What Hillary Hasn’t Done in Foreign Policy What Hillary Hasn’t Done in Foreign Policy
During the eight years Hillary was First Lady, she didn't deal with terrorism, Osama bin Laden, or Al Qaeda. She wasn't a decision-maker on any of the other big foreign policy iss...
Dec 27, 2007 / The Notion / Jon Wiener
The FBI Plan to Round Up 12,000 – in 1950 The FBI Plan to Round Up 12,000 – in 1950
A week after US troops were sent to fight in far-away country, the FBI proposed to the president that 12,000 people be rounded up and detained as "potentially dangerous" ...
Dec 24, 2007 / The Notion / Jon Wiener
Arguing About Gitmo Arguing About Gitmo
Yesterday the Supreme Court heard arguments in what may be the most important constitutional case of the decade: whether the men detained at Guantanamo have a right to a fair trial...
Dec 6, 2007 / The Notion / Jon Wiener
Obama and Islam Obama and Islam
Barack Obama represents "the only hope for the US in the Muslim world," according to Pulitzer-prize winning investigative reporter Seymour Hersh. Because Obama's father w...
Nov 16, 2007 / The Notion / Jon Wiener
Judging Thomas Judging Thomas
A close look at Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas reveals a deeply conservative and increasingly bitter man.
Nov 8, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener
Is Hillary the Next Grover Cleveland? Is Hillary the Next Grover Cleveland?
"We hope we're about to elect FDR," New York Times op-ed columnist Paul Krugman told me earlier this week, "but we might be about to elect Grover Cleveland." H...
Nov 1, 2007 / The Notion / Jon Wiener
Hillary Day at the Nixon Library Hillary Day at the Nixon Library
"Hillary's fear of humiliation, her fear of secrets being revealed, absolutely permeates her life," Carl Bernstein told a packed auditorium at the Nixon Library in Yorba ...
Oct 24, 2007 / The Notion / Jon Wiener
“[Expletive] the Jews. They Didn’t Vote for Us Anyway” “[Expletive] the Jews. They Didn’t Vote for Us Anyway”
Has George Bush ever been to a bar mitzvah or eaten a blintz? Rudy Giuliani has -- dozens of times. The Bush family has been never been very popular with Jews, but Giuliani won a...
Oct 19, 2007 / The Notion / Jon Wiener
Jews, Jesus, and Republicans: Playing Ann Coulter’s Game Jews, Jesus, and Republicans: Playing Ann Coulter’s Game
When Ann Coulter remarked on CNBC that Jews should become Christians, it wasn't "a faux pas," and she wasn't being "an idiot," as many commentators suggested. ...
Oct 15, 2007 / The Notion / Jon Wiener
Who Wants to Bomb Iran? Dems, not the GOP, says Seymour Hersh Who Wants to Bomb Iran? Dems, not the GOP, says Seymour Hersh
When George Bush and Dick Cheney talk about their plans to bomb Iran, they are told "You can't do it, because every Republican is going to be defeated"--that's what a Rep...
Oct 5, 2007 / The Notion / Jon Wiener