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Why the Panetta Pick Shouldn't Spook Langley Obama's CIA chief selection has come under attack, but one agency insider describes why Panetta may be the right man for the job. —By David Corn MORE FROM MOTHER JONES: Take That, Jack Bauer! Panetta to Head Up CIA Why CIA Veterans Are Scared of McCain The CIA and the Politics of Counterrevolution The Spies Who Love Obama Why Obama Should Channel the Gipper Forget FDR. Reagan is the presidential role model Obama needs now. —By David Corn MORE FROM MOTHER JONES: Corn Discusses the Obama Agenda on Newshour Obama Embracing Transparency in Stimulus How Obama Can Rebuild the SEC They Should Have Seen the Richardson Fiasco Coming 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 MORE FROM MOTHER JONES: Fiscal Therapy Stimulus Is for Suckers Can Greed Be Green? Don't Let the Screen Door Hit You, Mr. President Top Stories 1 2 3
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. 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 Photo Essay: American Happiness and the Need to Consume In 2001, citizens were encouraged to take to the malls to boost the U.S. economy through shopping. But is consumerism really the same as patriotism? —By Brian Ulrich Reversal of Fortune Would you really be happier if you had more money? —By Bill Mckibben 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 Thoreau's Worst Nightmare Are the new ascetics masters of self-denial or just self-promotion? —By Michael Agger Getting Away With Murder After Katrina There’s a story about Katrina we don’t know—a version that turns everything we were told in the first days upside-down and inside out. —By Rebecca Solnit Bush Administration to Oil and Gas Industry: Merry X-Mas The Interior Dept. is auctioning off public lands in Utah, but enviros could force Big Oil to return the gift. —By Keith Kloor MoJo Audio: A Cappella's Viral Charm Why did Straight No Chaser's holiday video get so much YouTube love? Two of the group's singers speculate in this audio podcast. With transcript. —By Nikki Gloudeman Obama's Pastor Problem The issue is not what Rick Warren says about gay marriage. It's what he says about gays. —By David Corn A Corruption Carol Twas the nights before Christmas, when all through the land, Politicians were flailing at their very own hand. —By Mark Fiore Is Steven Chu BFF With BP? How Obama's DOE head got $500 million BP bucks to bankroll Berkeley research—and what it means for our energy future. —By Josh Harkinson Clinton Foundation Donor Info: Playing Hard To Get? There are 20,000 names, but who's who? —By David Corn The Top Ten Ethics Scandals of 2008 Pay-to-play, bailout oversight, presidential pardons, and other highlights of the year in government corruption. —By Nick Baumann The Most Important Number on Earth Now that we know how far we are past the carbon tipping point, it's time to freak out—and get to work. —By Bill McKibben Why 2009 Could Eat Barack Obama Alive Political filmmaker Eugene Jarecki to idealists: Don't you dare go MIA during the Obama presidency. —By Matteen Mokalla The Time of the Book The chain bookstore, the bloated publishing house, and the specific corporate way of publishing are in peril. —By Tom Engelhardt Ecogeek Deathmatch: Ed Begley Jr. v. Bill Nye, Science Guy Which Hollywood do-gooder has the greener crib? A no-holds-barred fight to the furnished. —By Kiera Butler Paranoia at Big Coal HQ Don Blakenship, CEO of coal giant Massey Energy, says "communists" and "atheists" are tying to take over the country with their climate change lies. Here's the video. —By Jonathan Stein The Seven Deadly Deficits What the Bush years really cost us, and how President Obama can get the economy back on track. —By Joseph E. Stiglitz Germ Warfare We're obsessed with cleanliness—but now the bugs are fighting back. —By Kiera Butler GOP to Michigan: Drop Dead Republicans killed the auto bailout. In future elections, will Michigan kill the GOP? —By Jonathan Stein Back to the Future with The Complex? The military-industrial complex used to be loaded with household-name companies. With the economy on the skids, will they again become "arsenals" for the Pentagon? —By Nick Turse Your Top 20 Econundrums—Solved! Disposable or cloth diapers? Netflix or video store? Our green advice guide goes way beyond paper v. plastic. —By Ben Whitford Would You Pay $10,000 for Sarah Palin's Emails? That's how much the state of Alaska is demanding to fulfill an open records request. —By David Corn Will the Obama Administration Defend Rove? The president-elect may soon have to decide whether to back Bush officials who flouted congressional subpoenas. —By Stephanie Mencimer The Doctor Is In Are you suffering from increased heart rate, clenched jaw, and sudden, irrepressible urges to pummel executives and once-cocky CEOs? You may be experiencing Irritable Bailout Syndrome. —By Mark Fiore The Monster in the Mirror The Mumbai attacks have been called India's 9/11, but India isn't America. Perhaps it's time to pick through the debris with our own brains, and with our own broken hearts. —By Arundhati Roy more...				Airline Powers Test Flight With Pond Scum Top 5: Peter Bjorn & John Get Bouncy, A Slumdog Standout, and More Scientific American Just Can't Let It Go Mississippi, Vanguard of Abstinence Sex Ed, Now Boasts the Highest Teen Pregnancy Rate in the Nation White House Replica in Foreclosure Video: Explaining NY's "Obesity Tax" on Non-Diet Sodas Updated Senate Phone List Erases Norm Coleman Corn on Bloggingheads.tv: Will Congress Treat Panetta Like a Piñata? A Question on Burris Criminal Investigation Into Destroyed CIA Tapes Coming to a Close? 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 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 Cats v. Dogs: Which Pet Is Greener? A Glossary of Sustainability Why Somali Pirates Are Good For Obama Foul Ball The MoJo Interview: Frank Rich 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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