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Real Link Between 9/11 and Iraq Revealed Real Link Between 9/11 and Iraq Revealed

You've heard the President and Vice President say it over and over: There was a connection between the events of September 11, 2001 and Iraq. Let's take this seriously and conside...

Sep 15, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation

The Skewed Electorate The Skewed Electorate

A new report from a California think tank confirms what many have long suspected: if Latinos, the poor, and the uneducated voted in proportionate numbers the state's politica...

Sep 14, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation

Hack the Vote Hack the Vote

So much for ballot security. Three Princeton University professors designed and tested software to hack a Diebold electronic voting machine. Watch the video. On Huffington Post,...

Sep 14, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation

Shameless in Chicago Shameless in Chicago

Apparently, Wal-Mart's defenders are still shamelessly willing to play the racism card in order to slander the company's critics. For years, as I've written before, the company ha...

Sep 13, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation

Torture ‘R’ Us [Corrections Department] Torture ‘R’ Us [Corrections Department]

On Tuesday, in its page 2 "Corrections: For the Record" section, the New York Times corrected the misstated given name of a state trooper and the misstated year in which Nikolay ...

Sep 13, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation

Ford’s Fate Ford’s Fate

When it comes to winning back the Senate, Rep. Harold Ford Jr. of Tennessee is beginning to look like the Democrats' make-or-break candidate--and that might not be such a good th...

Sep 13, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation

Pondering Peretz Pondering Peretz

The long-time finacier and reinging poo-bah of The New Republic, Marty Peretz, has formally entered the blogosphere with a dramtic ... thud. Dubbing his site The Spine, Peretz o...

Sep 13, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation

The US vs. John Lennon The US vs. John Lennon

The new documentary "The U.S. vs. John Lennon," now playing nationwide, tells the story of Lennon's transformation from loveable moptop to anti-war activist, and reco...

Sep 12, 2006 / The Notion / Jon Wiener

Ford’s Fate Ford’s Fate

When it comes to winning back the Senate, Rep. Harold Ford Jr. of Tennessee is beginning to look like the Democrats' make-or-break candidate--and that might not be such a good th...

Sep 12, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation

Left on K? Left on K?

If Democrats regain the House or Senate in November, will the lobbyist-industrial complex known as K Street turn left or lose business? The answer: yes, a little, but no, not muc...

Sep 12, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation

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