Key Republican Snowe Backs Withdrawal Plan Key Republican Snowe Backs Withdrawal Plan
As the most sensible moderate member of the Senate Republican Caucus, Maine's Olympia Snowe should have been on board long ago for a strict timeline to bring the troops home from t...
Jul 11, 2007 / The Notion / John Nichols
Blame Canada Blame Canada
Blame Canada The increasingly isolated President is under siege from allsides. From the right, Republican senators are jumping off hisIraqi bandwagon faster than Leo DiCaprio on t...
Jul 11, 2007 / The Notion / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Landlord to the Planet Landlord to the Planet
As the editor of Chalmers Johnson's Blowback Trilogy for the American Empire Project, I was struck by an oddity when the second volume, The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy,...
Jul 11, 2007 / The Notion / TomDispatch
Michael Moore v. CNN Michael Moore v. CNN
The frequently ridiculous Dr. Sanjay Gupta and the always ridiculous Wolf Blitzer tried to take apart filmmaker Michael Moore case against the failed U.S. health care system this w...
Jul 11, 2007 / The Notion / John Nichols
Vitter-Sweet on DC Madam Vitter-Sweet on DC Madam
So much for the DC madam's client list not being newsworthy. Tell that to Senator David Vitter, the conservative Louisiana Republican and first major politico linked to Madam Debor...
Jul 10, 2007 / The Notion / Ari Berman
More Analysis of OpenLeft More Analysis of OpenLeft
Yesterday marked the launch of a major new progressive blog, OpenLeft, which I wrote about in this Nation article. During my research I interviewed William Beutler, a Republican c...
Jul 10, 2007 / The Notion / Ari Melber
Starbucks On Trial Starbucks On Trial
Today Starbucks went on trial in Manhattan, and I had the privilege of attending several hours of the proceedings today. On the way downtown, I noticed that a young woman on the su...
Jul 9, 2007 / The Notion / Liza Featherstone
The Power of Buffy The Power of Buffy
Since it's July, we can't be all serious and informed at every moment, can we? So here's a link to a speech by Joss Whedon, creator of cult feminist icon Buffy the Vampire Slayer. ...
Jul 9, 2007 / The Notion / E.J. Graff
The GOP’s Iraq “Anguish” The GOP’s Iraq “Anguish”
The newest GOP buzzword: anguished. That's the phrase most often used these days to describe how Republicans feel about the war in Iraq. Three prominent GOP Senators have rhetorica...
Jul 9, 2007 / The Notion / Ari Berman
Signing Off From Live Earth Signing Off From Live Earth
So the daylong, globe-spanning Live Earth spectacular is in its final moments; the last chords of the almost implausibly star-studded roster of musical acts soon to be played by St...
Jul 8, 2007 / The Notion / Max Fraser