Are Obama's Disarmament Initiatives Just a Cover for the Nuclear-Industrial Complex?
Many of us hoped for more from the Nuclear Posture Review. Still, as with the new START treaty, it may not be transformational, but it is transitional.
Many of us hoped for more from the Nuclear Posture Review. Still, as with the new START treaty, it may not be transformational, but it is transitional.
Russ Wellen | Posted 05.25.2011
When all the arguments are assembled, it becomes apparent how difficult it is to argue for disarmament without sounding like you're soft on national security.
Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011
Today, Joe Biden may have helped push a new "global social contract" on international security and safety a bit further by hosting personally at his private residence a unique lunch with the non-aligned state leaders.
The Daily Beast | Posted 05.25.2011
Insurgent congressional candidate Anthony Woods' life story reads like Aaron Sorkin wrote it--he's a gay, black Iraq veteran with a Harvard degree. He...
Jane Hamsher | Posted 05.25.2011
The New Democrats and the Blue Dogs made good on their threats to join with Republicans to block legislation that would limit the payment of TARP bonuses. Score one for the banks.
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011
The blogosphere won't have Ellen Tauscher to kick around anymore. The California congresswoman that the NetRoots loves to hate announced Wednesday tha...
HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011
Capitol Hill is not a place where staffers become famous. The focus is on members of Congress, while aides remain in the background, unnamed and unrem...
Nathaniel Frank | Posted 05.25.2011
Rep. Ellen Tauscher has just announced she'll introduce a bill to repeal the ban on open gays in the military, a momentous step that comes on the 15th anniversary of this highly unpopular policy.
Jane Hamsher | Posted 05.25.2011
How can Tauscher claim that there's anything "moderate" about working on behalf of the bankers who created this crisis?
Steve Ralls | Posted 05.25.2011
The government of Argentina, an increasingly welcoming South American country when it comes to lesbians and gays, officially ended its prohibition on open service in the armed forces.
Jane Hamsher | Posted 05.25.2011
Why is Ellen Tauscher, head of the New Democrat Coalition, working so hard on behalf of bank and mortgage industry lobbyists?
Aubrey Sarvis | Posted 05.25.2011
There is no question that our next president is facing a host of truly awful problems. Cut the Administration some slack regarding Don't Ask Don't Tell, yes -- but not too much.
John Ridley | Posted 05.25.2011
While this will not be an easy fight, it also won't likely be a return to the belabored hearings of the Clinton presidency which produced the Bizarro World Don't Ask, Don't Tell non-policy of not asking what nobody's saying.
Russ Wellen | Posted 05.25.2011