Rendition Chic Rendition Chic
In a recent Washington Post piece on the case of Maher Arar ("Canadian Was Falsely Accused, Panel Says"), reporter Doug Struck noted that since September 11, 2001, an estimated 3,...
Sep 24, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
The Pro-Torture Pact The Pro-Torture Pact
Democrats chose to outsource their policy on military tribunals to John McCain. And McCain did what he's done best the last year: capitulate to Bush. "Senators Snatch Defeat From...
Sep 22, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Drop the Debt Drop the Debt
I'm in hearty agreement with Sam's post about Harvard and Princeton's decision to eliminate early admissions. It's a good move, but in reality will effect a handful of low-to-mid-...
Sep 21, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Congress’s Most Corrupt Congress’s Most Corrupt
Citizens for Ethics and Responsibility in Washington (CREW), my favorite watchdog group, recently issued a list of the 20 most corrupt members of Congress. Last year, CREW named ...
Sep 20, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Thank You, America Thank You, America
Watch most TV channels and if Iraq is the subject, you see bombs going off. You hear grisly tales of tortured Iraqis slaughtered in the internecine strife that's gripped that cou...
Sep 20, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
A Visionary for Senate? A Visionary for Senate?
Last night I had the pleasure of attending a house party for Bernie Sanders, Vermont's only congressman, and more notably, the only Socialist holding national office in the United...
Sep 20, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
The LA Times’s “Alamo” The LA Times’s “Alamo”
At a time when the shift toward the Internet and the corporate quest for increased profit are threatening the future of journalism, it's inspiring to see the editor of a major dai...
Sep 20, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
GOP Leader Threatens Lobbyists GOP Leader Threatens Lobbyists
The Republican Party's "K Street Project," intended to make lobbyists pledge their allegiance to the GOP, has supposedly been shut down in the wake of the Abramoff scandal. But in...
Sep 19, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Time to Move Beyond Bush-Hating Time to Move Beyond Bush-Hating
You know the peace movement is in trouble when Andrew Rosenthal -- who edited WMD-fantasist Judy Miller at the New York Times -- bemoans its invisibility, as he did in an editoria...
Sep 19, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
The War on Torture The War on Torture
In Connecticut today, a statewide interfaith network of religious leaders--Reclaiming the Prophetic Voice-- working with with the National Religious Campaign Against Torture, is ...
Sep 19, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation