Political Figures

Don’t-Drill-Baby-Don’t-Drill: Schwarzenegger Abandons Offshore Plan; So Should Obama Don’t-Drill-Baby-Don’t-Drill: Schwarzenegger Abandons Offshore Plan; So Should Obama

Confronted with evidence that he was wrong about the safety of offshore drilling—in the form of photos of the nightmarish Gulf of Mexico spill—California's governor wit...

May 4, 2010 / John Nichols

Corporate Bombs Demand Justice Too Corporate Bombs Demand Justice Too

Obama is quick to say "justice" will be done in the Times Square bombing attempt, but what about the BP oil rig or Massey Energy? 

May 4, 2010 / Laura Flanders

President Obama Is Wrong About the Fed President Obama Is Wrong About the Fed

Congress needs to amend the financial reform bill to demand an audit and accountability.

May 3, 2010 / John Nichols

Sarah Strangelove: ‘We like Being a Dominant Superpower’ Sarah Strangelove: ‘We like Being a Dominant Superpower’

Unlike Obama, and Reagan, she celebrates power for the sake of power.

Apr 18, 2010 / John Nichols

Obama’s Israel Problem Obama’s Israel Problem

It's time for Obama to confront Netanyahu's intransigence directly.

Apr 16, 2010 / The Editors

Sarah Palin, Neocon Messiah Sarah Palin, Neocon Messiah

 Judge them by their enemies. More evidence that Barack Obama might be shaping up as a good president is that Norman Podhoretz hates him so much.

Apr 16, 2010 / Robert Scheer

Black by Choice Black by Choice

The first black president has created a definitional crisis for whiteness.

Apr 15, 2010 / Column / Melissa Harris-Perry

Solving a Problem Like Stupak Solving a Problem Like Stupak

Stupak may be retiring, but Democrats need to resolve the problem of politicians who sabotage the agenda from the inside.

Apr 13, 2010 / Laura Flanders

Dawn Johnsen’s Fall and Justice Stevens’ Replacement Dawn Johnsen’s Fall and Justice Stevens’ Replacement

How the surrender to partisan attacks on Dawn Johnsen's nomination reveals Obama's ambivalent approach to restoring the rule of law.

Apr 12, 2010 / Ari Melber

Two Virginias Two Virginias

Governor McDonnell cannot erase Virginia's true history.

Apr 8, 2010 / Melissa Harris-Perry

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