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The Kristol Whose Crystal Ball Never Works The Kristol Whose Crystal Ball Never Works

As Eric Alterman has written, he's the "journalist" of "perpetual wrongness" (as well as an "apparatchik" of the first order and a "right-wing ho...

Feb 15, 2008 / TomDispatch

A Global Arms Race Hidden in Plain Sight A Global Arms Race Hidden in Plain Sight

Often what is hidden in our world is so simply because no cares or thinks to look. Yes, a fair amount of attention has recently been given to the staggering new Pentagon budget re...

Feb 13, 2008 / TomDispatch

Donna Edwards: A New Kind of Democrat Donna Edwards: A New Kind of Democrat

  In 2006, long-time progressive activist and public interest lawyer, Donna Edwards shocked seven-term Congressman Albert Wynn, losing to him by just three points in the Mary...

Feb 13, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Shame On Elaine Chao Shame On Elaine Chao

This just in from Nation Washington Intern Te-Ping Chen:   There have been so many egregious dealings emerging out of Bush's cabinet -- the rancid workings of former Interio...

Feb 12, 2008 / Chris Hayes

Iraq Divides Clinton and Obama in Electability War Iraq Divides Clinton and Obama in Electability War

Now that John McCain is the presumptive Republican nominee, the race between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton is increasingly focused on who can beat him. Team Obama is psyched ab...

Feb 12, 2008 / Ari Melber

Does Facebook Own You Forever? Does Facebook Own You Forever?

In a recent feature article on Facebook and the "new privacy," I stressed how the company's invasive data policy seizes lots of information from users, even after they qu...

Feb 11, 2008 / Ari Melber

Imagine 50 Million American Refugees Imagine 50 Million American Refugees

I'm an innumerate, but the figures on this -- the saddest story of our Iraq debacle -- are so large that even I can do the necessary computations. The population of the United Sta...

Feb 11, 2008 / TomDispatch

Dems Fight Spying with Clinton and Obama MIA Dems Fight Spying with Clinton and Obama MIA

A trio of Democratic House Committee Chairmen are stepping up the fight against President Bush's surveillance bill this week, vowing to beat back a controversial proposal to grant ...

Feb 11, 2008 / Ari Melber

Defending Clinton’s Virtual Town Hall Defending Clinton’s Virtual Town Hall

Hillary Clinton is under fire again for planted questions, but this time she did nothing wrong. Clinton pulled a Perot this week, buying a full hour of national television to dire...

Feb 8, 2008 / Ari Melber

Obama Claims 9-Delegate Win for Super Tuesday Obama Claims 9-Delegate Win for Super Tuesday

Barack Obama's Campaign wants to make his Super Tuesday victory official. Campaign Manager David Plouffe says that Obama won 9 more delegates than Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, base...

Feb 6, 2008 / Ari Melber

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