Ben Eisler

In the theology of the Topeka-based Westboro Baptist Church (WBC), God has a pretty long shit list. Read the colorful placards at the group’s daily demonstrations and you get the idea: “God Hates Fags,” “God Hates Fag Enablers,” “God Hates Obama,” “God Hates America,” “God Hates The World,” “God Hates YOU.” READ MORE >>

  In the theology of the Topeka-based Westboro Baptist Church (WBC), God has a pretty long shit list. Read the colorful placards at the group’s daily demonstrations and you get the idea: “God Hates Fags,” “God Hates Fag Enablers,” “God Hates Obama,” “God Hates America,” “God Hates The World,” “God Hates YOU.” READ MORE >>

Just when you had recovered from Rick Santelli's infamous rant on CNBC, TNR senior editor Jonathan Chait offers his own tirade. Except this time, the target is Santelli himself. READ MORE >>

Last week, on the one-year anniversary of the Lehman Brothers crash, TNR brought together influential leaders from Washington and Wall Street for an honest examination of our financial system and its future. Austan Goolsbee, a member of president Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers, discussed the state of the economic crisis and stimulus funds, and took questions from TNR senior editor Noam Scheiber and Harvard historian Niall Ferguson. READ MORE >>

Simon Johnson, professor at MIT's Sloan School of Management, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, and co-founder of BaselineScenario.com, argues that the G20 this week offers unique and valuable opportunities to bring about significant financial reform on a global scale, but that the proposals currently on the table will not change much of anything. Check out the latest on TNRtv: READ MORE >>

Ruy Teixeira, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and the Century Foundation, argues that the detailed presentations of health reform in the president’s speech last week and the Baucus plan this week have been critical to moving the process forward. Check out the latest on TNRtv: READ MORE >>

Ruy Teixeira, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and the Century Foundation, argues that the detailed presentations of health reform in the president’s speech last week and the Baucus plan this week have been critical to moving the process forward. Check out the latest on TNRtv: Johnson: Another Wasteful Program that Just Won't Die READ MORE >>

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