Morning Links Morning Links
Apologies for the absence from blogging the last two days. I was finishing up a big cover story I've been working on for months and neurotically combing through trying to make sur...
Jul 16, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Maliki’s Balancing Act Maliki’s Balancing Act
There's a rumor going around that Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is feeling his oats, flexing his muscle, and displaying a newfound confidence that has allowed him to challe...
Jul 15, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Barack Eisenhower vs. John McNixon Barack Eisenhower vs. John McNixon
Barack Obama has begun, finally and reasonably firmly, to clarify his stance regarding the scope and character of the ongoing U.S. role in Iraq. In so doing, the senator from Illi...
Jul 15, 2008 / John Nichols
Standing Up to FISA Standing Up to FISA
Nation editor and publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel's recent post explained why The Nation has joined with the ACLU in a lawsuit filed in the US District Court of New York challengi...
Jul 15, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
The Ugliness in Sudan and Zimbabwe The Ugliness in Sudan and Zimbabwe
There's no defense for the ugliness in Sudan and Zimbabwe. But US policy in connection with those two problematic nations is running into a buzzsaw. In both cases, the United Stat...
Jul 14, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
NOLA Watch: Gulf Stream Fails the Smell Test NOLA Watch: Gulf Stream Fails the Smell Test
Last Wednesday, on Capitol Hill, at a hearing packed with reporters, photographers, constituents, and industry reps, Representative Peter Welch (D-VT) zeroed in on a key moment in...
Jul 14, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Satire or Smear: Muslim Barack, Black Panther Michelle Satire or Smear: Muslim Barack, Black Panther Michelle
If the point of putting something on the cover of a magazine is to sell copies of the magazine, then the folks at The New Yorker are surely smart to have decided to take the most ...
Jul 14, 2008 / John Nichols
Snow Brought a Measure of Dignity to White House Snow Brought a Measure of Dignity to White House
Even as he struggled with cancer, former White House press secretary Tony Snow told reporters: "I'm a very lucky guy." In fact, George Bush was lucky to have had Snow as his spok...
Jul 12, 2008 / John Nichols
Tide is Turning on Big Media Tide is Turning on Big Media
The Senate voted in overwhelming numbers recently to reject an FCC ruling that would unleash a new wave of media consolidation across America. Spurred by a grassroots campaign by ...
Jul 11, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
Washington Post Watch Washington Post Watch
It's been a doozy of a week at the WaPo. Some low-lights: 1) A, ahem, contrarian take on Jesse Helms' legacy 2) A wankerific editorial on FISA. The ACLU responds persuasively.
Jul 11, 2008 / Chris Hayes