Gates: US Will Be in Iraq “A Long Time” Gates: US Will Be in Iraq “A Long Time”
Give Robert Gates credit for willingness to acknowledge the obvious. At the Senate Armed Services Committee's confirmation hearing for President Bush's nominee to replace consist...
Dec 5, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Paid Sick Days and Family Values Paid Sick Days and Family Values
After raising the minimum wage, economic justice priority number two for the Democratic congress should be mandating paid sick days for all workers. Aside from a simple issue of f...
Dec 5, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Biking with Rumsfeld Biking with Rumsfeld
Last week, someone slipped New York Times reporters Michael R. Gordon and David S. Cloud the secret memo finished by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld just two days before he "...
Dec 5, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Pinochet Death Watch Pinochet Death Watch
Who's going to definitively catch former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet first? The slow, grinding wheels of earthly justice or the swift ruthlessness of the Grim Reaper? Just ...
Dec 4, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Nancy Pelosi and Impeachment Nancy Pelosi and Impeachment
This coming Tuesday, in San Francisco, the official canvass of the results of the November 7 election must be completed and those results will be certified. On that day, this wil...
Dec 3, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Malachi Ritscher R. I. P. Malachi Ritscher R. I. P.
The Iraq war has produced too many tragedies to count. And in the spectrum of them, from innocent children killed by errant fire, cluster bombs or car bombs, to American soldiers ...
Dec 1, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
New Leadership in AIDS Fight New Leadership in AIDS Fight
"This year, on World AIDS Day, we are reminded of the rapidly rising rate of HIV/AIDS and its devastating impact on communities around the world. The global AIDS epidemic has clai...
Dec 1, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Out of Iraq By ’08? Out of Iraq By ’08?
A front page story in the Washington Post today declares: "Iraq Panel to Urge Pullout Of Combat Troops by '08." The headline makes it sound like all US troops will be withdrawn f...
Dec 1, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Same Old Same Old Same Old Same Old
House Speaker-to-be Nancy Pelosi ought to find a quiet place where shecan sit down and recount the election. She was not chosen by her friendsin Silicon Valley or by the friendly ...
Nov 30, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
The Baker Cop-Out The Baker Cop-Out
After months of speculation, the Iraq Study Group, led by James Baker and Lee Hamilton, is preparing to release its much-hyped report on American policy toward Iraq. According t...
Nov 30, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation