White Voters and Obama White Voters and Obama
Why isn't Obama farther ahead in the polling? The objective factors that favor the Democrats this year are overwhelming: the worst economy since the Great Depression, the most unp...
Nov 4, 2008 / The Notion / Jon Wiener
Six Ways McCain Could Still Win Six Ways McCain Could Still Win
Six ways McCain could still win: 6. Thirty million young, first-time voters oversleep, forget to go to polls on Nov. 4. 5. Sarah Palin reveals secret past as Rhodes Scholar; admi...
Oct 28, 2008 / The Notion / Jon Wiener
Rich Old White Men: Still the Problem Rich Old White Men: Still the Problem
The latest New York Times-CBS News poll identifies the demographic group with the highest level of support for John McCain: rich old white men. Coincidentally, they are also the p...
Oct 27, 2008 / The Notion / Jon Wiener
The Suffering of Wall Street Wives The Suffering of Wall Street Wives
"Wall Street wives are finding that they must defer dreams and fancy things," the L.A. Times reported in a page one story on Saturday. One wife, who had been looking fo...
Oct 25, 2008 / The Notion / Jon Wiener
Nixon Dirty Trickster on McCain Team Nixon Dirty Trickster on McCain Team
The man instrumental in a White House move to deport John Lennon in 1972 now heads McCain's transition team.
Sep 15, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener
My Sarah Palin Obsession My Sarah Palin Obsession
My name is Jon, and I'm addicted to Sarah Palin. I read everything I can about her. I watch TV, hoping Wolf Blitzer will say something about her. I get irritable waiting for the...
Sep 11, 2008 / The Notion / Jon Wiener
Sarah Palin and the Jews Sarah Palin and the Jews
Sarah Palin took the biblical Queen Esther as her role model when she became governor, according to her former pastor--a report that suggests her ties to Jewish history are stronge...
Sep 8, 2008 / The Notion / Jon Wiener
Palin and “The Lumberjack Song” Palin and “The Lumberjack Song”
Those disparaging Palin's lack of achievements have forgotten that it was Palin who wrote the famous "Lumberjack Song," which of course is about life in Alaska: "I'm...
Aug 29, 2008 / The Notion / Jon Wiener
Obama’s Limits: An Interview With Andrew Bacevich Obama’s Limits: An Interview With Andrew Bacevich
"We have presidential elections as a substitute for serious democratic politics" – that's what Andrew Bacevich says. He's been writing and teaching history and int...
Aug 28, 2008 / The Notion / Jon Wiener
Letters Letters
Update on Sgt. Pequeño Amherst, Mass.
Jul 30, 2008 / Letters / Jon Wiener and Our Readers