Clooney Cares Clooney Cares
Academy Award winning actor and director George Clooney does not have a new film to promote. He does not want to call attention to a high-profile romance he's involved in. He simp...
Sep 19, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Deja Vu on Iran Deja Vu on Iran
Is the Bush Administration mistaking Iran for pre-war Iraq? Recent events certainly sound eerily familiar. Intelligence experts and counter-terrorism officials say hawkish Repub...
Sep 19, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Rendition Rendered Rendition Rendered
For some time now we've known about the Bush administration's outsourcing of torture to foreign dictatorships. But for the first time we can see the whole process vividly detailed...
Sep 19, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Iraq for Sale Iraq for Sale
The Bush Administration appointed political cronies to run Iraq and gave lucrative no-bid contracts to the former employer of our Vice President. No wonder the occupation is turn...
Sep 18, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Full Disclosure Full Disclosure
Question: What activity burns through money "like jet fuel," involvesthree armored cars, forty-five full-time, Kalashnikov-toting securityguards, and two blast-wall-enclosed house...
Sep 18, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Lamont Gets Key Union Endorsement Lamont Gets Key Union Endorsement
Last Friday, I predicted that AFSCME'S Council 4--Connecticut's largest AFL-CIO union--would endorse Ned Lamont for the US Senate. While the union backed Lieberman in the primary...
Sep 18, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Remembering Afghanistan Remembering Afghanistan
Let's talk about Afghanistan, since no one else will. The nation is once again in crisis. The Taliban is resurgent. Opium production is soaring. Suicide bombings are on the rise. ...
Sep 18, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Iraq: The 2% Truth Iraq: The 2% Truth
Conservatives who whine and bray that the media is presenting a distorted picture of the war may be inadvertently correct. Indeed, things are probably worse than even the darkest ...
Sep 18, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Ruffling a Hawk’s Feathers Ruffling a Hawk’s Feathers
Former state senator and US Senate candidate Burt Cohen (who currentlyhosts a progressive radio talk show) brings us news of a stunning upset inNew Hampshire's first congressional...
Sep 15, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Will Ned Lamont Get Connecticut AFSCME’s Endorsement? Will Ned Lamont Get Connecticut AFSCME’s Endorsement?
Watch for tonight's vote at the Connecticut AFSCME Council 4 meeting. A high-level source in the Lamont campaign told me last night that it looks likely that Council's members wil...
Sep 15, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation