The Worst President Ever? The Worst President Ever?
In commemoration of President's Day, I dug up a December column by noted presidential biographer Richard Reeves entitled, "Is George Bush the Worst President--Ever?" Tur...
Feb 20, 2006 / The Notion / Ari Berman
Happiness Means… Being At That Stones Concert In Rio Happiness Means… Being At That Stones Concert In Rio
There's this Pew report out about happiness. (Don't you think that the very idea of quantifying happiness threatens it?) The report explains how happiness correlates with religiosi...
Feb 20, 2006 / The Notion / Katrina vanden Heuvel
California Going Indie? California Going Indie?
"California voters are shedding their identification with the two major political parties so rapidly that if current trends continue, independent voters could outnumber Democr...
Feb 20, 2006 / The Notion / Marc Cooper
Listen to Fritz Listen to Fritz
Former South Carolina Senator Ernest Frederick "Fritz" Hollings came to the Senate in 1966 and retired in 2004, at the age of 82. Still sharp and spirited, he knows bette...
Feb 20, 2006 / The Notion / Ari Berman
By the Numbers By the Numbers
After I blogged yesterday about the shameful fact that the richest country in the world has a minimum wage that 1) hasn't budged since 1997 and 2) leaves hardworking people and fam...
Feb 18, 2006 / The Notion / Katrina vanden Heuvel
More Support for Impeachment Inquiry More Support for Impeachment Inquiry
The list of House members who have signed on as cosponsors of U.S. Representative John Conyers' resolution calling for the establishment of select committee that would examine whet...
Feb 18, 2006 / The Notion / John Nichols
The Shame of The Nation The Shame of The Nation
The shame of the nation is revealed in this week's NewsFlash from the Economic Policy Institute. "Without a wage hike," EPI reports, "this year will usher in the gre...
Feb 17, 2006 / The Notion / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Dick Should’ve Enlisted Dick Should’ve Enlisted
The best zinger of the week on Dick Cheney's now infamous hunting accident came not from Jon Stewart or any of the late night comics but courtesy of Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel: If ...
Feb 17, 2006 / The Notion / Ari Berman
Iranian Teenager to Hang for Self-Defense Iranian Teenager to Hang for Self-Defense
Just relax and take it if a rapist attacks you in Iran. If you fight back, you may find yourself sentenced to death, like 18-year-old Nazanin. Oh, but wait, I forgot, if you do get...
Feb 16, 2006 / The Notion / Katha Pollitt
Lonely Defenders of Civil Liberties Lonely Defenders of Civil Liberties
In the first of what will be a number of critical votes on renewal of the Patriot Act, only three members of the U.S. Senate supported Russ Feingold's effort to prevent enactment o...
Feb 16, 2006 / The Notion / John Nichols