Mommy-War Armageddon
The working mothers' case against Sarah Palin.
by Katherine Marsh
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Stuck In The Muck: Advice For Obama On How To Defeat McCain's Lowly Tactics
by E.J. Dionne, Jr.
The Coen Brothers' New Comedy Is Hilarious. So Why Is It So Sad?
by Christopher Orr
How Neocons Made Liberals Wary Of Idealism
by David Greenberg
Can The Obama Campaign Strike Back At McCain Without Igniting A Culture War?
by Michael Crowley
by E.J. Dionne, Jr.
The Coen Brothers' New Comedy Is Hilarious. So Why Is It So Sad?
by Christopher Orr
How Neocons Made Liberals Wary Of Idealism
by David Greenberg
Can The Obama Campaign Strike Back At McCain Without Igniting A Culture War?
by Michael Crowley
Seven Years Later: If Obama Really Wants To Smite Al Qaeda, This Is What He Should Do.
by Peter Bergen
What's The Matter With Michigan? Why Obama Is Faltering In The State That Might Prove Decisive.
by Nate Silver
Crashing Palinpalooza: How The Republicans' Newest Star Is Putting The 'Party' Back In GOP
by Michelle Cottle
Exposing The Unsavory Affiliations Of Chris Smith, A 14-Term 'Moderate' Republican From New Jersey
by James Kirchick
Did You Know That Obama Has Said 'But' 2,126 Times On The Stump, And McCain Has Said 'Reagan' 55? Oh, The Pleasures Of 'Speech Wars'!
by T.A. Frank
by Peter Bergen
What's The Matter With Michigan? Why Obama Is Faltering In The State That Might Prove Decisive.
by Nate Silver
Crashing Palinpalooza: How The Republicans' Newest Star Is Putting The 'Party' Back In GOP
by Michelle Cottle
Exposing The Unsavory Affiliations Of Chris Smith, A 14-Term 'Moderate' Republican From New Jersey
by James Kirchick
Did You Know That Obama Has Said 'But' 2,126 Times On The Stump, And McCain Has Said 'Reagan' 55? Oh, The Pleasures Of 'Speech Wars'!
by T.A. Frank
by Jed Perl
Don't Forget About Joe: Nobody In The Senate Has A Better Record Of Defending The Little Guy Than Biden
by Jeffrey Rosen
How The Rich Rolled Barack Obama (And How Charlie Gibson Has Helped)
by Jonathan Chait
Bush Bungled Our National Security Infrastructure. Here’s How To Fix It--Without Making The Same Mistakes.
by David Rothkopf
Don't Forget About Joe: Nobody In The Senate Has A Better Record Of Defending The Little Guy Than Biden
by Jeffrey Rosen
How The Rich Rolled Barack Obama (And How Charlie Gibson Has Helped)
by Jonathan Chait
Bush Bungled Our National Security Infrastructure. Here’s How To Fix It--Without Making The Same Mistakes.
by David Rothkopf
The Sarah Palin Farce: Now Is Not The Time For Right-Wing Screwball
by Leon Wieseltier
CNN Actually Does Have The Best Political News Team On Television. God Help Us.
by Greg Veis
Why Is Sarah Palin Hiding From The Media? Because The McCain Campaign Knows She's Unprepared To Face Them.
by E.J. Dionne, Jr.
Can Interior Decorators Improve The Way We Look And Live?
by Jed Perl
Sarah Palin Scares Me--And Here's Why
by Noam Scheiber
by Leon Wieseltier
CNN Actually Does Have The Best Political News Team On Television. God Help Us.
by Greg Veis
Why Is Sarah Palin Hiding From The Media? Because The McCain Campaign Knows She's Unprepared To Face Them.
by E.J. Dionne, Jr.
Can Interior Decorators Improve The Way We Look And Live?
by Jed Perl
Sarah Palin Scares Me--And Here's Why
by Noam Scheiber
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The new Coen brothers picture, “Burn After Reading,” is a very black comedy set in a blanched, austere-looking Washington, D.C.—an uninspiring and uncomfortable place in which everyone betrays everyone else…Denby on the Coen BrothersDENBY ANSWERS READERS’ QUESTIONS
The new Coen brothers picture, “Burn After Reading,” is a very black comedy set in a blanched, austere-looking Washington, D.C.—an uninspiring and uncomfortable place in which everyone betrays everyone else…Denby on the Coen BrothersDENBY ANSWERS READERS’ QUESTIONS
Bill Clinton's advice to Barack Obama By JOHN F. HARRIS | 9/12/08 4:43 AM It is not clear if Obama wants his advice about how to win the presidency, but many Dems believe it is increasingly clear he could use it.
Palin sounds hawkish note in ABC interview By JONATHAN MARTIN | 9/11/08 9:11 PM She defends her minimal foreign policy background by citing a strong familiarity with energy issues key to her home state. See also: Palin's style
How did she do? Mixed reviews for Palin's performance in ABC interview. Davis, Blunt, Ornstein, Kagan weigh in....
Playbook: 53 days By MIKE ALLEN | 9/12/08 9:48 AM Obama ad teases McCain about his computer skills and NYT calls Obama campaign "flummoxed."
McCain admits being 'divorced' from everyday challenges By MIKE ALLEN | 9/12/08 10:08 AM Obama fires back with "out of touch" attacks.
See also: Obama pressures McCain on openness Obama vows new 'speed and ferocity' By MIKE ALLEN | 9/12/08 7:00 AM Obama camp vows to seize back the mantle of change after a series of Republican "smears" and "lies."
Pre-Game: Today's strategies By POLITICO STAFF | 9/12/08 4:36 AM Not taking it for granted, Obama hits New Hampshire and voters will see a softer side of McCain.
HBO to air Pelosi daughter's doc By JEFFREY RESSNER | 9/12/08 4:44 AM Alexandra Pelosi, famous for an earlier Bush project, is wrapping up work on a film about the 2008 election.
Playbook: 53 days By MIKE ALLEN | 9/12/08 9:48 AM Obama ad teases McCain about his computer skills and NYT calls Obama campaign "flummoxed."
McCain admits being 'divorced' from everyday challenges By MIKE ALLEN | 9/12/08 10:08 AM Obama fires back with "out of touch" attacks.
See also: Obama pressures McCain on openness Obama vows new 'speed and ferocity' By MIKE ALLEN | 9/12/08 7:00 AM Obama camp vows to seize back the mantle of change after a series of Republican "smears" and "lies."
Pre-Game: Today's strategies By POLITICO STAFF | 9/12/08 4:36 AM Not taking it for granted, Obama hits New Hampshire and voters will see a softer side of McCain.
HBO to air Pelosi daughter's doc By JEFFREY RESSNER | 9/12/08 4:44 AM Alexandra Pelosi, famous for an earlier Bush project, is wrapping up work on a film about the 2008 election.
James Galbraith on the election and the recessionGalbraith says there are enormous differences between the two parties when it comes to economics Pt1 September 10, 2008
DICK MEYER
September 11 and the Non-Crisis of Values npr.org — The nation seems again at risk of believing it is fighting a civic war — a culture war — with red conservatives, absolutists and traditionalists battling blue liberals, relativists and free-thinking secular-humanists. We think our disagreements about basic values are extreme. Each side, if the thunder and lightning we hear are real or representative, feels that its way of life is endangered from within — a thought that seemed absurd in the time soon after Sept. 11. And it is absurd now.
JERRI CHOU
Lose Your Home, Lose Your Vote huffingtonpost.com — The hypocrisy of this is amazing. Republicans refuse all attempts to regulate the financial industry claiming that free market is god. Then they intervene at taxpayers' expense when it all blows up due to lack of regulation, and now they're purging voter rolls because of home foreclosures they indirectly were responsible for.
THE NATION
Backward Bailout thenation.com — Instead of rescuing financial losers, the government ought to be devoting its heaviest resources to jump-starting the real economy. Instead of bailing out the money guys who caused this crisis, Washington should concentrate on bolstering enterprise, employment and productive investment.
SUSAN ANTILLA
Candidates Would Flunk FDR's Econ Class bloomberg.com — We're facing the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression, and yet neither presidential candidate has raised it to the level that Franklin D. Roosevelt did in his nomination acceptance speech in 1932. It leaves much still unsaid about how the candidates would deal with this mess, to say nothing of whether either appreciates its root causes or severity.
MATTHEW YGLESIAS
Knowledge is Elitist yglesias.thinkprogress.org — Robert Kagan, foreign policy advisor to John McCain, says it's elitist to expect a President of the United States to be knowledgeable about national security issues.
CARL POPE
A Very 21st-Century Scandal huffingtonpost.com — The news that one third of the employees of the Minerals Management Service in charge of a critical oil and gas leasing program engaged in corrupt activities — including cocaine dealing, bid rigging, and vacations all paid for by oil companies like Chevron and Shell — was, in a sense, hardly surprising. A year and a half ago, the Inspector General of the Interior Department charged that employees of the same MMS division had helped oil companies avoid paying the royalties they owed the American people. That didn't get as much attention — no sex.
MICHAEL A. LIVERMORE
What is the Cost of Cheap Gas? gristmill.grist.org — High gas prices are squeezing working families and it's understandable that Americans are looking for a quick fix. The feverish support for the "drill, baby, drill" position should be a wake-up call to anyone interested in smart policy-making. Hopefully, before we turn into an angry mob and seize on the first idea that comes our way, our decision-makers will get a chance to think through this question a little more carefully.
LAURA MCCLURE
Critical Condition motherjones.com — Roger Weisberg's forthcoming PBS documentary about four of the 47 million people in America without health insurance feels like Sicko, only sadder.
JAMES THINDWA
No Jobs Make Mean Streets inthesetimes.com — If cities are to weather the country's economic storm, politicians must pass reforms. Nowhere is it written that people cannot — or should not — earn enough to enter the middle class.
TEO BALLVE
Latin America's September 11 progressive.org — Latin America, which experienced its own Sept. 11th 35 years ago, is no longer under Washington's thumb. On Sept. 11, 1973, the Chilean military, supported by Washington, overthrew the democratically elected president of Chile, Salvador Allende. It was a day that was burned in the memories of millions of people across the continent.
September 11 and the Non-Crisis of Values npr.org — The nation seems again at risk of believing it is fighting a civic war — a culture war — with red conservatives, absolutists and traditionalists battling blue liberals, relativists and free-thinking secular-humanists. We think our disagreements about basic values are extreme. Each side, if the thunder and lightning we hear are real or representative, feels that its way of life is endangered from within — a thought that seemed absurd in the time soon after Sept. 11. And it is absurd now.
JERRI CHOU
Lose Your Home, Lose Your Vote huffingtonpost.com — The hypocrisy of this is amazing. Republicans refuse all attempts to regulate the financial industry claiming that free market is god. Then they intervene at taxpayers' expense when it all blows up due to lack of regulation, and now they're purging voter rolls because of home foreclosures they indirectly were responsible for.
THE NATION
Backward Bailout thenation.com — Instead of rescuing financial losers, the government ought to be devoting its heaviest resources to jump-starting the real economy. Instead of bailing out the money guys who caused this crisis, Washington should concentrate on bolstering enterprise, employment and productive investment.
SUSAN ANTILLA
Candidates Would Flunk FDR's Econ Class bloomberg.com — We're facing the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression, and yet neither presidential candidate has raised it to the level that Franklin D. Roosevelt did in his nomination acceptance speech in 1932. It leaves much still unsaid about how the candidates would deal with this mess, to say nothing of whether either appreciates its root causes or severity.
MATTHEW YGLESIAS
Knowledge is Elitist yglesias.thinkprogress.org — Robert Kagan, foreign policy advisor to John McCain, says it's elitist to expect a President of the United States to be knowledgeable about national security issues.
CARL POPE
A Very 21st-Century Scandal huffingtonpost.com — The news that one third of the employees of the Minerals Management Service in charge of a critical oil and gas leasing program engaged in corrupt activities — including cocaine dealing, bid rigging, and vacations all paid for by oil companies like Chevron and Shell — was, in a sense, hardly surprising. A year and a half ago, the Inspector General of the Interior Department charged that employees of the same MMS division had helped oil companies avoid paying the royalties they owed the American people. That didn't get as much attention — no sex.
MICHAEL A. LIVERMORE
What is the Cost of Cheap Gas? gristmill.grist.org — High gas prices are squeezing working families and it's understandable that Americans are looking for a quick fix. The feverish support for the "drill, baby, drill" position should be a wake-up call to anyone interested in smart policy-making. Hopefully, before we turn into an angry mob and seize on the first idea that comes our way, our decision-makers will get a chance to think through this question a little more carefully.
LAURA MCCLURE
Critical Condition motherjones.com — Roger Weisberg's forthcoming PBS documentary about four of the 47 million people in America without health insurance feels like Sicko, only sadder.
JAMES THINDWA
No Jobs Make Mean Streets inthesetimes.com — If cities are to weather the country's economic storm, politicians must pass reforms. Nowhere is it written that people cannot — or should not — earn enough to enter the middle class.
TEO BALLVE
Latin America's September 11 progressive.org — Latin America, which experienced its own Sept. 11th 35 years ago, is no longer under Washington's thumb. On Sept. 11, 1973, the Chilean military, supported by Washington, overthrew the democratically elected president of Chile, Salvador Allende. It was a day that was burned in the memories of millions of people across the continent.
SARA ROBINSON
Debunked: Ten Conservative Myths About National Security
In the seven years since the U.S. was hit by a terrorist attack, a few of the myths promulgated in those first few years have hardened firmly into a new conventional wisdom — some so stubbornly that you often won't even find progressives questioning them any more. The time has come to call out a few of these persistent myths that are still being taken as fact and start firing back on them.
Debunked: Ten Conservative Myths About National Security
In the seven years since the U.S. was hit by a terrorist attack, a few of the myths promulgated in those first few years have hardened firmly into a new conventional wisdom — some so stubbornly that you often won't even find progressives questioning them any more. The time has come to call out a few of these persistent myths that are still being taken as fact and start firing back on them.
ROGER HICKEY
Robert Samuelson: Forget Health Care For All This year Americans want to talk about health care — and most of us want to talk about covering the uninsured and reducing the costs of health care — but often what we get from the media is just cynical double talk. Case in point: a column by Robert Samuelson in the September 10 Washington Post and this week's Newsweek.
Robert Samuelson: Forget Health Care For All This year Americans want to talk about health care — and most of us want to talk about covering the uninsured and reducing the costs of health care — but often what we get from the media is just cynical double talk. Case in point: a column by Robert Samuelson in the September 10 Washington Post and this week's Newsweek.
Palin vs. Gibson, the rematch
By Alex Koppelman-
What small-town America is saying about Obama
By Dan Hoyle -
New movies: "Burn After Reading," "The Women," "Righteous Kill" -
Planned Parenthood responds to "perverse" McCain ad
By Judy Berman -
Alaska Dems warn not to underestimate Palin's political skills
By David Talbot
Reuters/Timothy Clary The two faces of John McCain
The press needs to accept that the vicious, unprincipled McCain of the 2008 campaign is just as real as the virtuous McCain they admire
By Joe Conason
Sen. Barack Obama and Sen. John McCain at ground zero during the September 11 Commemoration Ceremony in New York, Sept. 11, 2008.
Obama Camp: McCain Would Rather Lose His Integrity Than Lose Election
The Obama camp responded to McCain's increasingly sleaze-addled campaign by saying he "would rather lose his integrity than lose an election."
McCain: Gov. Palin Never Took Earmarks
Watch McCain On The View
The Obama camp responded to McCain's increasingly sleaze-addled campaign by saying he "would rather lose his integrity than lose an election."McCain: Gov. Palin Never Took Earmarks
Watch McCain On The View
The Value of One,
the Value of None by Tom Engelhardt
the Value of None by Tom Engelhardt
A Better Way to Have Handled 9/11
by Jacob G. Hornberger
by Jacob G. Hornberger
A 9/11 'What If?' by Peter Dyer
They Lied With Their Boots On
by Jeff Huber
by Jeff Huber
No 'Victory' in Iraq by Aaron Glantz
The Single-Issue GOP Puts Conservatism Last
by Jack Hunter
by Jack Hunter
Will Obama's Aggressive New Tone Work? - Chris Cillizza, Washington Post
Media Turns Against John McCain - Noemie Emery, Weekly Standard
The Bush Doctrine? What's That? - Dick Polman, Philadelphia Inquirer
A Reality Check on 'the Bush Doctrine' - William Dyer, Townhall
Palin Knows Nothing About Foreign Policy - Fred Kaplan, Slate
Liberals Catch Palin Derangement Syndrome - Howie Carr, Boston Herald
GOP Ticket Puts Zealotry First - David Sirota, San Francisco Chronicle
Politics or Paddycake? - Jay Cost, RealClearPolitics
Battle for Congress Suddenly Looks Competitive - Lydia Saad, Gallup
RCP Blog: The Verdict on Palin / '08 Videos: McCains on The View | More
Media Turns Against John McCain - Noemie Emery, Weekly Standard
The Bush Doctrine? What's That? - Dick Polman, Philadelphia Inquirer
A Reality Check on 'the Bush Doctrine' - William Dyer, Townhall
Palin Knows Nothing About Foreign Policy - Fred Kaplan, Slate
Liberals Catch Palin Derangement Syndrome - Howie Carr, Boston Herald
GOP Ticket Puts Zealotry First - David Sirota, San Francisco Chronicle
Politics or Paddycake? - Jay Cost, RealClearPolitics
Battle for Congress Suddenly Looks Competitive - Lydia Saad, Gallup
RCP Blog: The Verdict on Palin / '08 Videos: McCains on The View | More
Facebook Politics?
By VIRGINIA HEFFERNANThe completely serious (or maybe utterly pointless) activity on a John McCain Web page.
September 14, 2008 The Way Live Now
Retro Identity Politics
By MATT BAIThe return (sort of) of race and gender.
September 14, 2008 The Ad Campaign
Portraying McCain as a Man of the Past
By JEFF ZELENYAn evaluation of a new 30-second advertisement for Senator Barack Obama.
September 13, 2008 The Ad Campaign
A Sharp Attack on Obama
By LARRY ROHTERAn evaluation of a new advertisement for the Republican ticket of Senator John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin.
September 13, 2008 Editorial
The Spirit of Public Service
The calling for more Americans to engage in national service by the presidential candidates on Sept. 11 strikes a hopeful chord.
September 13, 2008 Op-Ed Columnist
The Year of the Cloned Candidates
By GAIL COLLINSThe presidential candidates running now are not the same ones we started out with. It’s “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” all over again.
September 13, 2008
Obama, Trying to Rally Jittery Backers, Attacks McCain as Out of Touch
By JEFF ZELENY and LARRY ROHTERBarack Obama amplified his criticism of John McCain through new television advertisements that portrayed his rival as an entrenched Washington politician who is out of touch.
September 13, 2008
McCain Barbs Stirring Outcry as Distortions
By MICHAEL COOPER and JIM RUTENBERGSenator John McCain has drawn criticism for stretching the truth in attacking Senator Barack Obama’s positions.
September 13, 2008
Retro Identity PoliticsBy MATT BAIThe return (sort of) of race and gender.
September 14, 2008 The Ad Campaign
She’s Not ReadyBy BOB HERBERTWith Gov. Sarah Palin, it’s not about agreeing or disagreeing with her on the issues. It is that she doesn’t appear to understand the important issues.
September 13, 2008 The Ad Campaign
Gov. Palin’s WorldviewIf John McCain seriously thought Gov. Sarah Palin was qualified to be president, it raises profound questions about his judgment.
September 13, 2008
September 14, 2008 The Ad Campaign
She’s Not ReadyBy BOB HERBERTWith Gov. Sarah Palin, it’s not about agreeing or disagreeing with her on the issues. It is that she doesn’t appear to understand the important issues.
September 13, 2008 The Ad Campaign
Gov. Palin’s WorldviewIf John McCain seriously thought Gov. Sarah Palin was qualified to be president, it raises profound questions about his judgment.
September 13, 2008
Obama Campaign Begins Counterattack - Jonathan Weisman, Wash Post
McCain Flies His Campaign Past Obama - Michael Barone, US News & WR
She's Not Ready - Bob Herbert, New York Times
Charlie Gibson Wrong on the Bush Doctrine - Charles Krauthammer, WP
The Two Faces of John McCain - Joe Conason, Salon
The Press Has Lost Its Credibility - Mark Penn, CBS News
Feminist Army Aims at Palin - Jonah Goldberg, National Review
'Palin Power' Is Hard to Understand - Judith Warner, New York Times
Palin is Hillary's Gift to Obama - Toby Harnden, RealClearPolitics
Obama's Trans-Atlantic Appeal - Charles Moore, Daily Telegraph
Apostates Dent Party Unity - Jonathan Last, Philadelphia Inquirer
What an Obama Economy Looks Like - Phil Gramm and Mike Solon WSJ
5 Myths About Oprah, Obama and You - Kathleen Rooney, Washington Post
How Pols Can Fight Dishonest Editors - Glenn Reynolds, New York Post
An Afghan 'October Surprise'? - Tim Rutten, Los Angeles Times
The Endgame in Iraq - J. Keane, F. Kagan & K. Kagan, Weekly Standard
A Black Hole Is Not About to Devour Earth - Michio Kaku, Wall St. Journal
RCP Nat'l Average: McCain +2.3% / RCP Electoral Map: McCain +10 EVs
McCain Flies His Campaign Past Obama - Michael Barone, US News & WR
She's Not Ready - Bob Herbert, New York Times
Charlie Gibson Wrong on the Bush Doctrine - Charles Krauthammer, WP
The Two Faces of John McCain - Joe Conason, Salon
The Press Has Lost Its Credibility - Mark Penn, CBS News
Feminist Army Aims at Palin - Jonah Goldberg, National Review
'Palin Power' Is Hard to Understand - Judith Warner, New York Times
Palin is Hillary's Gift to Obama - Toby Harnden, RealClearPolitics
Obama's Trans-Atlantic Appeal - Charles Moore, Daily Telegraph
Apostates Dent Party Unity - Jonathan Last, Philadelphia Inquirer
What an Obama Economy Looks Like - Phil Gramm and Mike Solon WSJ
5 Myths About Oprah, Obama and You - Kathleen Rooney, Washington Post
How Pols Can Fight Dishonest Editors - Glenn Reynolds, New York Post
An Afghan 'October Surprise'? - Tim Rutten, Los Angeles Times
The Endgame in Iraq - J. Keane, F. Kagan & K. Kagan, Weekly Standard
A Black Hole Is Not About to Devour Earth - Michio Kaku, Wall St. Journal
RCP Nat'l Average: McCain +2.3% / RCP Electoral Map: McCain +10 EVs
Editorials
Obama and McCain vs. the Ivy League - Wall Street Journal
The Palin Factor in the Culture Wars - Christian Science Monitor
Pass the US-India Nuclear Accord - Washington Post
Meet Pakistan's New President - Chicago Tribune
Political News & Analysis
McCain Draws Fire Over Reform Claims - Wall Street Journal
Obama in Concord: McCain More of the Same - N.H. Union Leader
Experts Say There Are Many Versions of 'Bush Doctrine' - Wash. Post
McCain Barbs Stirring Outcry as Distortions - New York Times
Transcripts & Speeches
Obama's Remarks in Dover, New Hampshire - Barack Obama
President Bush at the 9/11 Pentagon Memorial - George W. Bush
McCain, Obama at ServiceNation Forum - CNN
Obama and McCain's Statements on 9/11 - Obama & McCain
Palin's Interview with ABC News, Part One - ABC
Best of the Blogs
The Palin Interview - James Fallows, Atlantic
Sorry, Charlie - Jay Nordlinger, The Corner
How Media, Blogs Are Letting McCain Win - Big Tent Dem, TalkLeft
I'm Not Sure My Party Wants Me Anymore - Daniel Drezner
McCain Pulling Away? - John Hinderaker, Power Line
Obama's Altitude Sickness
- Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
Bill Clinton's Advice to Barack Obama
- John Harris, The Politico
McCain's Winning
- Noemie Emery, Weekly Standard
Why 'The Media Are Getting Mad'
- John Hinderaker, Power Line
The Election Is Now All About Obama
- Dick Morris, The Hill
Obama on His Heels
- Jay Cost, RealClearPolitics
Democrats in Trouble
- Dick Morris, New York Post
- Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
Bill Clinton's Advice to Barack Obama
- John Harris, The Politico
McCain's Winning
- Noemie Emery, Weekly Standard
Why 'The Media Are Getting Mad'
- John Hinderaker, Power Line
The Election Is Now All About Obama
- Dick Morris, The Hill
Obama on His Heels
- Jay Cost, RealClearPolitics
Democrats in Trouble
- Dick Morris, New York Post
Tom Engelhardt:
Slaughter, Lies, and Video in Afghanistan
William Pfaff:
Quagmire, Phase 2: The Invasion of Pakistan
Mark Hertsgaard:
Our Polar Bears, Ourselves
Brittany Stalsburg/Scott Novakowski:
88 Years Later: A Promise Unfulfilled for Millions of Disenfranchised Women Voters
Jonathan Freedland:
The World's Verdict Will Be Harsh if the US Rejects the Man It Yearns For
Deborah Stone:
A Conservative Confidence Game
Stephen Zunes:
Assessing the Republican Party Platform
Why Soldiers Rape
Helen Benedict, In These Times
A Soldier Speaks: The Culture of misogyny and illegal war acts in the military fuels sexual violence against women in uniform.
At All Costs, We Must Avoid a 'Surge' in AfghanistanJoseph Stiglitz, The Guardian
ForeignPolicy: America's Iraq adventure led it into a moral vacuum. Will the error be repeated in the renewed US Afghan campaign?
What Do Mike Huckabee and a Progressive Think Tank Have in Common? MusicAdele Stan, Media Consortium
Huckabee joined the Center for American Progress to support the Music National Service Initiative.
Amid a Painful Economic Meltdown, Will Obama Be Bold Enough to Win?
By Joshua Holland, AlterNet
Election 2008: Americans are ready for deep and substantive change -- will Obama deliver what they seek?
Marijuana Could Be a Gusher of Cash If We Treated It Like a Crop, Not a Crime
Steven Wishnia, AlterNet
DrugReporter: Economists estimate tens of billions for governments if we taxed pot like tobacco and stopped wasting money on the drug war.
Chickenhawk War Pundits Are Calmly Telling U.S. Allies to Commit National SuicideGary Brecher, AlterNet
ForeignPolicy: Telling Georgia to keep attacking Russia is like telling a 98-pound weakling to rematch with the hulking thug who just put him on the floor.
Sarah Palin Can Be Your Own Personal BarbieSuzi Parker, AlterNet
Reproductive Justice and Gender: It's not about sexism, it's about Barbie. That's why a lot of women are gaga for Sarah Palin.
McCain's Distortions: I'm John McCain and I Approve This Message
Video: Video proof that McCain's ads are lies. More »
Keith Olbermann Blasts McCain for Exploiting 9/11
Video: A Special Comment from Countdown you won't want to miss. More »
Has Sarah Palin Motivated the Very Voters That Obama Needs to Win?
Don Hazen, AlterNet
Election 2008: By ignoring the needs of single women, Palin may have lit a fire under the country's biggest voting bloc -- one with the power to swing the election.
McCain and Palin's Top 20 Lies, Myths and Flip-Flops Isaac Fitzgerald, Tana Ganeva, AlterNet
Agents of change? Symbols of feminism? A roundup of these and other ridiculous tall tales coming from McCain's increasingly desperate campaign.
Howard Zinn: American Empire Is 'Crumbling'Al Jazeera
Democracy and Elections: "I think the American empire will go the way of other empires and I think it is on its way now."
Palin Gets the Facts Wrong in ABC InterviewStaff, Think Progress
PEEK: Good Morning America indeed.
Did McCain Tamper With the Drug Enforcement Agency to Protect His Career?
Matt Stoller, Open Left
McCain appears to have used his Senate staff to cover up his wife's drug use, and possibly to prevent the DEA from investigating her.
Is CNN Getting Kicked Out of Russia?Yasha Levine, eXiled Online
Media and Technology: Putin may strip CNN of its Russian broadcasting rights after it refused to air a 30 minute exclusive interview he gave the network.
Naomi Klein Strikes Back at Critics of Her 'Shock Doctrine' BookNaomi Klein, NaomiKlein.com
Corporate Accountability and WorkPlace: Responding to critics from the libertarian Cato institute and The New Republic.
While Bush Announces 8,000 Troop Withdrawal, Leaked Draft Agreement Calls for Indefinite OccupationAmy Goodman, Democracy Now!
War on Iraq: Iraqi Blogger Raed Jarrar: The U.S./Iraq agreement legitimizes long term bases and calls for an indefinite number of U.S. troops to remain in Iraq.
David Sirota:
Country First? Not for Republicans
As the RNC revealed, jingoism, partisanship, and Bible-thumping social conservatism seem to have priority over 'country' in the conservative mindset.
Congressional Event Perpetuates Myth of Immigrant Criminality
by Staff, Immigration Policy Center - 4:01 PM
Palin: A Trojan Moose Concealing Four More Years of W.
by Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post - 2:34 PM
Proof that the Republican Ticket is Palin/McCain, Not McCain/Palin
by Steve M., No More Mister Nice Blog - 1:12 PM
Whoopi asks McCain: "Do I Have to Be Worried about Becoming a Slave Again?"
by Petulant, Shakesville - 12:44 PM
McCain Pre-Palin: Belittled Mayors and Governors
by Amanda, Think Progress - 12:01 PM
McCain Desperately Tries to Rationalize His Campaign Style
by Steve Benen, Washington Monthly - 10:27 AM
To Blink or not to Blink
E. L. Burton
A lot has been made of Sarah Palin's response, I never blinked," to Charlie Gibson's question about whether she was qualified to be Vice President. More
Obama and Life
Miguel A. Guanipa
One clever way to skirt a loaded question is to simply plead ignorance and yield to a higher (and preferably not easily accessible) authority More
What Europeans are Saying about Sarah Palin
Soeren Kern
European commentary on Sarah Palin has ranged from ridicule, to ridicule, to more ridicule, to reluctant acknowledgment that Barack Obama may have met his match More
E. L. Burton
A lot has been made of Sarah Palin's response, I never blinked," to Charlie Gibson's question about whether she was qualified to be Vice President. More
Obama and Life
Miguel A. Guanipa
One clever way to skirt a loaded question is to simply plead ignorance and yield to a higher (and preferably not easily accessible) authority More
What Europeans are Saying about Sarah Palin
Soeren Kern
European commentary on Sarah Palin has ranged from ridicule, to ridicule, to more ridicule, to reluctant acknowledgment that Barack Obama may have met his match More
Sarah's incomprehensibility to the left
September 13, 2008
As a recovering Baptist, I understand the look people like Sarah Palin receive because they are Pentecostal Christians. There were occasions when I to gave people that look, back when I believed the gifts of the Spirit were not meant for today. More
Another effective GOP TV ad
September 12, 2008
Those nice Minnesotans (and I have never met one that was not nice) will respond to this commercial. More
Obama campaign mocking a disability
September 12, 2008
The Obama campaign's new ad mocking John McCain for not using email fails to recognize that because of the torture he endured as a prisoner of war, he is unable to use a typewriter keyboard. More
September 13, 2008
As a recovering Baptist, I understand the look people like Sarah Palin receive because they are Pentecostal Christians. There were occasions when I to gave people that look, back when I believed the gifts of the Spirit were not meant for today. More
Another effective GOP TV ad
September 12, 2008
Those nice Minnesotans (and I have never met one that was not nice) will respond to this commercial. More
Obama campaign mocking a disability
September 12, 2008
The Obama campaign's new ad mocking John McCain for not using email fails to recognize that because of the torture he endured as a prisoner of war, he is unable to use a typewriter keyboard. More
New Scientist: Sea Ice Increases Due to Global Warming
September 12, 2008
You gotta hand it to the global warming crowd. They have mind-bending gall. More
Going after her kids
September 12, 2008
To her political enemies, Sarah Palin must be destroyed, even if it means humiliating her children by exposing their faults to a worldwide audience. More
Barack Obama derides America's seniors
September 12, 2008
By releasing an ad mocking John McCain's lack of IT skills, Barack Obama has offended millions of America's senior citizens who have never quite made the leap to the computer age. More
The Jewish vote in 2008
September 12, 2008
With Jewish voters no longer solidly in the Democratic camp, Richard Baehr is beginning a series of debates with leading Democratic Jewish figures Sunday night in suburban Chicago. More
September 12, 2008
You gotta hand it to the global warming crowd. They have mind-bending gall. More
Going after her kids
September 12, 2008
To her political enemies, Sarah Palin must be destroyed, even if it means humiliating her children by exposing their faults to a worldwide audience. More
Barack Obama derides America's seniors
September 12, 2008
By releasing an ad mocking John McCain's lack of IT skills, Barack Obama has offended millions of America's senior citizens who have never quite made the leap to the computer age. More
The Jewish vote in 2008
September 12, 2008
With Jewish voters no longer solidly in the Democratic camp, Richard Baehr is beginning a series of debates with leading Democratic Jewish figures Sunday night in suburban Chicago. More
Palin Governed from the Center
September 12, 2008
Some surprising facts about the way Palin kept her religion out of policymaking. More
Obama takes off the gloves - again
September 12, 2008
Even the mainstream media is noticing that this is the 4th or 5th time that Barack Obama has declared he is going to "fight back" against those mean, nasty Republicans. More
'Pagans for Obama' group planning to 'heal' the right
September 12, 2008
Yes, there really is an official Pagans for Obama group at the mybarackobama.com website. And tonight they plan a "magickal working." More
More Anti-Israel Bias at Columbia
September 12, 2008
They aren't very subtle about it, are they? More
NY Times TV columnist doesn't know what the Bush Doctrine is either
September 12, 2008
The Times TV columnist should stick to writing reviews of the latest "Survivor" series. More
September 12, 2008
Some surprising facts about the way Palin kept her religion out of policymaking. More
Obama takes off the gloves - again
September 12, 2008
Even the mainstream media is noticing that this is the 4th or 5th time that Barack Obama has declared he is going to "fight back" against those mean, nasty Republicans. More
'Pagans for Obama' group planning to 'heal' the right
September 12, 2008
Yes, there really is an official Pagans for Obama group at the mybarackobama.com website. And tonight they plan a "magickal working." More
More Anti-Israel Bias at Columbia
September 12, 2008
They aren't very subtle about it, are they? More
NY Times TV columnist doesn't know what the Bush Doctrine is either
September 12, 2008
The Times TV columnist should stick to writing reviews of the latest "Survivor" series. More
- Putting Lipstick on the Community Organizing Pig - Kyle-Anne Shiver
- Obama and South Chicago Slum Developers - Lee Cary
- Will Chotiner's Law Work in 2008? - Paul Shlichta
The Truth and Sarah Palin
When Sarah Palin was plucked from obscurity, we didn't focus on her personal life; we zeroed in on her record -- and discovered a very different reality from what was first reported. September 12, 2008
A 9/11 'What-If?'
What would have happened if the United States had stuck to its rule-of-law principles after 9/11 and brought al-Qaeda leaders to justice, rather than waging a "war on terror," asks Peter Dyer. September 11, 2008
Did al-Qaeda Succeed?
The 9/11 attacks opened the door to neocon strategies that overreached in the Middle East -- and now U.S. intelligence foresees "diminished" American power in the future, Robert Parry reports. September 11, 2008
When Sarah Palin was plucked from obscurity, we didn't focus on her personal life; we zeroed in on her record -- and discovered a very different reality from what was first reported. September 12, 2008
A 9/11 'What-If?'
What would have happened if the United States had stuck to its rule-of-law principles after 9/11 and brought al-Qaeda leaders to justice, rather than waging a "war on terror," asks Peter Dyer. September 11, 2008
Did al-Qaeda Succeed?
The 9/11 attacks opened the door to neocon strategies that overreached in the Middle East -- and now U.S. intelligence foresees "diminished" American power in the future, Robert Parry reports. September 11, 2008
The Ad Obama Needs To Run--Right Now!
We've scripted the perfect way to frame John McCain.
by Noam Scheiber
The Secret History Of Sarah Palin
by Dave Jamieson
What Obama Should Do To Turn It Around
by Mark Cuban, Michael Dukakis, Dee Dee Myers, Ed Rendell and Joe Trippi
Sarah Palin's Hypocritical Oil Tax, And The No-Tax Conservatives Who Defend It
by Eric Zimmermann
We've scripted the perfect way to frame John McCain.
by Noam Scheiber
- The Strong McCain Polls, Explained
- Chait: Palin Book-Ban Update
- Crowley: The Latest Palin Surreality
- Orr: Clooney And Pitt Play Dumb--Yay!
- I Wanna Drive A Podcar!
The Secret History Of Sarah Palin
by Dave Jamieson
What Obama Should Do To Turn It Around
by Mark Cuban, Michael Dukakis, Dee Dee Myers, Ed Rendell and Joe Trippi
Sarah Palin's Hypocritical Oil Tax, And The No-Tax Conservatives Who Defend It
by Eric Zimmermann
Endorsement of Obama Overflows Koch’s In-Box
By SAM ROBERTSWhen Edward I. Koch endorsed Barack Obama for president last week, the public responded.
September 14, 2008 The Public Editor
Getting Past the Formalities
By CLARK HOYTUsing Barack Obama’s middle name, Hussein, and referring to Sarah Palin as Ms. instead of Mrs. is rooted in newsroom tradition and has nothing to do with politics.
September 14, 2008 The Medium
Facebook Politics?
By VIRGINIA HEFFERNANThe completely serious (or maybe utterly pointless) activity on a John McCain Web page.
September 14, 2008 Everybodys Business
Where to Direct All That Rage
By BEN STEINWashington is not the problem. Human nature is the problem, and that’s going to be a tough nut to crack. That’s the machine to rage against.
September 14, 2008 Op-Ed Columnist
Making America Stupid
By THOMAS L. FRIEDMANUnless we make America the country most able to innovate, compete and win in the age of globalization, our leverage in the world will continue to slowly erode.
September 14, 2008 Op-Ed Contributors
Are We Experienced?
By STEPHEN R. GRAY, DEEPAK BHARGAVA, LINCOLN D. CHAFEE, LIZ KRUEGER, TONY KNOWLES, GEORGE B. FITCH, LEO THORSNESS, NOAH FELDMAN and MARY KARRPeople whose résumés overlap with the presidential candidates’ explain how their jobs would come in handy in the White House.
September 14, 2008 Editorial
Consumer Protection
If the presidential candidates really want to help the ordinary American, they must get behind credit reform.
September 14, 2008 Op-Ed Contributor
Fact-Finding Mission
By MARY KARRThe act of memoir writing, at its most rigorous and profound, is the act of ferreting out truth from often grossly conflicting facts.
September 14, 2008 The Way Live Now
Retro Identity Politics
By MATT BAIThe return (sort of) of race and gender.
September 14, 2008
Cautious Campaigning in Shadow of Storm
By JEFF ZELENY and MONICA DAVEYWhile Barack Obama pared back his campaigning because of the hurricane, his criticism of John McCain reflected the new urgency of the contest.
September 14, 2008 The Ad Campaign
Portraying McCain as a Man of the Past
By JEFF ZELENYAn evaluation of a new 30-second advertisement for Senator Barack Obama.
September 13, 2008 The Ad Campaign
A Sharp Attack on Obama
By LARRY ROHTERAn evaluation of a new advertisement for the Republican ticket of Senator John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin.
September 13, 2008
Obama, Trying to Rally Jittery Backers, Attacks McCain as Out of Touch
By JEFF ZELENY and LARRY ROHTERBarack Obama amplified his criticism of John McCain through new television advertisements that portrayed his rival as an entrenched Washington politician who is out of touch.
September 13, 2008
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