The High Price of Patriotism The High Price of Patriotism
It’s over for the US in Afghanistan, but that doesn’t mean the death and destruction are about to stop. Quagmires don’t just go away.
Oct 27, 2010 / Robert Scheer
Ed Schultz, Laura Ingraham, Crude Comment, Classy Apology Ed Schultz, Laura Ingraham, Crude Comment, Classy Apology
The MSNBC host has brought the voices of working men and women to the fore and improved the discourse for the better. That's no defense for a "vile and inappropriate...
Oct 27, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols
Campaign Cash, Corruption, Corporate Power Campaign Cash, Corruption, Corporate Power
Campaign cash—we're drowning in a flood of it. As Katrina vanden Heuvel noted yesterday on GRITtv, this is on track to be a $5 billion election—and it's not over.
Oct 26, 2010 / The Notion / Laura Flanders
A Libertarian Republican Runs to Pelosi’s Left on War, Civil Liberties A Libertarian Republican Runs to Pelosi’s Left on War, Civil Liberties
Republican John Dennis has attracted some progressive support for his challenge to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. His run suggests what GOP could do to compete in urban and college-to...
Oct 26, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols
Live! Minnesota Senate Debate: Michele Bachmann and Tarryl Clark in St. Cloud Live! Minnesota Senate Debate: Michele Bachmann and Tarryl Clark in St. Cloud
A live stream of Republican Representative Michele Bachmann and Democratic Farm Laborer Party's Tarryl Clark debating in St. Cloud, Minnesota.
Oct 26, 2010 / The Nation
Tip Sheet for the Global Midterms Tip Sheet for the Global Midterms
Prospective winners (drone makers) and losers (Iraqis, Afghans and Americans) in the "War on Terror."
Oct 26, 2010 / Tom Engelhardt
We Need Majority-Rule Elections We Need Majority-Rule Elections
Former DNC chair Howard Dean takes a strong stand for real reform of our dysfunctional election system.
Oct 26, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols
Slide Show: 2010 Ballot Initiatives: The Good, the Bad and the Crazy Slide Show: 2010 Ballot Initiatives: The Good, the Bad and the Crazy
Oct 25, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation
The Democratic Youth: The Generation of Disillusionment The Democratic Youth: The Generation of Disillusionment
The Democratic Party only has itself to blame for growing youth malaise and apathy.
Oct 25, 2010 / StudentNation / Pierce Nettling
Congressman Considers Move to Impeach Chief Justice John Roberts Congressman Considers Move to Impeach Chief Justice John Roberts
Furious with shadowy spending by out-of-state corporate interests to defeat him, Oregon Congressman Peter De Fazio raises the prospect of impeachment action against the justice who...
Oct 25, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols