Could Obama have made a weirder choice for CIA director? Here's why Panetta is doomed. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/XQ4dsioJCeUw6-9q0WsVjQPZcgc/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/XQ4dsioJCeUw6-9q0WsVjQPZcgc/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNationWeblogs/~4/hT0bNk_8M1s" height="1" width="1"/

Board says DFL candidate prevailed by 225 votes over GOP incumbent Coleman. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/qh6rNMqiYH3MI2G1JFrpU66dznE/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/qh6rNMqiYH3MI2G1JFrpU66dznE/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNationWeblogs/~4/Vv4Juv1cIHo" height="1" width="1"/

Israel is encouraging abuses by preventing foreign journalists from entering the Gaza Strip. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/UU1KbKF-IQ5j6_8AA0QhpZy2OGc/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/UU1KbKF-IQ5j6_8AA0QhpZy2OGc/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNationWeblogs/~4/b3KoEQhLF9g" height="1" width="1"/

Will Tim Kaine be a good DNC chair? Much will depend on what the Obama team has planned. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/I2mWvtekPxaMsQWMrg0EyZcxCH8/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/I2mWvtekPxaMsQWMrg0EyZcxCH8/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNationWeblogs/~4/kOmdmaF7Xxc" height="1" width="1"/

DFL candidate is ahead now by 225 votes over GOP incumbent Coleman. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/1rb42h7C-6Bqg5_3bztbUhjcIZI/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/1rb42h7C-6Bqg5_3bztbUhjcIZI/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNationWeblogs/~4/pVblGmGt2lw" height="1" width="1"/

The White House encourages Israeli brutality. But will Obama do anything different? We'll see. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/OW2363At1GMIxkl9aDo6ytYB4r8/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/OW2363At1GMIxkl9aDo6ytYB4r8/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNationWeblogs/~4/GuqPjKWJcPY" height="1" width="1"/

DFL candidate is ahead now by 225 votes over GOP incumbent Coleman. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/xIdOkuNszhKNkjZEC3leeWzdHvM/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/xIdOkuNszhKNkjZEC3leeWzdHvM/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNationWeblogs/~4/nJ1m66BsG10" height="1" width="1"/

LabourStart headline - Source: AFP

While the retail industry has been hyperfocused on pricing, the retailers who have continued to focus on customer satisfaction, like Amazon and Apple, have emerged as the winners in a...

Former Foreign Relations Committee chair was a wise advocate for congressional constraint on the executive pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/n52-gCTA9DhEn1BXA2oGzzbveIs/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/n52-gCTA9DhEn1BXA2oGzzbveIs/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNationWeblogs/~4/PrfN5SWUH1o" height="1" width="1"/

LabourStart headline - Source: Irish Times

In 2009 large and small retailers will be holding going out of business sales before closing their stores. This will happen as many as 200,000 times, according to some...

LabourStart headline - Source: Business Week

We don't need a stimulus, we need a recovery. And that means investing $1 trillion over the next two years. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/h3HMXRPkV0UUNdsMJmnhMXRZDe0/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/h3HMXRPkV0UUNdsMJmnhMXRZDe0/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNationWeblogs/~4/WPYrxI90DPo" height="1" width="1"/

A look back at a crazy year. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/5u1nsIIpewN8z0t2AvpA5tfki_E/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/5u1nsIIpewN8z0t2AvpA5tfki_E/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNationWeblogs/~4/F8I5Q-20Oog" height="1" width="1"/

LabourStart headline - Source: AFP

United Electrical, TransAfrica, Bernie Sanders, Marcy Kaptur, Rachel Maddow and the rest of the heavy lifters for justice. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/PxTCaW8kV1sv7jBpx4yR1qiG42s/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/PxTCaW8kV1sv7jBpx4yR1qiG42s/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNationWeblogs/~4/PPMswq2Xays" height="1" width="1"/

The Senate should not seat Roland Burris unless he agrees to resign when Illinois's scandal-plagued governor exits. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/u07vHp8UF_RaIzBhKH9T1KjGoyo/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/u07vHp8UF_RaIzBhKH9T1KjGoyo/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNationWeblogs/~4/_4IsWjU8RuA" height="1" width="1"/

This carnage is about two elections: the one in Israel, and the coming one in Palestine. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/AqhXU7PiH9BHMnukI3-dT77kkw8/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/AqhXU7PiH9BHMnukI3-dT77kkw8/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNationWeblogs/~4/kxDJgzs9dP0" height="1" width="1"/

Change.gov is taking questions again--let's ask Obama to appoint a special prosecutor for the Bush administration's crimes. pa href="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/Ds3baWJd2DhrRMgklvTyz7siNzI/a"img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~a/Ds3baWJd2DhrRMgklvTyz7siNzI/i" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheNationWeblogs/~4/7B6V_xPvDCU" height="1" width="1"/