John Kenneth Galbraith, 1908-2006 John Kenneth Galbraith, 1908-2006
John Kenneth Galbraith died at the age of 97, shortly after 9:00 on Saturday night. America has lost a great and iconoclastic economist, thinker, writer and political figure. As...
Apr 30, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Bruised & Battered Bruised & Battered
Even figuring out the terms of debate for legislation is a tough task for Republicans these days--as the fight over lobbying reform in the House illustrated yesterday. First the G...
Apr 28, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
GOP Retreats on Reform GOP Retreats on Reform
In the ongoing fight to clean up Congress, the reformers won a minor victory when the House Republican leadership was forced to yank its bogus lobbying "reform" bill off the House...
Apr 27, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Bring the Troops Home Amendment Bring the Troops Home Amendment
As the Senate considers another emergency supplemental appropriations bill to fund the occupation of Iraq, U.S. Senator Russ Feingold, D-Wisconsin, has proposed an an amendment th...
Apr 27, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Republicans Fake Reform Republicans Fake Reform
Republicans are in denial. They've forgotten all the favors they did for Jack Abramoff. They continue to raise unprecedented amounts of money from lobbyists on K Street. And today...
Apr 27, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Reconstruction Watch Part V: We Deserve Answers Reconstruction Watch Part V: We Deserve Answers
In the Washington Post last week, Griff Witte reported that American businessman Philip Bloom--whose companies were awarded $8.6 million in Iraq reconstruction contracts--pleaded ...
Apr 26, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Snow Job: White House Prevaricator-in-Chief Snow Job: White House Prevaricator-in-Chief
While it is not merely fair but necessary to challenge the Supreme Court nominations of presidents who seek to stamp a lasting ideological imprint on the Constitution, and even to...
Apr 26, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
California Governor’s Race A-Simmerin’ California Governor’s Race A-Simmerin’
Six weeks out from the primary vote that will select the challenger to Arnold Schwarzenegger's re-election, the top two Democratic rivals are slugging it out in a bloody free-for-...
Apr 26, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Another Republican Ditches Bush Another Republican Ditches Bush
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher was Jack Abramoff's best friend in Congress. The two were so close that Rohrabacher was the only member of Congress to sign a letter asking a federal judge t...
Apr 25, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Nuclear Madness Nuclear Madness
First the Bush Administration undermines the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) by supplying India with nuclear technology, then it flirts with the use of tactical nuclear wea...
Apr 25, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation