak solutions.
Jun 19, 2009 / William Greider
Conservatives Choke on Persian Pretzel Logic Conservatives Choke on Persian Pretzel Logic
The democracy movement in Iran has thrown Republican ideologues into such a tizzy of circular logic that they're stepping on their own dicta. Neocons and hardliners may be as eage...
Jun 19, 2009 / Leslie Savan
For Single-Payer Healthcare For Single-Payer Healthcare
This post was written by Sarah Jaffe, a blogger, freelance journalist and Nation intern. Healthcare reform is on everyone's mind these days. President Obama has repeatedly stre...
Jun 19, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
Slacker Friday Slacker Friday
Charles PierceNewton, MA. Hey Doc: "There's a man in old Pawtucket/Sells steamed clams by the bucket/Sowhen I want clams in a bucket, I go to old Pawtucket/ 'Cause I'...
Jun 19, 2009 / Eric Alterman
Rush Limbaugh on Sotomayor: A New Low? Rush Limbaugh on Sotomayor: A New Low?
Nation blogger Melissa Harris-Lacewell reflects on Rush Limbaugh's sexist and racist smears on Judge Sonia Sotomayor.
Jun 19, 2009 / Countdown
Bush Is Back and Bashing Obama Bush Is Back and Bashing Obama
The Nation's Chris Hayes discusses the re-emergence of George W. Bush and his criticisms of President Obama.
Jun 19, 2009 / Countdown
The Ayatollah Throws Down the Gauntlet The Ayatollah Throws Down the Gauntlet
Speaking to a government-organized throng bused in from around Tehran and as far away as Qom, Iran's religious capital, and other cities -- a crowd, no doubt, vastly inflated by d...
Jun 19, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss