If Kagan’s So Scary, How Come Lindsey Graham Supports Her Confirmation? If Kagan’s So Scary, How Come Lindsey Graham Supports Her Confirmation?
Obama's Supreme Court nominee advances from Judiciary Committee with backing of Democrats and a conservative Republican -- South Carolina's Lindsey Graham -- and the virtual certai...
Jul 21, 2010 / John Nichols
Slacker Friday (“Welcome Back Carlos Beltran” edition) Slacker Friday (“Welcome Back Carlos Beltran” edition)
The world's shortest reviews and more reflections on the Obama presidency.
Jul 16, 2010 / Eric Alterman
Tea Partyers in Wonderland Tea Partyers in Wonderland
Who really wins out when the government's spending? Often, it's the rich.
Jul 15, 2010 / Barbara Koeppel
Grisly Mamas Grisly Mamas
Conservative housewives have the same desire for power and respect that liberal women do. No wonder women comprise half of the Tea Party movement.
Jul 14, 2010 / Column / Katha Pollitt
The Year of Which Women Again? The Year of Which Women Again?
So it's “the year of the women" in the media again. But again, it's only some.
Jul 8, 2010 / Laura Flanders
A Conspiracy So Immense… A Conspiracy So Immense…
JournoList is yet another casualty of the toxic combination of conservative conspiracy mongering and mainstream media cowardice.
Jun 30, 2010 / Column / Eric Alterman
Pulling the Wings Off Beck’s Housefly Story Pulling the Wings Off Beck’s Housefly Story
Flies, rats, bees, demagogues, demons and dog whistles.
Jun 30, 2010 / Leslie Savan
Supreme Irrationality: Republicans Attack Elena Kagan for Taking Same Positions as Goldwater and Reagan Supreme Irrationality: Republicans Attack Elena Kagan for Taking Same Positions as Goldwater and Reagan
An “opposition in search of a rationale" goes after Supreme Court nominee for her youthful opposition to the draft and no-questions-asked militarism. The problem is...
Jun 28, 2010 / John Nichols
Joe the Gusher Exposes Cracks in the Right Joe the Gusher Exposes Cracks in the Right
The response to the BP disaster is a rare instance in which populist outrage and simple logic are allied—and for some on the right this is deeply confusing.
Jun 25, 2010 / Leslie Savan
Republicans Can’t Figure Out What They Stand For Republicans Can’t Figure Out What They Stand For
Nation Washington Editor Christopher Hayes tells Rachel Maddow that jumping on the GOP's conflicted messages about BP's liability for the Gulf spill is a way for Democrats to &qu...
Jun 22, 2010 / Press Room