It’s the War, Dummy It’s the War, Dummy
Ned Lamont keeps climbing. And Joe Lieberman keeps sinking. A new Quinnipiac University poll shows Lamont leading Lieberman by 13 points, 54 to 41 percent among likely Democratic ...
Aug 3, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Donkey Dysfunction Donkey Dysfunction
It's always nice to be validated by the Washington Post. A month ago I wrote a feature article for The Nation inquiring whether Democrats, particularly the DNC, had a sufficient ...
Aug 2, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
The Wedding Crasher The Wedding Crasher
Since www.beyondmarriage.org launched last week, there's been surging interest in our statement and ideas. The New York Times' Anemona Hartocollis mentioned it in a long story, "F...
Aug 1, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Long, Hot Summer for Wal-Mart Long, Hot Summer for Wal-Mart
Anti-Wal-Mart activism is pushing some Democrats to speak out against the company's exploitative practices. While Leslie Dach and many other Democratic operatives are collecting f...
Aug 1, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Strange Bedfellows in Iraq and Lebanon Strange Bedfellows in Iraq and Lebanon
Here's an ironic scenario: as Israel fights a proxy war against Hezbollah, the United States is propping up an Iraqi government that helped create the Lebanese militants. David C...
Aug 1, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Lieberman Loses New York Times Backing Lieberman Loses New York Times Backing
Does it matter that The New York Times has endorsed anti-war challenger Ned Lamont over Senator Joe Lieberman in the August 8 Connecticut Democratic primary? Of course it does. ...
Jul 30, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Democrats for Demagoguery Democrats for Demagoguery
I think it's time to start a new political party: Democrats for Demagoguery. I'll give you three examples of why. First there was the Dubai ports scandal. Sure, the uproar was ...
Jul 27, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Whither the WTO Whither the WTO
The announcement from Geneva that the "Doha Round" negotiations for another global trade agreement is in "collapse" lacked high drama since impending failure was already clear to ...
Jul 26, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Beyond Same-Sex Marriage Beyond Same-Sex Marriage
Minutes after I posted, the Washington Supreme Court issued its decision. Essentially, it went the way of New York State and tossed the issue back to the legislature. Here's the r...
Jul 26, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Suggestions for Condi Suggestions for Condi
In recent years, as too many elected representatives and so-called experts rushed to support the Bush Administration's foreign policy misadventures, former Carter Administration N...
Jul 24, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation