Six Little Words Six Little Words
An idea that could revolutionize workers' rights in the country: from Tom Geoghegan via David Sirota: eoghegan reminded me that data show the more union members in an economy, th...
Jul 31, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Damned If You Do Damned If You Do
This is really great. Remember how the McCain campaign hit Obama for not visiting the wounded troops? Turns out: What the McCain campaign doesn't want people to know, according t...
Jul 31, 2008 / Chris Hayes
What Does Democracy Look Like? What Does Democracy Look Like?
Here's my latest post over at (TPM Cafe) as part of the ongoing discussion of MoveOn. (Unfortunately, right now it's a whole bunch of white dudes. This is largely my fault, but ho...
Jul 31, 2008 / Chris Hayes
TNR’s Kirchick Problem…And Ours TNR’s Kirchick Problem…And Ours
There's a whole lot of New Republic bashing in the center-left blogosphere, some of which is perfectly justified, some of which seems a bit excessive and baby-and-the-bathwater-es...
Jul 31, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Now They’re Calling Him Gay Now They’re Calling Him Gay
Honestly, the McCain campaign has become a kind of pathetic caricature of all of the worst elements of Rovian politics. This is their response to Obama's response to their childis...
Jul 30, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Tim Kaine? Don’t Bet On It Tim Kaine? Don’t Bet On It
Barack Obama could do worse than Virginia Governor Tim Kaine as a ticket-mate. Kaine is a smart, articulate and principled attorney who spent much of his legal career making real...
Jul 30, 2008 / John Nichols
Rich, Out of Touch Elitist Rich, Out of Touch Elitist
Ben Smith says I'm "yawning" at McCain's $520 loafers. I can see why he said that. My post on the topic was excessively arch. So let me take off my irony hat and say this earnest...
Jul 30, 2008 / Chris Hayes
“Make Way for the Trucker” “Make Way for the Trucker”
In these times, when the number of women in Congress has leveled off, it is great to see Diane Benson waging a spirited fight for Congress in traditionally Republican Alaska. In ...
Jul 30, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Let’s Play: If I Were a Right Wing Blogger Let’s Play: If I Were a Right Wing Blogger
If I were a right-wing blogger, and I found out that Barack Obama was wearing Ferragamo loafers that cost $520, I would spend about 50% of my waking hours making sure everyone kne...
Jul 30, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Bush’s Globalization Drive Crashes… Again Bush’s Globalization Drive Crashes… Again
President Bush subsumed much of his domestic-policy agenda in recent months to the project of renewing the World Trade Organization's Doha Development Round. The lame-duck presid...
Jul 29, 2008 / John Nichols