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
Kaiser Kidney Fiasco Kaiser Kidney Fiasco
If the confusion and miserable performance that has resulted from the Republicans' Prescription Drug giveaway to the HMO's and insurance companies wasn't enough to demonstrate the...
May 4, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Sham Reformers Sham Reformers
Yesterday the Washington Post offered a prescient warning about the pathetic lobbying "reform" bill passed by the House 217-213 last night. Democrats tempted to vote for this sh...
May 4, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Thank You Jack, May I Have Another? Thank You Jack, May I Have Another?
To understand what the sham lobbying "reform" bill that the House will likely pass today will do, you need to understand what it won't do. The only reason Congress is talking abou...
May 3, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Ney’s Day is Coming Ney’s Day is Coming
At least one GOP lawmaker is paying attention to L'Affair Abramoff: Ohio Rep. Bob Ney. Time is running out for the former "Mayor of Capitol Hill." Dennis Hastert pushed the Ohio...
May 2, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Walk-outs, Rallies and Other Strategies Walk-outs, Rallies and Other Strategies
In the hours before the kick-off the Day Without Immigrants activities,it feels like today's protests are going to be once again of historicproportions. Here in Los Angeles, the ...
May 1, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Bracing for the Immigrant Boycott Bracing for the Immigrant Boycott
Los Angeles is expected to be the epicenter of toay's nationwide "Day Without Immigrants" protests and rallies. Local officials have said they are bracing for a turnout perhaps la...
May 1, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
John Kenneth Galbraith, 1908-2006 John Kenneth Galbraith, 1908-2006
John Kenneth Galbraith died at the age of 97, shortly after 9:00 on Saturday night. America has lost a great and iconoclastic economist, thinker, writer and political figure. As...
Apr 30, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Bruised & Battered Bruised & Battered
Even figuring out the terms of debate for legislation is a tough task for Republicans these days--as the fight over lobbying reform in the House illustrated yesterday. First the G...
Apr 28, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
GOP Retreats on Reform GOP Retreats on Reform
In the ongoing fight to clean up Congress, the reformers won a minor victory when the House Republican leadership was forced to yank its bogus lobbying "reform" bill off the House...
Apr 27, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation