So Why Be So Hard on Vermont? So Why Be So Hard on Vermont?
Michele Bachmann says Hurricane Irene was God’s warning to curb excessive government spending. —news reports We know that this God’s an all-powerful God God’s actions are not nonchalant. We know he can punish whomever he wants. So why be so hard on Vermont? Yes, spending increases our deficit—sure. Vermont, though, has not been avant The rest of the country. We all spend a lot. So why be so hard on Vermont? Its mountains? Its hipsters? Its accent? Or what Might tick off the Great Commandant? We know we’re all sinners; we spend and we spend. So why be so hard on Vermont?
Sep 7, 2011 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Spy vs. Spy Spy vs. Spy
The NYPD compiled information on New York City mosques, ethnic restaurants, Muslim student associations. Ten years after 9/11, the national security state is alive and well.
Sep 7, 2011 / Moustafa Bayoumi
Blowback in Somalia Blowback in Somalia
How US proxy wars helped create a militant Islamist threat.
Sep 7, 2011 / Feature / Jeremy Scahill
Mitt Romney Releases Plan to Increase Unemployment and the Budget Deficit Mitt Romney Releases Plan to Increase Unemployment and the Budget Deficit
The candidate comes forward with a detailed economic plan that would hinder recovery and lower revenue.
Sep 7, 2011 / Ben Adler
Trapped on the European Fringe Trapped on the European Fringe
Caught in debt, being fed the poison of austerity, the victims of Europe’s crisis seek a path out.
Sep 7, 2011 / Feature / Andy Robinson
Go Big, Mr. President Go Big, Mr. President
Four things Obama can push in his speech tonight to get America back on track.
Sep 7, 2011 / The Editors
Cuomo Fails Public Schools Cuomo Fails Public Schools
While progressives protest the budget-slashing of Tea Party governors like Wisconsin's Scott Walker, are Democrats like New York's Andrew Cuomo getting a free pass?
Sep 7, 2011 / Billy Easton
Noted. Noted.
John Nichols on taxing Wall Street, Mike Elk on a win against the megabanks and Katelyn Belyus on subscribing to The Nation while incarcerated
Sep 7, 2011 / Various Contributors
Attica at 40 Attica at 40
Four decades after the bloodiest prison massacre in US history, we have yet to accept the basic fact that prisoners are human.
Sep 7, 2011 / Liliana Segura
Secrets of the Keystone XL Pipeline Secrets of the Keystone XL Pipeline
Our country has no need for the Keystone pipeline extension.
Sep 7, 2011 / Column / Alexander Cockburn