Hate Movie Night at the Capitol Hate Movie Night at the Capitol
Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders -- a politician whose penchant for over-the-top self promotion exceeds that of global past masters such as Binyamin Netanyahu, Tony Blair and J...
Feb 26, 2009 / John Nichols
Coming Soon: Universal Savings? Coming Soon: Universal Savings?
Just got off a briefing with OMB Director Pete Orszag. I asked him what part of the budget he was surprised hadn't gotten more attention. His answer: universal savings. One of th...
Feb 26, 2009 / Chris Hayes
Just Say: “I Screwed Up” Just Say: “I Screwed Up”
In my column, Never Say You're Sorry, I wrote about Gary Gensler, the Obama administration's nominee to head the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Yesterday the Senate Agricul...
Feb 26, 2009 / Chris Hayes
The Unembedded The Unembedded
Three journalists on the front lines talk about combat reporting in Iraq and Lebanon. What's the real story?
Feb 26, 2009 / GRITtv
President Obama Gets His Hope Back President Obama Gets His Hope Back
Jon Stewart pokes fun at President Obama's laundry list of lofty goals and wonders, 'is he some kind of a wizard?'
Feb 26, 2009 / The Daily Show
Open Letter to Defend Shirin Ebadi Open Letter to Defend Shirin Ebadi
From the Campaign for Peace and Democracy comes this open letter in defense of Shirin Ebadi, the Iranian 2003 Nobel Peace Laureate and defender of women's rights and human rights...
Feb 26, 2009 / Katha Pollitt
‘Kenneth the Page’ on Bobby Jindal ‘Kenneth the Page’ on Bobby Jindal
The GOP can't seem to help itself when it comes to picking national spokespeople that remind the public of comedians.
Feb 26, 2009 / Late Night w/Jimmy Fallon
The Amendment Hustle The Amendment Hustle
Greg Kaufmann, who has been blogging about the DC voting rights legislation, writes that events have reached a critical stage and Nation readers can play a crucial role. Is there...
Feb 26, 2009 / Peter Rothberg
‘Who Has the Best Tunes?’ ‘Who Has the Best Tunes?’
Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses, blasphemes not only Islam and Hinduism, but Thatcherism and the advertising industry. He's unkind, too, to V.S. Naipaul. For this they want to...
Feb 26, 2009 / Books & the Arts / John Leonard
Free Association: Students Sue the RIAA Free Association: Students Sue the RIAA
Larisa Mann A Harvard student legal team takes on the RIAA's faulty file sharing prosecutions with a novel approach.
Feb 26, 2009 / The Nation