Republicans Fake Reform Republicans Fake Reform
Republicans are in denial. They've forgotten all the favors they did for Jack Abramoff. They continue to raise unprecedented amounts of money from lobbyists on K Street. And today...
Apr 27, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Reconstruction Watch Part V: We Deserve Answers Reconstruction Watch Part V: We Deserve Answers
In the Washington Post last week, Griff Witte reported that American businessman Philip Bloom--whose companies were awarded $8.6 million in Iraq reconstruction contracts--pleaded ...
Apr 26, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Snow Job: White House Prevaricator-in-Chief Snow Job: White House Prevaricator-in-Chief
While it is not merely fair but necessary to challenge the Supreme Court nominations of presidents who seek to stamp a lasting ideological imprint on the Constitution, and even to...
Apr 26, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
California Governor’s Race A-Simmerin’ California Governor’s Race A-Simmerin’
Six weeks out from the primary vote that will select the challenger to Arnold Schwarzenegger's re-election, the top two Democratic rivals are slugging it out in a bloody free-for-...
Apr 26, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Another Republican Ditches Bush Another Republican Ditches Bush
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher was Jack Abramoff's best friend in Congress. The two were so close that Rohrabacher was the only member of Congress to sign a letter asking a federal judge t...
Apr 25, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Nuclear Madness Nuclear Madness
First the Bush Administration undermines the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) by supplying India with nuclear technology, then it flirts with the use of tactical nuclear wea...
Apr 25, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Bush Enters Border Fray Bush Enters Border Fray
With the Senate coming back from its recess, will it now pick up from where it left off two weeks ago and finally get around to passing comprehensive immigration reform? Under pr...
Apr 25, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Does the Washington Post Read Its Own Business Columnist? Does the Washington Post Read Its Own Business Columnist?
Maybe it was Exxon's CEO raking in $144,573 a day in compensation that moved mainstream media outlets to look more closely at the way corporations are shredding their social contr...
Apr 24, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
When Will James Dobson See The Light? When Will James Dobson See The Light?
In her smart Los Angeles Times op-ed, "E-Gitator" Laurie David (as she was dubbed in a lavish spread in Vanity Fair's current "Green Issue,") observes that "the issue of global wa...
Apr 23, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Giuliani Distancing Himself From Pro-Gay Past? Giuliani Distancing Himself From Pro-Gay Past?
An interesting tidbit from the Advocate shows Giuliani's continuing campaign to woo evangelicals. Seems he's really going all-out in embracing these guys, as was reported during h...
Apr 21, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation