It’s the War, Stupid It’s the War, Stupid
Yesterday I spoke to a brilliant group of kids studying AP government at Washington's Eleanor Roosevelt High School. One student asked me, "Are politicians in Congress supporting,...
May 17, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Spreading the McPheever Spreading the McPheever
I confess. I watch American Idol. At the end of a long Tuesday or Wednesday at The Nation, I don't reach for Le Monde Diplomatique or New Left Review. I reach for my remote. And I...
May 17, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Big Brother’s Little Brother Big Brother’s Little Brother
Six months ago, The Nation published The Dictionary of Republicanisms, a guide to the Orwellian phrases the Republicans have introduced into American politics. And it seems like e...
May 16, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Cheney’s Oily Interests Cheney’s Oily Interests
Wondering why Vice-President Dick Cheney recently played footsie with Kazakhstan's autocratic leader--an oil-rich president with an awful human rights record whose recent re-elect...
May 16, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Heckuva Job, Dubya Heckuva Job, Dubya
Let's get a couple of things straight about the immigration speech President George W. Bush unreeled Monday night from the Oval Office.His address had nothing to do with actual bo...
May 15, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Crybaby Conservatives Crybaby Conservatives
As George W. Bush's poll numbers plummet, influential conservatives have diagnosed the cause of his misery: he's not conservative enough. Bush is just a softy moderate masqueradi...
May 15, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Kaiser Kidney Fiasco Part II Kaiser Kidney Fiasco Part II
Last week I wrote about the Los Angeles Times smart piece of investigative journalism on Kaiser Permanente's troubled kidney transplant program in California. As a result of th...
May 15, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Foucault on The West Wing Foucault on The West Wing
Illegal wire-tapping, millions of civilian telephone records turned over to the NSA, National Guard troops "temporarily" deployed on the Mexican border, "extraordinary rendition" ...
May 15, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Prime Time Bush Bull Prime Time Bush Bull
What will Bush really mean by sending "troops to the border" as anticipated in his Monday night speech on immigration. Probably a lot less than what it is implied as I explain he...
May 15, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation
Had Enough? Had Enough?
Had Enough? It's a phrase Newt Gingrich adapted from an ad exec in 1946 and popularized. Now he's telling Democrats to use it against his own Party. For once, Democrats should he...
May 12, 2006 / The Notion / The Nation