A Texan Border Ambassador A Texan Border Ambassador
Texas businessman Jay Johnson-Castro is a self-described Border Ambassador. But the word "crusader" might seem more fitting. His journey started in September 2006, when Congress ...
Feb 27, 2008 / Chris Hayes
McCain and the Media McCain and the Media
It's absurd for the New York Times to cast him as a tool of corporate media, when he's been in the forefront of trying to rein it in.
Feb 27, 2008 / Column / Robert Scheer
Clinton’s Cringe-Worthy Moment Clinton’s Cringe-Worthy Moment
Hillary Clinton should probably spend a little more time boning up on her husband's trade record than watching NBC's "Saturday Night Live." That might have helped her to figure o...
Feb 27, 2008 / John Nichols
The 60 Minutes Blackout The 60 Minutes Blackout
If it truly was an accident that the beginning of the 60 Minutes episode chronicling Karl Rove's machinations to unseat the former Democratic governor of Alabama happened to get b...
Feb 27, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Lobbying Revenue Jumps 9% Lobbying Revenue Jumps 9%
The economy may be looking browbeaten these days, but at least one sector is still thriving: the lobbying industry. According to this week's report by The Hill, last year, the 25 ...
Feb 26, 2008 / Chris Hayes
The Iraq Debate The Iraq Debate
If you value your sanity, never, ever, ever listen to GOP blowhards like Tom Coburn and Lindsey Graham discourse at length on Iraq. The arguments are so transparently ad hoc, disi...
Feb 26, 2008 / Chris Hayes
The Most-Wanted List The Most-Wanted List
Making a list of the most hated arch-criminals--not the usual suspects.
Feb 26, 2008 / Feature / Noam Chomsky
Pentagon General Counsel Resigns Pentagon General Counsel Resigns
As criticism over his support for torture and his interference in the Gitmo trials escalates, William J. Haynes steps down.
Feb 26, 2008 / Feature / Ross Tuttle
Mukasey: Keep Them Locked Up Mukasey: Keep Them Locked Up
Attorney General Michael Mukasey wants us all to be crystal-clear here. The early release of 1,500 prisoners convicted on crack-cocaine charges recommended by the US Sentencing Co...
Feb 26, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Between Abstinence and Global HIV/AIDS Between Abstinence and Global HIV/AIDS
Perhaps Nicholas Kristof put it best: Condoms don't cause sex any more than umbrellas cause rain. Yet this week as Congress gears up to reauthorize the President's program to figh...
Feb 26, 2008 / Chris Hayes