Caught in a Steele Trap

Affirmative action, Republican-style, doomed party Chairman Michael Steele to failure before he ever took the job.
By Joe Conason

Charlie Rose, a conversation with Timothy Geithner, U.S. Treasury Secretary

Reviving the Dream
by Bob Herbert
With the economy in free fall, Americans have an opportunity to reshape the society, and then to move it in a fairer and ultimately more productive direction.

The questions our healthcare debate ignores
Why does every developed nation except the U.S. have universal healthcare? Why do they pay half as much in medical costs? Why are their infant mortality and longevity statistics superior?
By Joe Conason

Frank Rich: Some Things Don’t Change in Grover’s Corners

Miracles Take Time

by Bob Herbert
The renegade clowns who ruined this economy, the Republican right in alliance with big business and some feckless Democrats, have no basis for waging war against efforts to get us out of their mess.

D.L. Hughley: Frank Schaeffer Author of Crazy for God on What's Left of the GOP

Obama to lift stem cell restrictions

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama is expected to sign an executive order on Monday reversing restrictions on federal funding of embryonic stem cell research.

The Stupid Negligible Party

If the GOP stays on this path -- if they embrace Rush Limbaugh as a leader now -- then there's more good news here than just the fun of the infighting. The good news is that he can't lead them into a victorious future, but he sure can lead the rest of us there.

Rushing Toward Irrelevance

By Joe Conason —
Once, conservatives liked to say that “ideas matter.” Although many of their theories later proved flimsy, they at least attempted to address real problems with fresh thinking. But ideas no longer matter—and in fact they’re dangerous, according to the maximum leader of the right.

Obama Vows to End Stalemate on Health Care
By ROBERT PEAR and DAVID STOUT President Obama told participants in a conference that he would not allow “special interests” to block an overhaul.

Why is John McCain being such a jerk?
The post-election lovefest is over. The defeated senator has even learned Twitter to attack Obama. But don't call him jealous.
By Mike Madden

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Obama shelves Bush-era species rule

Critics say it weakened protections for endangered animals, plants

Tom Watson-Limbaugh in the Lead: A Gift for Obama
Looking for all the world like the sweating floor manager on the late afternoon shift...

The Shame of Michael Steele

He told the truth about Limbaugh on D.L. Hughley's show, but he joined the GOP's growing Spineless Caucus when he apologized.
by Joan Walsh

Redistributionist, and That’s Just Fine
By E.J. Dionne —
The well-off will pay more in taxes. And before the howling on the right gets too loud, consider that we have just gone through a long era involving a far less frank form of redistribution—upward.

We're Really Leaving Iraq

Some Iraq war critics are fretting about Obama's speech on Friday, and his plan to stay a little longer. But here's why there's no reason for alarm.
By Juan Cole

Franklin Delano Obama
by NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
If President Obama can move the country toward universal health coverage, even gradually, he has a chance to join the pantheon of truly great presidents.