At its most basic level, the idea behind “preventive detention” is that there are some bad guys out there — especially in wartime or in a time of terrorism — that should be imprisoned even if the government cannot prove in court that they have committed a crime. Adam Serwer, writing in the American Prospect, [...]
All year, Ted Kennedy, the liberal lion of the Senate, has been the symbolic leader of the fight for health care reform, taking time out of his treatment for a brain tumor to show up at White House events on the topic and spending countless hours on working the phones to further negotiations. But there [...]
First reports suggest that the turnout is not overwhelming, especially in the Pashtun south.
Has there ever been a politician blogger who can create such a fuss with each posting? On Tuesday afternoon in Wasilla (Wednesday morning in Washington), Sarah Palin did it again, posting a blog riff that has created a stir. Her subject was a recent editorial in the Wall Street Journal about a $2 billion U.S. [...]
1. White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, still sounding a bit like the head of the DCCC, says Republican leadership “has made a strategic decision that defeating President Obama’s health care proposal is more important for their political goals than solving the health insurance problems that Americans face every day.” 2. White House Spokesman [...]
As Michael Scherer wrote the other day, Zeke Emanuel, one of President Obama’s health care advisers, has become the bogey man in some of the nuttier attacks on health care reform. Now, Jonathan Cohn hears from two leading conservative voices in the debate, people who know Emanuel and his work:
