Pinochet Is Dead. His Legacy Lingers Pinochet Is Dead. His Legacy Lingers
Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet died of complications from a heart attack Sunday at age 91. His death has cheated justice, snatching him from the material world just as h...
Dec 10, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Who’s Paying for Rummy’s Final Show? Who’s Paying for Rummy’s Final Show?
I have a short, direct question. Don Rumsfeld's shameful tenure as Defense Secretary comes to an end a week from Monday. Meanwhile, he jaunts off on a "secret trip" to Baghdad th...
Dec 10, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
McCain’s Hatchet Man McCain’s Hatchet Man
During the 2000 Republican primary in South Carolina, GOP operatives spread the lie that Senator John McCain had fathered an illegitimate black child, when in fact his family had ...
Dec 8, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
John Lennon’s Legacy John Lennon’s Legacy
On the anniversary of John Lennon's murder (Dec. 8, 1980), I've been thinking about his famous argument with Gloria Emerson in December, 1969 – filmed by...
Dec 8, 2006 / The Notion / Jon Wiener
Gates’s GOP Critics Gates’s GOP Critics
Yesterday the Senate confirmed Robert Gates as Secretary of Defense by a vote of 95 to 2. Who were the two dissenters? Barbara Boxer? Russ Feingold? John Kerry? Nope. Republicans...
Dec 7, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
A Safe Haven for Torturers A Safe Haven for Torturers
Yesterday's indictment of Roy Belfast, Jr. aka Charles "Chuckie" Taylor, the son of former Liberian President Charles Taylor, was understandably applauded by human rights groups. ...
Dec 7, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Dems Bite Rubin’s Hand Dems Bite Rubin’s Hand
Robert Rubin, the reigning guru on economic policy for the Democraticparty, got a stiff surprise when he appeared today beforethe closed caucus meeting of House Democrats. A bunch...
Dec 6, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
A Very Bad Idea A Very Bad Idea
There are some sound ideas contained in the Iraq Study Group report that was finally released after weeks of leaks this morning. The confirmation that the circumstance in Iraq is ...
Dec 6, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
The People’s Iraq Study Group The People’s Iraq Study Group
As of this morning, new polling data about American public opinion on Iraq is on the table. The Program on International Policy Attitudes (PIPA), through its WorldPublicOpinion.or...
Dec 6, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Six Questions for Robert Rubin Six Questions for Robert Rubin
Robert Rubin, the former Treasury secretary and Citigroup executive,meets Wednesday with the House DemocraticCaucus to begin educating its new members on the politically correctwa...
Dec 5, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation