The Bada Bing Club The Bada Bing Club
In a must-read Chigago Tribune op-ed, GWU law professor Jonathan Turley makes the striking but often ignored point that the Bush Administration has a penchant for hiring those who...
May 11, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Mary vs. Kerry Mary vs. Kerry
The election is history, but the war between a Cheney (Mary) and a Kerry (John) lives on. In her new memoir, Now It's My Turn, Cheney's lesbian daughter calls Kerry a "son of a b...
May 10, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Byrd Is Soaring Byrd Is Soaring
U.S. Senator Robert Byrd, ardent critic of President Bush's decision to go to war with Iraq, outspoken opponent of the administration's domestic-spying program and chief Congressi...
May 10, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Shying from Spying Shying from Spying
Democrats are out for the kill. Republicans are on the defensive. Right? Not exactly. When it comes to national security, many Democrats are still pulling their punches, even wit...
May 10, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Hastert Trashes Hayden Hastert Trashes Hayden
General Michael Hayden is getting a warm reception from the Senate Intelligence Committee, who gets first dibs on his nomination as CIA director. But elsewhere on the Hill promine...
May 9, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Ray McGovern for CIA Director Ray McGovern for CIA Director
Here's an idea…. instead of appointing the chief architect of the NSA's warrantless wiretapping program, Gen. Michael Hayden, as the new CIA Director--how about the chief archit...
May 8, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
“The Only Hookers Fox WON’T Cover” “The Only Hookers Fox WON’T Cover”
As far as scandals are concerned, the widening investigation into former Rep. Duke Cunningham has got it all. The drumroll, in no specific order: Prostitutes. Poker. The Waterga...
May 8, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Blackout Blackout
Is it possible that George W. Bush didn't know that there are, um, blacks in Brazil? Some have long thought that such a notion -- first aired a couple of years ago-- was an urban ...
May 8, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Goss’d Out Goss’d Out
Pentagon correspondent Jamie McIntyre was just on CNN talking about Porter Goss's suprise resignation as CIA chief. When asked why Goss unexpectedly quit, McIntyre feigned ignoran...
May 5, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Sheriff Joe’s Show Sheriff Joe’s Show
Just what we needed. The flamboyant Joe Arpaio, Sheriff of Maricopa County (the Phoenix area), will now have his deputies start arresting illegal immigrants. More precisely, Sher...
May 5, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation