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Palin Won't Attend Obama's Dinner for McCain Her office says she's too busy. But was she even invited? —By Daniel Schulman MORE FROM MOTHER JONES: Would You Pay $10,000 for Sarah Palin's Emails? Sarah Palin's Secret Emails Desperately Seeking Sarah's Secrets Sarah Palin's Yahoo Accounts Hacked Class Is the New Black How I had to look beyond race and learn to love equality. —By Debra J. Dickerson MORE FROM MOTHER JONES: The End of Blackness Is America Post-Racism? Whaddya Mean, "We"? Or Why I'll Wear Red on Halloween The Jena 6: Right Problem, Wrong Protest Bush's Flat Farewell The president's final address to the nation was short and self-serving. Here's a list of what he left out. —By David Corn MORE FROM MOTHER JONES: How to Fix a Post-Bush Nation Why the Mess Obama Inherits Might Be His Greatest Opportunity Bush’s Reign of Error: A Timeline The Iraq War, Lie by Lie Top Stories 1 2 3
Judge to Bush Admin: You've Created an Email "Emergency" The administration gambled that a suit over its missing emails would be thrown out. Now it's paying the price. —By Daniel Schulman Obama Aide: Dump Bush's Iran Policy Tehran will be watching the next administration closely. Here's the right signal to send, says Obama's counterterrorism advisor. —By Bruce Falconer MoJo Video Contest: Goodbye, George W. Bush If you had 30 seconds (and a camera) to say farewell to W., what would you do? The first in a video series. —By Laura McClure Why Holder Represents What's Wrong with DC The AG nominee forged a fine career in public service. Then he checked out and cashed in. —By David Corn Brodner's Cartoon du Jour: Hillary Day (Click for more) archive... Why Some Enviros Hate Obama's EPA Pick Most greens have cheered the selection of Lisa Jackson, but some warn she's not real change. —By Jonathan Stein The New New Deal Together we can live within our means, make things, innovate, and prosper. And you don't even have to understand credit default swaps. —By Mark Fiore Are the Army's Days of the Future Past? What went on at the 26th Army Science Conference. —By Nick Turse Softballs for the Secretary Sailing through her confirmation hearing, Hillary Clinton avoids tough questions on the Obama administration's greatest foreign policy challenge: Afghanistan. —By Bruce Falconer Bush's Non-Mea-Culpa Tour 2009 If Bush was wrong, then he doesn't want to be right. —By David Corn Obama's Pick for HHS Deputy: Actually Qualified Unlike his Bush-appointee predecessors, William Corr has health policy creds. —By Stephanie Mencimer Prelude to an Inaugural My draft of Obama's inaugural speech. —By Tom Engelhardt Inside AEI's Bunker The hawks are watching Obama like...well, hawks. —By Laura Rozen Beg Your Pardon? Bush's power to pardon subordinates is basically unlimited. Could he legally pardon himself? —By Jonathan Schwarz How Long Does It Take to Apply for Federal Bailout Funds? Less time than it takes to watch Gossip Girl, as MoJo discovered after filling out an application for the Troubled Assets Relief Program. —By Alexis Fitts and Daniel Luzer Libs to Obama: You Call That Stimulus? Why some progressive economists believe Obama's stimulus plan sells America short. —By Jonathan Stein The Afghan Reconstruction Boondoggle "Winning" the military campaign against the Taliban is the lesser half of the story. —By Ann Jones I, Obot What will Obama's tech gurus Shift+Control next? —By Tim Dickinson You Might Be a Liberal If... 10 findings on the party in your mind. —By Kiera Butler Can Obama Channel the Gipper? Forget FDR. Reagan is the presidential role model Obama needs now. —By David Corn Why the Mess Obama Inherits Might Be His Greatest Opportunity As long as we’re sticking our kids with the bailout tab, let’s leave them some souvenirs. —By Monika Bauerlein and Clara Jeffery Will Congress Treat Panetta Like a Piñata? On this episode of Bloggingheads.tv, David Corn and James Pinkerton discuss why the Panetta pick could set up a nasty confirmation fight. Why the Panetta Pick Shouldn't Spook Langley An agency insider describes why Panetta may be the right man for the job. —By David Corn The Problem with Cheap Oil No matter how much it costs, oil has a profound impact on the world we inhabit—and this will be no less true in 2009 than in 2008. —By Michael T. Klare Rocket Science As bombs burst in the air, Israelis and Palestinians find common ground in the inescapable logic of war: It's your fault I have to kill you. —By Mark Fiore Bush to Gaza: I'm Outta Here His predecessor played Middle East peacemaker in his final days in office, but Bush has opted to wait out the clock. —By Bruce Falconer George W. Bush, Environmentalist? The president's not known for his green-friendly policies, but enviros are applauding his latest effort to protect the deep blue. —By Jonathan Stein Happy New Year, Obama Baby! Behind the scenes with MoJo's creative director: Why we chose a Saturday Evening Post homage for our January/February issue cover illustration. —By Tim J Luddy Fiscal Therapy Getting the economy back on its feet, giving taxpayers a break, and saving your kid's college tuition? Done. Here's how. —By David Cay Johnston Take That, Jack Bauer! Leon Panetta, Obama's choice for CIA chief, has blasted waterboarding and advocated more oversight of the CIA. Will the spies be happy? —By David Corn The Anti-Yoo Obama's pick for a top Justice Department spot has been one of the harshest critics of Bush's torture and executive power abuses. —By Nick Baumann The Bill Richardson Wreck Obama's Commerce secretary pick pulls a U-turn, but there was a long road of problems behind him. —By James Ridgeway How To Go Prius Green on a Chevy Nova Budget 10 frugal alternatives to Whole Foods, convection ovens, and other eco-elite catnip. —By Celia Perry The Waistland Does America look fat in this? —By Kiera Butler Body Count Nation The Bush administration tried, but they couldn't help it. They just had to count. —By Tom Engelhardt Photos: From Phone Sex Workers to Aryan Outfitters Our photo editor's 2008 short list. —By Mark Murrmann Bright New Ideas 101 From driving-addiction treatment to Warren Buffett's railroad makeovers, these ideas are ones to watch. —By Mother Jones staff Obama Defuses Bobby Rush's Racial Bomb It was just another absurd day in the absurd life of Rod Blagojevich. Then Bobby Rush showed up. —By Jonathan Stein A Breezy History of the Air Freshener Yes, Lysol was America's most popular contraceptive in the 1930s. —By Kiera Butler Did Bernie Madoff Bilk Mother Jones? The good news: unlike other nonprofits, we didn't invest with the Ponzi master. The bad news: our funding has taken a serious hit. Here's how you can help. —By Monika Bauerlein and Clara Jeffery Greens Gone Wild Who says skivvies, sex, and booze can't factor into the sustainability equation? —By Elizabeth Gettelman The Wizard of H2O Can "megawatersheds" save Africa from drought? Or is explorer Robert Bisson all wet? —By Bruce Falconer The New Year Remembering the bad and the ugly of 2008. And good luck Baby New Year. —By Mark Fiore The Dems' Latest Present to the Rich The Obama team is hinting it will let Bush's tax cuts for the rich run two years longer than promised. Were we duped again? —By James Rideway MoJo Audio: Trash Talk What happens when you store a year's worth of garbage in your basement? —By Jesse Finfrock Photos: American Holidays From Christmas trees to fairy wings (and nuns with blenders), a photographer documents how we celebrate. —By Julia Gillard What About the Dirty Jobs? Why green-collar gurus should stop condescending to the brown-collar crowd. —By Chris Lehmann Why the Auto Bailout's a Dead End Detroit's primary moneymaking vehicle has been selling credit, not cars. The Big Three may have finally run out of road. —By Stephanie Mencimer Earth to Washington What will it take for DC to wake up to global warming? —By David Corn more...				PETA Says: Save the Sea Kittens Saying Goodbye to Bush... Literally More Details Emerging on Indie 103.1's Demise TARP Moves Forward With Promises, Not Guarantees, of Improvements New U2 Album Cover Art Might Owe the HRC Royalties Wingnuts: Obama Plans to "Completely Decimate and Destroy our Armed Forces!" by Letting Gays Serve Openly NY Times Magazine's "Obama People" When Inflation Rips Apart a Country Obama Counterterrorism Advisor John Brennan Pushing For New Approach to Iran The Betty Boop Eyelash Drug vs. the Recession more... Campaign Interiors by Gwen Mejia For months and months volunteers spent much of their personal time campaigning at the San Francisco Obama Campaign Headquarters, even taking time away from their jobs to be there. This politician inspired people to donate any time they had in the hopes of creating change. Many core volunteers spent nearly everyday at the Obama campaign office, posting on the walls the inspiration they needed to keep believing in their cause. This Campaign Interiors Photo Essay is a look into the home the volunteers made in this space. (Part of a series of photos we are running from Darcy Padilla's photography class at the San Francisco Art Institute.) (continued...) Submit a photo RE: Methane Leaking Into Arctic Ocean I love these feedback cycles. As more methane gets ejected into the atmosphere adding to global warming, the excess heat causes the methane to seep into the atmosphere at an increased rate. And what will Americans do about this? Nothing! Unless it hits them in the wallets. Posted by: Jay December 21, 2008 MoJo Audio: A Cappella's Viral Charm Is Steven Chu BFF With BP? Why 2009 Could Eat Barack Obama Alive Will the Obama Administration Defend Karl Rove? DC: The 51st State? A $15 Billion Jumpstart for the Big Three? Conspiracy Watch: Drill, Corsi, Drill What Obama Has to Look Forward To When Tree Sitters Heart Lumberjacks Ripe for the Pickens Cuba's Blogger Crackdown The MoJo Interview: Gus Van Sant Philip Morris' Legal Smoke Screen Songs for the Mahdi Army Follow the Money Deep Underground Ecogeek Deathmatch: Ed Begley Jr. v. Bill Nye, Science Guy Here at Mother Jones, smart, fearless journalism is what we do. And we rely on people like you to keep nonprofit, independent investigative journalism alive and kicking. Help us speak truth to power by visiting websites like the National Coalition Against Censorship and demand Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting and defend your right to know. Want to continue making a change? Don't stop there. Visit the Mother Jones Investigative Fund for more ways you can help make a difference.

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