Iraq Anniversary AARGH Iraq Anniversary AARGH
Call me crazy, but it still gets my goat that the entire Iraq debate takes place without the input of the female majority. The Sunday TV talk shows are wall-to-wall male. Tim Russ...
Mar 19, 2007 / The Notion / The Nation
Terror in the Philippines Terror in the Philippines
In October, I wrote about workers at the Chong Won garment factory in the Phillipines, who produce clothing for a number of retailers and brands, including Wal-Mart. Back then, w...
Mar 16, 2007 / The Notion / The Nation
“Malfeasance in Office” “Malfeasance in Office”
Henry Waxman knows a thing or two about the Constitution, and the chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee displayed that knowledge at the opening of Friday...
Mar 16, 2007 / The Notion / The Nation
Baucus’d in on Trade Baucus’d in on Trade
A coalition of groups are organizing to oppose renewing President Bush's fast-track authority for international trade deals. Their main target of the moment is Senator Max Baucus,...
Mar 16, 2007 / The Notion / The Nation
The Ambassador, the Iraqi, and the Penguin The Ambassador, the Iraqi, and the Penguin
An ambassador--his name happens to be Timothy Carney--an Iraqi, and a penguin walk into a bar. The bartender asks how the Iraqi will ever possibly pay for his drink. The ambassa...
Mar 14, 2007 / The Notion / The Nation
Connecting the Dots Connecting the Dots
Over at TAPPED, Ezra Klein proposes the following maxim as a means of understanding the Bush administration: "Bush's Razor: Given a possible universe of explanations for a particu...
Mar 14, 2007 / The Notion / The Nation
Hubris in High Places Hubris in High Places
The scandal action in Washington is intense, almost too much to properly savor. That squirrely little right-winger at the Justice Department who was arranging a mass execution fo...
Mar 14, 2007 / The Notion / The Nation
Obama: Palestinians Matter, Too Obama: Palestinians Matter, Too
Barack Obama did the unthinkable recently: he had the audacity to mention the Palestinians. "Nobody is suffering more than the Palestinian people," Obama told voters in Iowa on S...
Mar 14, 2007 / The Notion / The Nation
AIPAC Disses Pelosi AIPAC Disses Pelosi
House Minority Leader John Boehner got a standing ovation when he voiced his continued support for the war in Iraq at AIPAC's annual conference today. When his counterpart, Speake...
Mar 13, 2007 / The Notion / The Nation
Gonzalez’s Big Mistake Gonzalez’s Big Mistake
What's Alberto Gonzalez's biggest mistake? Cast your vote in the Nation Poll. House Judiciary Committee chairman John Conyers wants White House political czar Karl Rove to testif...
Mar 13, 2007 / The Notion / The Nation