Elena Kagan Is Not Gay Elena Kagan Is Not Gay
Andrew Sullivan thinks Elena Kagan should be grilled about her sex life. What a bad idea.
May 10, 2010 / The Notion / Richard Kim
Loose Tea Loose Tea
Does the kaleidoscope of Tea Party kookiness add up to anything?
Apr 22, 2010 / Editorial / Richard Kim
The Mad Tea Party The Mad Tea Party
How Glenn Beck & Co. trumped up a vast left-wing conspiracy: the "Cloward-Piven strategy."
Apr 15, 2010 / Feature / Richard Kim
Student Loan Reform Clears Senate Student Loan Reform Clears Senate
Free public higher education it is not. But for millions of students at the margins, it's real help.
Mar 25, 2010 / The Notion / Richard Kim
IMF Clarifies Terms of Haiti’s Loan IMF Clarifies Terms of Haiti’s Loan
Last Friday I wrote about the IMF's new $100 million loan to Haiti. I cited debt relief activists who told me that the new loan would be an extension of the IMF's existing loan of ...
Jan 20, 2010 / The Notion / Richard Kim
IMF to Haiti: Freeze Public Wages IMF to Haiti: Freeze Public Wages
Since a devastating earthquake rocked Haiti on Tuesday--killing tens of thousands of people--there's been a lot of well-intentioned chatter and twitter about how to help Haiti.&nbs...
Jan 15, 2010 / The Notion / Richard Kim
The Perils of Palinism The Perils of Palinism
With enemies like Sarah Palin, who needs friends?
Nov 11, 2009 / Editorial / Richard Kim and Betsy Reed
The Parable of Balloon Boy The Parable of Balloon Boy
It was all a hoax, a fraud, a cynical and none too well concocted publicity stunt to bolster the Heene family's reality TV cachet. But there was something beautiful about the lie t...
Oct 19, 2009 / The Notion / Richard Kim
The Aspirational Nobel The Aspirational Nobel
I woke up, read the New York Times website and thought I had come to the Onion instead. I hit refresh. Still there: "Obama Wins Nobel for Diplomacy." Maybe this is one of...
Oct 9, 2009 / The Notion / Richard Kim
Ending the Cycle of Presidential Love and Hate Ending the Cycle of Presidential Love and Hate
Eyal's post juxtaposes the irrational views an alarming number of Republicans have about Barack Obama (a Kenyan-Muslim-Socialist-Hitler!) with the conspiracy theory--apparently hel...
Sep 29, 2009 / The Notion / Richard Kim