Sanford’s Telltale Heart Exposes GOP’s Money/Honey Problem Sanford’s Telltale Heart Exposes GOP’s Money/Honey Problem
When Governor Mark Sanford was merely thought to be clearing his mind on the Appalachian Trial on Naked Hiking Day and all the nanny-state fuss-budgets and media finger-pointers we...
Jun 30, 2009 / The Notion / Leslie Savan
Conservatives Choke on Persian Pretzel Logic Conservatives Choke on Persian Pretzel Logic
The democracy movement in Iran has thrown Republican ideologues into such a tizzy of circular logic that they're stepping on their own dicta. Neocons and hardliners may be as eage...
Jun 19, 2009 / The Notion / Leslie Savan
How Bill O’Reilly Sleeps at Night How Bill O’Reilly Sleeps at Night
In 2002, I was on The O'Reilly Factor to discuss why the media were so lustily attacking Martha Stewart for insider trading while men involved in much larger financial scandals, li...
Jun 2, 2009 / The Notion / Leslie Savan
Sotomayor’s Seditious Syllables Sotomayor’s Seditious Syllables
Of all the comically desperate attacks on Supreme Court justice nominee Sonia Sotomayor last week--she belongs to the "Latino KKK" (Tom Tancredo), she's a "Hispanic ...
Jun 1, 2009 / The Notion / Leslie Savan
Cheney vs. Obama: Banking on Fear Cheney vs. Obama: Banking on Fear
As rational, soaring, and adult-ready as Barack Obama's speech before the shrine of the Constitution in the National Archives was--and, in contrast, as full of retreaded lies as Di...
May 22, 2009 / The Notion / Leslie Savan
Hex Mex Hex Mex
Amid the anti-Mexican media hysteria festering since the outbreak of swine flu, Dave Letterman's portrayal last week of potential Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor as a hot-blo...
May 12, 2009 / The Notion / Leslie Savan
Contam-i-Nation Contam-i-Nation
What sort of psychological bent would lead people to want to be part of a dead-end political party like the GOP? Clearly, fear--stirring it as well as succumbing to it--is central...
May 4, 2009 / The Notion / Leslie Savan