Bloomberg: Wrong Mayor, Wrong City, Wrong Time Bloomberg: Wrong Mayor, Wrong City, Wrong Time
Any erstwhile liberal New Yorkers thinking of supporting Mike Bloomberg's bid for a third term should read the New York Times carefully. The city hasn't been spared the ravages of ...
Feb 18, 2009 / The Notion / Richard Kim
Good God, Bad God Good God, Bad God
If Rick Warren, Barack Obama and the gay community can find common ground, it'll be on civil, not religious, grounds. So let's separate church and state.
Dec 23, 2008 / Editorial / Richard Kim
Marital Discord: Why Prop 8 Won Marital Discord: Why Prop 8 Won
With bald lies and racial pandering, an anti-gay marriage intiative succeeds in California.
Nov 6, 2008 / Editorial / Richard Kim
Streaming Live: Democracy Now! Reports the Returns Streaming Live: Democracy Now! Reports the Returns
Our friends at Democracy Now! host a special five-hour Election Night broadcast from 7PM to midnight EST, with results as they come in. The program will include on-the-ground repo...
Nov 4, 2008 / The Notion / Richard Kim
Prop 8: What’s at Stake Prop 8: What’s at Stake
It's a bright, sparkling Sunday afternoon in Los Angeles, and about a thousand people of all hues and ages are flocking to the south lawn of City Hall. The majority of the crowd is...
Nov 4, 2008 / The Notion / Richard Kim
Waiting for the Barbarians Waiting for the Barbarians
The GOP's machinery of hate has taken on a life of its own.
Oct 16, 2008 / Editorial / Richard Kim
Palin and the Bush Doctrine Palin and the Bush Doctrine
In tonight's interview with Charlie Gibson on ABC, Sarah Palin seemed alarmingly ignorant of what the Bush doctrine is, much less capable of defending it. Gibson asks her: "Do...
Sep 12, 2008 / The Notion / Richard Kim
Gloves Off at Invesco Gloves Off at Invesco
Barack Obama took audacity to new heights tonight and if thecrowd's reaction to his acceptance speech at Mile High Stadium is any indicator--he knocked it out of the park, to...
Aug 29, 2008 / The Notion / Richard Kim
Gay Days at the DNC Gay Days at the DNC
Remember 2004, when many a Democrat (and many more religious right demagogues) blamed gay marriage for John Kerry's defeat? Remember San Francisco, where Senator Dianne Feinstein p...
Aug 28, 2008 / The Notion / Richard Kim
Famous in Japan Famous in Japan
Standing in line outside the Pepsi Center last night, sandwiched in between a group of rowdy lobbyists from Tennessee and what appeared to be the boys choir of Minnesota, the thou...
Aug 27, 2008 / The Notion / Richard Kim