Nixonland, Then and Now Nixonland, Then and Now
"Nixonland" – that's Rick Perlstein's term for the political world where candidates win power by mobilizing people's resentments, anxieties and anger, where politic...
May 18, 2008 / Jon Wiener
Internet Gurus Flock to Harvard Conference Internet Gurus Flock to Harvard Conference
Before the Internet changed everything, the Berkman Center was there. Founded as a different kind of research lab about ten years ago, Harvard Law School's unusual project –...
May 15, 2008 / Ari Melber
Running Out of History Running Out of History
Already climate change--in the form of a changing pattern of global rainfall--seems to be affecting the planet in significant ways. Take the massive, almost decade-long drought in...
May 12, 2008 / TomDispatch
Who Really Lost the Cold War? Who Really Lost the Cold War?
These days, the price of oil seems ever on the rise. A barrel of crude broke another barrier Wednesday -- $123 -- on international markets, and the talk is now of the sort of &quo...
May 8, 2008 / TomDispatch
The Next War The Next War
Remember when the globe's imperial policeman, its New Rome, was going to wield its unsurpassed military power by moving from country to country, using lightning strikes and shock-a...
May 7, 2008 / TomDispatch
How Does Hillary Clinton Feel About the White Racist Vote? How Does Hillary Clinton Feel About the White Racist Vote?
If you haven't already, check out my colleague Betsy Reed's compelling account of how Hillary Clinton's campaign has deployed the racist playbook of the right against Barack Obama....
May 5, 2008 / Richard Kim
Obama: Stop Hearting Republican Ideas Obama: Stop Hearting Republican Ideas
The last two months have been rough for Barack Obama. He's been left-baited, race-baited, red-baited and tarred as an "elitist." Perhaps that's why he finally consented, ...
Apr 28, 2008 / Richard Kim
Pentagon Propaganda & Antiwar Analysts (Updated) Pentagon Propaganda & Antiwar Analysts (Updated)
The Sunday Times' article detailing the massive, secret coordinated campaign by the Pentagon and all the leading television news channels to sell and defend the administration's Ir...
Apr 21, 2008 / Ari Melber
McCain’s Medical Records: Why the Delay? McCain’s Medical Records: Why the Delay?
The mainstream media ask Obama why he doesn't wear a flag pin, but they aren't asking McCain why he doesn't release his medical records. McCain, who would be the oldest man ever e...
Apr 20, 2008 / Jon Wiener
NYT Investigation Exposes Pentagon Pimps & Propaganda Operation NYT Investigation Exposes Pentagon Pimps & Propaganda Operation
If you thought the US media had hit a new low with last week's ABC Debate Debacle, read Sunday's New York Times's 10,000 (plus) word cover story, "Behind TV Analysts, Pentagon...
Apr 20, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel