Pelosi Backs Murtha Pelosi Backs Murtha
When Nancy Pelosi becomes Speaker of the House, Democrats will have to fill the position of majority leader. The complex contest pits Pennsylvania Democrat John Murtha, who has be...
Nov 13, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Whither the Rainbow in the Blue Wave? Whither the Rainbow in the Blue Wave?
In the midst of Democratic victories on Tuesday, a series of anti-immigrant initiatives passed. In Arizona, voters defeated the worst anti-immigrant hardliners, such as Minuteman ...
Nov 11, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Listening to a Veteran Listening to a Veteran
Next week, one of the greatest war heroes to ever serve in Congress will return to Washington to discuss how the U.S. should extract itself from the quagmire in Iraq. Former Sen....
Nov 11, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
All About the War? All About the War?
Rahm Emanuel, the hard-charging recent head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, isn't usually a profile in contrition. But yesterday Emanuel admitted it was a mist...
Nov 10, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
How Sweet It Is How Sweet It Is
The virtual political earthquake this week--or what President Bush likes to call "a thumping"--put some truly progressive Senators in line for important Committee chairs. There's ...
Nov 10, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Veteran’s Day: America and Iraq Veteran’s Day: America and Iraq
On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918, an armistice was signed that ended World War I, the first great bloodletting of the twentieth century, "the war to end ...
Nov 10, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
The Wimp Party The Wimp Party
Has the war party turned into the wimp party? I hate to sound like Maureen Dowd, but Republicans have never looked so weak. With barely a whimper of protest Senators George Allen...
Nov 9, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday Goodbye, Ruby Tuesday
I've received some sad news. The writer Ellen Willis, one of my heroes, died this morning of lung cancer, much too young (64). I will miss her lucid thinking about culture and pol...
Nov 9, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
We Voted for Peace We Voted for Peace
End-the-war energy fueled the success of "Bring Our Troops Home" ballot initiatives in communities throughout Wisconsin, Illinois and Massachusetts on Tuesday. In Wisconsin, vo...
Nov 9, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Tuesday’s Stunners Tuesday’s Stunners
Few people thought there would be a competitive race in Iowa's 2nd Congressional district, including myself--and I grew up there! The local Congressman, Jim Leach, was an old-sch...
Nov 9, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation