The Torture Memos, Obama and the Banality of Evil The Torture Memos, Obama and the Banality of Evil
Even as President Obama acted in the name of transparency and accountabilty in releasing the Bush administration's OLC's torture memos, he made assurances that the CIA agents who u...
Apr 17, 2009 / Richard Kim
Thomas Tamm: An American Hero Thomas Tamm: An American Hero
I had the privilege yesterday of attending an awards ceremony in Washington DC honoring Thomas Tamm, the recipient of this year's Ridenhour Prize for Truth-Telling, which is given ...
Apr 17, 2009 / Eyal Press
Pirates, Pornographic Protests, and a Puppy Pirates, Pornographic Protests, and a Puppy
I haven't followed U.S. news in nearly two weeks. I was traveling in South Africa and I was determined to stay focused on local elections and issues. So to get back on track with ...
Apr 17, 2009 / Melissa Harris-Perry
The Answer to Obama=Hitler The Answer to Obama=Hitler
The presidential campaign had more than a smattering of it. The economic crisis is breeding lots more. Crazy talk comparing Barack Obama to Hitler went mainstream April 1...
Apr 17, 2009 / Laura Flanders
GOP to New Orleans: Liberals Did It GOP to New Orleans: Liberals Did It
One of the more deeply twisted--and, one would have hoped, now thoroughly discredited--right-wing storylines of the Bush era is currently enjoying a comeback: all that chaos and su...
Apr 16, 2009 / Betsy Reed
Seven Preliminary Thoughts on the Tea Parties Seven Preliminary Thoughts on the Tea Parties
Yesterday thousands of people rallied in hundreds of "tea party" protests across the country, expressing anger about the economy, politics, and taxes. It is easy to make...
Apr 16, 2009 / Zephyr Teachout
This Year in Taxes This Year in Taxes
Happy tax day, everyone! Whenever I log in to Turbo Tax, I think of Tim Geithner, and so I was trying to think of the other political figures who have made this year in taxes inter...
Apr 15, 2009 / Zephyr Teachout
Do Detainees Have Rights? Do Detainees Have Rights?
Some weeks ago, Anthony Romero, the Executive Director of the ACLU, showed me his copy of the executive orders that Barack Obama signed in January shutting down Guantanamo and the ...
Apr 14, 2009 / Eyal Press
Hurricane Expert Fired by Bush Allies at LSU Hurricane Expert Fired by Bush Allies at LSU
Louisiana State University is firing a leading hurricane scientist who was scheduled to testify as an expert witness in a case against the Army Corps of Engineers for their pre-Kat...
Apr 14, 2009 / Jon Wiener
Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, 1950-2009 Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick, 1950-2009
I have only ever worn out one book. The first copy--which I still keep as an artifact of my 20s--became a palimpsest of sorts, its text underlined in four different colors of penci...
Apr 13, 2009 / Richard Kim