LISTEN TO THIS SHOW ONLINE – SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST Last night in his address to Congress Obama argued that the economic crisis requires structural shifts involving health care, energy and education reform. The Republican Party’s answer: just say “no.” JOHN NICHOLS will comment: he’s Washington correspondent for The Nation, and he writes The Beat blog at TheNation.com. The [...]
LISTEN TO THIS SHOW ONLINE – SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST “Waltz with Bashir: A Lebanon War Story,” nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, is about Israeli soldiers’ memories of one night in Beirut in 1982 when they stood by while Christian militia members massacred thousands of Palestinian civilians in the Sabra and Shatila [...]
LISTEN TO THIS SHOW ONLINE – SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST The essential guide to the left in America – to help find our kinds of places close to home and on the road. Editor RICHARD LINGEMAN will talk about the new book THE NATION GUIDE TO THE NATION: organic and slow-food restaurants, bookshop cafes, parades and [...]
LISTEN TO THIS SHOW ONLINE – SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST Dick Cheney yesterday said if there’s another terrorist attack, it will be Obama’s fault. Rush Limbaugh says about Obama’s economic stimulus plan, “I hope he fails.” HAROLD MEYERSON will comment – he’s editor-at-large of the American Prospect, and writes for the op-ed page of the Washington [...]