The One in Four War The One in Four War
General David Petraeus, the top US commander in Iraq, is widely viewed as the architect behind a "surge" of 21,500 troops. But even Petraeus believes that the Bush Administration'...
Mar 5, 2007 / The Notion / The Nation
Human Rights, Democracy, the US, and Syria Human Rights, Democracy, the US, and Syria
I spent a few days in Damascus at the end of February, and was able to get a ground reality view of the effects of the Bush administration's (former) campaign for the forced 'demo...
Mar 5, 2007 / The Notion / The Nation
Faggot Feud Faggot Feud
So Ann Coulter called John Edwards a "faggot." All this proves is that the woman's gaydar is seriously on the fritz. Last year she diagnosed Bill Clinton as a "latent homosexual" ...
Mar 3, 2007 / The Notion / The Nation
Black Snake Groan Black Snake Groan
I saw Hustle and Flow, and while I liked, even admired, parts of the film, I could never get over the fact that the movie seemed to simply refuse to interrogate or grapple with it...
Mar 2, 2007 / The Notion / The Nation
Will Blood Run in the Gutters (of the Iraq Memoirs)? Will Blood Run in the Gutters (of the Iraq Memoirs)?
In recent days, we've have two reports on timing, when it comes to the future of the President's "surge" plan for Baghdad. According to Richard A. Oppel of the New York Times, "T...
Mar 2, 2007 / The Notion / The Nation
Inside Cheney’s Bunker Inside Cheney’s Bunker
The US government and military have undergone a series of jolting expansions in the Bush years. We got, for instance, a second Defense Department called the Department of Homelan...
Feb 28, 2007 / The Notion / The Nation
The Business of the News Business The Business of the News Business
Over the last month PBS's Frontline has produced a terrific series on the future of news. Last night's third-part, on the business of journalism, was particularly compelling--and ...
Feb 28, 2007 / The Notion / The Nation
Don’t Blame the Base Don’t Blame the Base
Fifty-eight percent of the American people support Jack Murtha's plan to properly rest, train and equip American troops before deploying them into battle, according to a new Washi...
Feb 27, 2007 / The Notion / The Nation
Oscar Postmortem: What About Iraq? Oscar Postmortem: What About Iraq?
It's great that the problem of global warming was all the rage at last night's Academy Awards. An Inconvenient Truth deservedly won best documentary, Melissa Etheridge's song from...
Feb 26, 2007 / The Notion / The Nation
Talking Points for the Next War Talking Points for the Next War
At 10:16 PM on March 19, 2003, after copious military preparations in the Persian Gulf region and beyond, after months of diplomatic maneuvers at the United Nations, after a drumb...
Feb 26, 2007 / The Notion / The Nation