When Thanksgiving Proclamations Mattered When Thanksgiving Proclamations Mattered
Presidential proclamations are of dubious distinction in these days of permanent campaigning by the president and his hyper-politicized staff. What were once the solemn pronounceme...
Nov 22, 2007 / John Nichols
What Would Jesus Buy? What Would Jesus Buy?
There is one thing the Church of Stop Shopping's Reverend Billy wants you to buy this season: a ticket to his new movie, "What Would Jesus Buy." Make that purchase now an...
Nov 20, 2007 / Laura Flanders
Meet The Press and Leave it to the Girls. Meet The Press and Leave it to the Girls.
Whether to be cheered or downcast? That's the question. TV wasn't born a male preserve, it's just grown up that way. I was thinking about that this weekend as I watched NBC celebr...
Nov 19, 2007 / Laura Flanders
Obama and Islam Obama and Islam
Barack Obama represents "the only hope for the US in the Muslim world," according to Pulitzer-prize winning investigative reporter Seymour Hersh. Because Obama's father w...
Nov 16, 2007 / Jon Wiener
Pakistan vs. Punditry Pakistan vs. Punditry
I know the US Democratic contenders' debate is important, but how important, compared to, say, the imposition of martial law in nuclear Pakistan? If the last debate was any indica...
Nov 16, 2007 / Laura Flanders
Karl Rove To “Balance” Kos at Newsweek Karl Rove To “Balance” Kos at Newsweek
Newsweek announced that Karl Rove, the controversial architect of the rise and fall of the modern G.O.P., will join its ranks as a new contributor to balance the recent hire of blo...
Nov 15, 2007 / Ari Melber
Jonathan Schell, Historian of the Nuclear Conundrum Jonathan Schell, Historian of the Nuclear Conundrum
Before I met Jonathan Schell, I already knew him in the best way possible: on the page. Even in his days as a neophyte journalist in Vietnam, he committed a writer's greatest act ...
Nov 15, 2007 / TomDispatch
Bridge Ladies Slammed for Anti-Bush Sign Bridge Ladies Slammed for Anti-Bush Sign
"WE DID NOT VOTE FOR BUSH." Those words were handwritten on the back of a menu by the US women's bridge team and held aloft during the award ceremony at the world team ch...
Nov 14, 2007 / Richard Kim
State Department Auditor: Blackwater-Connected, Mean State Department Auditor: Blackwater-Connected, Mean
There are so many accusations directed at State Department Inspector General Howard Krongard for preventing inspections of State Department mismanagement in Iraq, it can get confu...
Nov 14, 2007 / The Nation
New Girl Order New Girl Order
In the autumn issue of the City Journal, Kay S. Hymowitz eulogizes the rise of a new international role model: "Yes: Carrie Bradshaw is alive and well and living in Warsaw. W...
Nov 14, 2007 / Lakshmi Chaudhry