Are We All Black Americans Now? Are We All Black Americans Now?
More and more Americans are learning what it feels like to be unsafe and unprotected. In other words, they're learning what it's like to be black.
Mar 30, 2011 / Column / Melissa Harris-Perry
Donald Trump Demands That Obama Show His Birth Certificate Donald Trump Demands That Obama Show His Birth Certificate
All White House hopefuls we forewarn: You’ll have to prove that you were born. Before Trump hits the state of granite, He’ll have to tell us all the planet Upon which he was born and reared— Where loudmouths reign and hair is weird.
Mar 30, 2011 / Column / Calvin Trillin
A Brief Summary of Military Intervention in Libya A Brief Summary of Military Intervention in Libya
We’re in. And now we mean to pulverize that lout. And meanwhile try to think of some way to get out.
Mar 24, 2011 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Happy Birthday, Rupert Murdoch! Happy Birthday, Rupert Murdoch!
A man like Murdoch deserves to be shunned. That he is celebrated instead tells you almost all you need to know about the insanity that grips our benighted political culture.
Mar 24, 2011 / Column / Eric Alterman
The Innocence of the Liberal Hawk The Innocence of the Liberal Hawk
Libya is not Iraq. And yet the flaws in logic, strategy and morality remain the same.
Mar 24, 2011 / Column / Gary Younge
From Chernobyl to Fukushima: What Will It Take? From Chernobyl to Fukushima: What Will It Take?
There are no effective “safeguards” against nuclear disasters, and Japan’s crisis is only the latest display of the overwhelming risks involved in splitting atoms for energy.
Mar 17, 2011 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
License and Liberty License and Liberty
The Supreme Court has ruled that the Westboro Baptist Church can't be punished for picketing at funerals. Is this really a win for free speech?
Mar 10, 2011 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Wisconsin: The Conservative Class War, Part III Wisconsin: The Conservative Class War, Part III
In Wisconsin and elsewhere, attacks on unions aren’t about budget savings. They're about dismantling the final barrier to the domination of American politics by the power of ...
Mar 10, 2011 / Column / Eric Alterman
Without His Nurse Without His Nurse
Galyna Kolotnytska, described in diplomatic cables as the “voluptuous blond” nurse who accompanies Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi everywhere, has returned to Ukraine. —News reports While everybody says, “Just go!” His countrymen all surely know Adversity seems more adverse Without his nurse. “He’s bonkers,” people say. “That might Be why he rants into the night.” His talks get further still from terse Without his nurse. The body count is now quite large; He’s killed a lot to stay in charge. And all this killing must seem worse Without his nurse. It has to bring this man much pain To bear the crumbling of his reign And see his fortunes in reverse Without his nurse. Yes, Muammar now has to face This hatred from the human race And angry crowds that won’t disperse Without his nurse. The banks freeze billions of his loot. His people sorely want to boot Him out, or put him in a hearse Without his nurse. Could Allah show a bit of mercy And send poor Mu-Mu back his nursie?
Mar 10, 2011 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Governor Scott Walker Talks to ‘David Koch’ Governor Scott Walker Talks to ‘David Koch’
Scott Walker said that he was just a bloke Who, knowing that his state was going broke, Saw saving measures that he must invoke. But then, when he obsequiously spoke To someone who he thought was David Koch (It wasn’t Koch; a guy had played a joke), The phone pals made it clear they’d like to choke Off unions’ rights, and saw this as the stroke— A stroke disguised within a budget cloak— To start the unions’ going up in smoke. No surprise there.
Mar 3, 2011 / Column / Calvin Trillin