Earlier this month, Bank of America (BOA), the country’s largest bank, announced a moratorium on foreclosures in all 50 states.

Karzai Assails Contractors’ “Mafia” Ties & Their Links to Terrorism, Amanpour Ignores Elephant — by NormanB (“Deviations from the Norm”)

Of course we are anxious after being attacked on 9/11, but nine years later why are we still reacting in really troubling ways? Why aren’t we able to reach out, for instance, and recognize the real suffering elsewhere on the planet, coincidentally to Muslims, and do something about relieving it?

The Nation’s Chris Hayes filled in for Rachel M. with Right-Wing Propaganda — by NormanB (“Deviations from the Norm”)

Chris Hayes speaks about where we are in the fight for health care reform, Netroots Nation, and the importance of progressive grassroots video.

In his recent article, “System Failure,” Chris Hayes has cobbled together an amazingly perceptive description of the dilemma we face now in the Obama times. It is crystalized most effectively in his last three paragraphs:

In her segment, Cheney daughter ignores tough questions, Rachel Maddow and her guest, The Nation‘s Washington editor, Chris Hayes, bust the ham-handed myth-making of Dick Cheney’s daughter in terms positively Pavlovian.