“The Long War”? “The Long War”?
So, now, the Bush Administration has given an official name to the war on terrorism. "Long War." Who knows if this term will stick? Last August, Bush reached for his dict...
Feb 3, 2006 / The Notion / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Your New House Majority Leader Your New House Majority Leader
Rep. John Boehner, the Congressman of K Street, Sallie Mae, big tobacco and Jack Abramoff. In other words, a fitting heir to Tom DeLay.
Feb 2, 2006 / The Notion / Ari Berman
A Real Alternative State of the Union A Real Alternative State of the Union
The antidote to President Bush's vapid and unrealistic repetition of increasingly dangerous delusions about everything from the continued occupation of Iraq to warrantless wiretapp...
Feb 2, 2006 / The Notion / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Coretta Scott King v. George Walker Bush Coretta Scott King v. George Walker Bush
President Bush may have tried to claim a little bit of the legacy of Coretta Scott King with a warm and generous reference to her passing at the opening of his State of the Union a...
Feb 2, 2006 / The Notion / John Nichols
Nothing Funny About These Cartoons Nothing Funny About These Cartoons
Muslims across Europe have taken offense to the Dutch editorial cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed; some countries have boycotted Danish goods and a few are up in arms--litera...
Feb 2, 2006 / The Notion / Christine Smallwood
Buckley Hearts Osama Buckley Hearts Osama
From the first item of National Review's "The Week" section, 2/13/06: In Osama's latest tape, he touts an obscure left-wing American book and borrows lines from ...
Feb 2, 2006 / The Notion / Ari Berman
Freedom’s Imperial March Freedom’s Imperial March
The left-liberal blogosphere has been in hyper-drive critiquing Bush's SOTU address since last night. As I'm teaching a class on US empire, I couldn't resist having my students rea...
Feb 2, 2006 / The Notion / Richard Kim
Coretta Scott King: Death Penalty Abolitionist Coretta Scott King: Death Penalty Abolitionist
Coretta Scott King, the widow of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., who has died at the age of 78, should be remembered for many brave and selfless deeds. Chief amon...
Jan 31, 2006 / The Notion / John Nichols
Nader v Gore At Sundance Nader v Gore At Sundance
Check out the spirited dispatch about the last days of the Sundance Film Festival in today's New York Times. I think our electoral system might take a lesson from how the Festival...
Jan 30, 2006 / The Notion / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Screen Actors Homophobic! Screen Actors Homophobic!
I'm surprised the shrews at the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation haven't come out with a press release denouncing the Screen Actors Guild as anti-gay since at last night...
Jan 30, 2006 / The Notion / Richard Kim