For Women in Iraq, a Sad Day For Women in Iraq, a Sad Day
It's Women's Day in Iraq, again, but not the bread-and-roses kind of day women want. The fact is, since the US invasion, every day has been a sick-and-twisted kind of women's day ...
Mar 8, 2007 / The Notion / The Nation
“Tax” Is Not a Four Letter Word “Tax” Is Not a Four Letter Word
Down in the Texas state capitol for the day, enjoying both the buzz of activity that comes with the legislature actually being in session (they only have regular sessions for five...
Mar 8, 2007 / The Notion / The Nation
The Clean Elections Challenge The Clean Elections Challenge
My recent Nation article on Senator Max Baucus, "K Street's Favorite Democrat," has been a topic of discussion back in Montana, where Baucus is up for re-election in 2008. Last n...
Mar 8, 2007 / The Notion / The Nation
A Wasted War A Wasted War
Let's start with the obvious waste. We know that hundreds of thousands of Iraqis have lost their lives since the Bush administration invaded their country in March 2003, that alm...
Mar 8, 2007 / The Notion / The Nation
Time for Celebration and Protest Time for Celebration and Protest
A few nights ago, after putting the baby to bed, I watched The L-Word, then lay on the sofa and read Jennifer Baumgardner's excellent new book, Look Both Ways: Bisexual Politics, ...
Mar 7, 2007 / The Notion / The Nation
Hold Dick Cheney to Account Hold Dick Cheney to Account
The conviction of Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff on charges of obstruction of justice, perjury and lying to the FBI confirms the suspicions that millions of Am...
Mar 7, 2007 / The Notion / The Nation
Investigating Attorneygate Investigating Attorneygate
The Nation's Washington intern, Stephanie Condon, reports on yesterday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the dismissal of eight US attorneys by the Bush Administation: Sena...
Mar 7, 2007 / The Notion / The Nation
Measuring Progress by Chaos in Iraq Measuring Progress by Chaos in Iraq
A CNN headline just flashed across the screen: "President Bush cites progress in Iraq crackdown." This from Bush, on the day that 93 Iraqis were blown up in the holy city of Karba...
Mar 6, 2007 / The Notion / The Nation
R.I.P., Anna Nicole R.I.P., Anna Nicole
At times, the right and the left share a school-marmish attitude toward pop culture and the people who enjoy it. (You know, those benighted fools who make up most of the world's p...
Mar 5, 2007 / The Notion / The Nation
Home From the Wars–and Homeless Home From the Wars–and Homeless
Homeless Veterans In the Washington Post today, following on the Post's extraordinary series about Walter Reed Army Medical Center, reporter Christian Davenport takes an importan...
Mar 5, 2007 / The Notion / The Nation