Kristof’s Modest Proposal Kristof’s Modest Proposal
Nicholas Kristof had a fine proposal in his column yesterday: if Congress fails to pass health care reform by the end of the year, he argued, its members should agree to become tru...
Oct 9, 2009 / Eyal Press
The Aspirational Nobel The Aspirational Nobel
I woke up, read the New York Times website and thought I had come to the Onion instead. I hit refresh. Still there: "Obama Wins Nobel for Diplomacy." Maybe this is one of...
Oct 9, 2009 / Richard Kim
Greece Votes Socialist Greece Votes Socialist
Going against the European grain, Greece has voted George Papandreou's center-left PaSoK party to power in a landslide. Promising a new political culture, an end to cronyism and a ...
Oct 5, 2009 / Maria Margaronis
When Pundits Attack: The Beck-Brooks Fight When Pundits Attack: The Beck-Brooks Fight
Perhaps we still do not understand the current Obama backlash. David Brooks caused a small stir on Friday by arguing that conservative radio hosts are, paradoxically, a lot like w...
Oct 5, 2009 / Ari Melber
The (Iffy) Case Against a Public Option The (Iffy) Case Against a Public Option
Can successful universal health care be achieved without a public option? Earlier this week, Jonathan Cohn pointed to the example of The Netherlands, a country that relies exclusi...
Oct 3, 2009 / Eyal Press
Media Push False Equivalency Between Left and Right Rage Media Push False Equivalency Between Left and Right Rage
Nearly every morning for eight years, my husband would go into the shower with the news blaring on the radio, and I could hear him over the rush of water grumbling, "I hate Ge...
Oct 2, 2009 / Leslie Savan
Stop Bullying the Anti-Bullying Czar Stop Bullying the Anti-Bullying Czar
In the mid-nineties, when Kevin Jennings was the executive director of a fledging non-profit supporting LGBT youth and teachers called GLSEN (for the Gay, Lesbian, and Stra...
Oct 1, 2009 / Emily Douglas
Brighton Beach Postcard Brighton Beach Postcard
Brighton. Short of sashaying over the waves, or flying Harry Potter's Nimbus 2000 (perhaps on loan from his good friend J.K. Rowling) into the Labour Party conference here yester...
Sep 30, 2009 / D.D. Guttenplan
Punch in the Streets, Not in the Suites at G-20 Punch in the Streets, Not in the Suites at G-20
The G20 summit wrapped up in Pittsburgh Friday with pledges but little punch. Except in the streets. On climate change, world leaders vowed "strong action" and...
Sep 29, 2009 / Laura Flanders
Lose the Love/Hate, But Keep the Hope. Lose the Love/Hate, But Keep the Hope.
It seems Eyal and Richard have thrown down the gauntlet with their criticisms of the emotional, irrational, fact-proof fantasies that seem to characterize contemporary politics in ...
Sep 29, 2009 / Melissa Harris-Perry