Obama’s Centrism Obama’s Centrism
There's been a lot of rending of garments online about Obama's "move to the center" the last few weeks. I'm still gathering my thoughts on it all (ed.:bad blogger! just blog it, d...
Jul 1, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Save Jeff Wood Save Jeff Wood
Many of you were among the more than 17,000 outraged citizens who successfully petitioned Texas Governor Rick Perry and the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles last year demanding ...
Jun 30, 2008 / Peter Rothberg
Iran, Fearmongering & Election ’08 Iran, Fearmongering & Election ’08
The essential and not surprising reality of 2008: The Republicans are desperate for a national security threat to rally their base. How else to explain McCain's uber-adviser/ lob...
Jun 30, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Monday Capitol Letter Monday Capitol Letter
Courtesy of new Washington DC intern Bobby Allyn, a quick recap of last week's Hill activity: In the House … The House passed two energy bills Thursday, One (HR 6052) giving t...
Jun 30, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Shaking Up Pandora’s Box in Iran Shaking Up Pandora’s Box in Iran
Did the United States, or did it not, approve a $400 million covert operation against Iran last year, backed by an official "presidential finding"? And did the Democrats in Congre...
Jun 30, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Gates to Join Obama? Uh-Oh Gates to Join Obama? Uh-Oh
According to insiders, Barack Obama's campaign is debating how long it can leave ambiguous the notion of "residual forces" in Iraq after a presumed Obama-ordered withdrawal of com...
Jun 29, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Obama Read Zimbabwe Right… More Than a Year Ago Obama Read Zimbabwe Right… More Than a Year Ago
The world is suddenly paying a measure of the attention that is necessary to the democratic crisis in Zimbabwe, where strongman President Robert Mugabe has used violence and intim...
Jun 29, 2008 / John Nichols
Got A Plan for Zimbabwe? I Don’t Got A Plan for Zimbabwe? I Don’t
It's ugly in Zimbabwe. It was ugly in Iraq, too, in 2003. The world is full of ugly places. But let's hope the coolest of cool heads prevail before any sort of outside interventio...
Jun 27, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
The Millionaire Amendment’s Most Famous Beneficiary The Millionaire Amendment’s Most Famous Beneficiary
I'm working hard on revising a big feature article, so light posting here at Capitolism on this steamy Friday. As a general rule we eschew Supreme Court commentary here, but yes...
Jun 27, 2008 / Chris Hayes
Brave Nation Outtakes Brave Nation Outtakes
The fifth episode of the Brave Nation series featuring Naomi Klein and Tom Hayden is being released this Sunday. Take an exclusive sneak peek at author, activist and Nation colum...
Jun 27, 2008 / Peter Rothberg