Three Tests for Obama After “The Speech” Three Tests for Obama After “The Speech”
I'm arriving tonight in Tehran, where I expect I'll get a lot of interesting reaction to President Obama's speech yesterday. (My own reaction was posted here, at length, yesterday...
Jun 5, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
On Sotomayor, Conservative Media “Echo Chamber” Hampers GOP On Sotomayor, Conservative Media “Echo Chamber” Hampers GOP
So the conservative pundits are walking back their overheated attacks on Judge Sotomayor, from Newt Gingrich eating his tweets to Rush Limbaugh announcing he may even back her nomi...
Jun 5, 2009 / Ari Melber
The Trouble With Transparency The Trouble With Transparency
The Nation's Ari Melber gives varying degrees of success to President Obama's claims of transparency.
Jun 4, 2009 / The Nation Video
Time to Break Up the Banks Time to Break Up the Banks
Last April, I wrote about A New Way Forward, a new and growing movement organized via the web and founded by young people who want to take back the power of the ordinary citizen t...
Jun 4, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
‘Smearing Izzy Continued,’ Continued… ‘Smearing Izzy Continued,’ Continued…
Our new "Think Again" column, "The Surprising Success of the Right-WingRant," is here. It's an exploration of the weird success of the right's hysterical racist andsexist attacks...
Jun 4, 2009 / Eric Alterman
A Seat at the Table for Single-Payer A Seat at the Table for Single-Payer
This week, Senator Bernie Sanders has been firing on all cylinders as hecontinues his advocacy for real healthcare reform that controls costswhile extending quality care to every...
Jun 4, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Will Afghanistan Be Obama’s Vietnam? Will Afghanistan Be Obama’s Vietnam?
The Nation's Katrina vanden Heuvel weighs in on the danger Afghanistan poses to Obama's progressive agenda.
Jun 4, 2009 / The Nation Video
Buchanan’s Bigotry Finds Home on TV Buchanan’s Bigotry Finds Home on TV
Pat Buchanan launches into paranoid racist rants in response to the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court.
Jun 4, 2009 / Media Matters for America
Obama Hits A Home Run Obama Hits A Home Run
I watched President Obama's Cairo speech from Dubai, the sprawling and frenzied city of gold and shopping malls on the shores of the Arabian--er, Persian--Gulf. (I'm on my way to ...
Jun 4, 2009 / Bob Dreyfuss
Sotomayor Critics Ignore New York & Wichita Sotomayor Critics Ignore New York & Wichita
OK, let's get this right: Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is making the rounds of the Capitol this week and some jackasses are still saying s...
Jun 4, 2009 / Laura Flanders