Judiciary Panel OK’s Waterboarding, Er, Mukasey Judiciary Panel OK’s Waterboarding, Er, Mukasey
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday morning approved President Bush's nomination of former Federal Judge Michael Mukasey to replace Alberto Gonzales as Attorney General. Muk...
Nov 6, 2007 / John Nichols
The New Prohibition The New Prohibition
Reason magazine offers a stinging critique of a new crop of increasingly draconian DUI laws titled, "Prohibition Returns!" One example: In Washington DC, cops can arrest ...
Nov 5, 2007 / Lakshmi Chaudhry
Citigroup: Too Big to Fail? Citigroup: Too Big to Fail?
The fall of Citigroup is a resonant political event--akin to the Republican Party's failure to win reform of Social Security--only this time the bell tolls for the Democratic Party...
Nov 5, 2007 / William Greider
Is The Government Finally Scrutinizing The Death Penalty? Is The Government Finally Scrutinizing The Death Penalty?
The Supreme Court's focus on the administration of death by lethal injection could expose the plethora of problems that come with the death penalty. That's the hope of Russ Feing...
Nov 2, 2007 / The Nation
The Media on Iraqi Oil–Don’t Ask, Won’t Tell The Media on Iraqi Oil–Don’t Ask, Won’t Tell
History… phooey! Or, more mildly, Americans traditionally aren't much interested in it and the media largely don't have time for it either. For one thing, the past is ofte...
Nov 1, 2007 / TomDispatch
Is Hillary the Next Grover Cleveland? Is Hillary the Next Grover Cleveland?
"We hope we're about to elect FDR," New York Times op-ed columnist Paul Krugman told me earlier this week, "but we might be about to elect Grover Cleveland." H...
Nov 1, 2007 / Jon Wiener
Eh, No Big Deal: Reports Show Still No Plan To Rebuild Iraq Eh, No Big Deal: Reports Show Still No Plan To Rebuild Iraq
With President Bush's original goal of establishing "a beacon of liberty in the Middle East" no longer operative, what, exactly, is the administration's goal for Iraq? An indepen...
Oct 31, 2007 / The Nation
Immunity Watch: Senate Considers Illegal Spying Immunity Watch: Senate Considers Illegal Spying
Today the Senate Judiciary Committee convened a hearing on President Bush's spying bill, which could validate warrantless domestic surveillance, immunize potential crimes by teleco...
Oct 31, 2007 / Ari Melber
DEM DEBATE: Edwards, Not Obama, Hits Clinton Hardest, Smartest DEM DEBATE: Edwards, Not Obama, Hits Clinton Hardest, Smartest
It was supposed to be the night Barack Obama took Hillary Clinton down. But, when all was said and done, Obama was a bystander. The opening question in Tuesday's Democratic presi...
Oct 31, 2007 / John Nichols
Aliens in America Aliens in America
Most fish-out-of-water stories are told at the expense of the poor fish. But not so with Aliens in America, which may well be the best television show you're not watching. Well, yo...
Oct 29, 2007 / Lakshmi Chaudhry