Call Torture by its Real Name Call Torture by its Real Name
Instead of rape, let's just call it, "unilateral, physical intimacy." Instead of torture, let's just call it, "enhanced interrogation techniques," and pretend t...
Jul 2, 2010 / The Ed Show
Slacker Friday Slacker Friday
On the Weigel and McChrystal sagas and more of the week's absurdities.
Jul 2, 2010 / Eric Alterman
A Raise, Please… A Raise, Please…
Eric bemoans life and responds to some reader e-mail.
Jul 1, 2010 / Eric Alterman
Ben Sonnenberg Ben Sonnenberg
The former editor of Grand Street was a dandy without snobbism, an aesthete without pretense.
Jun 30, 2010 / Stuart Klawans
A Conspiracy So Immense… A Conspiracy So Immense…
JournoList is yet another casualty of the toxic combination of conservative conspiracy mongering and mainstream media cowardice.
Jun 30, 2010 / Column / Eric Alterman
Pulling the Wings Off Beck’s Housefly Story Pulling the Wings Off Beck’s Housefly Story
Flies, rats, bees, demagogues, demons and dog whistles.
Jun 30, 2010 / Leslie Savan
Esther Kaplan: New Evidence for Hikers Detained by Iran Esther Kaplan: New Evidence for Hikers Detained by Iran
Esther Kaplan, Editor of the Nation Institute's Investigative Fund, argues that investigative journalism has played a vital role in unearthing just how and where the three Americ...
Jun 30, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV
Esther Kaplan: New Evidence for Hikers Detained by Iran Esther Kaplan: New Evidence for Hikers Detained by Iran
Esther Kaplan, Editor of the Nation Institute's Investigative Fund, argues that investigative journalism has played a vital role in unearthing just how and where the three American...
Jun 30, 2010 / The Nation on Grit TV
Chris Hayes Guest-Hosting “The Ed Show” This Week Chris Hayes Guest-Hosting “The Ed Show” This Week
The Nation's D.C. Editor guest-hosts MSNBC's The Ed Show starting tonight at 6PM.
Jun 28, 2010 / Press Room
Jailed US Hikers: “We Never Walked Into Iran” Jailed US Hikers: “We Never Walked Into Iran”
“We never walked into Iran,” the three American hikers who have been detained in Iran since July 2009 say during a televised interview last month.
Jun 28, 2010 / iReport