Tiger Woods: Rehabbing His Brand Tiger Woods: Rehabbing His Brand
Today's Tiger Woods press conference was an exercise in painful self-abasement that will achieve the opposite of its intended effect. I haven't seen anything this painfully scripte...
Feb 19, 2010 / The Notion / Dave Zirin
Dick Cheney: Gay Rights Champion Dick Cheney: Gay Rights Champion
Former Vice President Dick Cheney, who has never been as comfortable fighting the culture wars as most conservatives, has endorsed the repeal of the Pentagon's failed "Don't A...
Feb 14, 2010 / Blog / John Nichols
Nation Contributors on Love: 144 Years of Romance and Skepticism Nation Contributors on Love: 144 Years of Romance and Skepticism
Over fourteen decades, The Nation has criticized, supported, debated, satirized and glorified what Valentine's Day stands for: love, sex and marriage.
Feb 12, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Various Contributors
How to Counterbalance Focus on the Family on Superbowl Sunday How to Counterbalance Focus on the Family on Superbowl Sunday
So here it is, Superbowl Sunday, or as I prefer to call it, Focus on the Fetus Sunday. If you support women's right to decide for themselves when and if to continue a pregnancy, ...
Feb 7, 2010 / Blog / Katha Pollitt
Another Super Bowl, Another Scandal Another Super Bowl, Another Scandal
It's Super Bowl season, another year, another scandal. This year's outburst over CBS's $3 million Focus on the Family ad has revived the mythology around another Super Bowl ad, t...
Feb 5, 2010 / The Notion / Laura Flanders
Let All Super Bowl Ads Advocate Let All Super Bowl Ads Advocate
David Zirin argues for a Super Bowl chock-full of advocacy ads.
Feb 5, 2010 / Video / The Rachel Maddow Show
Focus on the Fetus Focus on the Fetus
The trouble with protesting the Tim Tebow ad: all most people see is pro-choicers trying to shut up a brave mother and her son.
Feb 4, 2010 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Integrity Isn’t Just a Military Value Integrity Isn’t Just a Military Value
On Tuesday, several of the nation's top military officials, including Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Defense Secretary Robert Gates, spoke out in fa...
Feb 4, 2010 / The Notion / Laura Flanders
Note to ESPN’s Jemele Hill: Tim Tebow is not Muhammad Ali Note to ESPN’s Jemele Hill: Tim Tebow is not Muhammad Ali
First let me put my cards on the table. I consider Jemele Hill, sports columnist for ESPN.com to be as incisive and interesting as they come. She has been a frequent and fearless g...
Feb 3, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Dave Zirin
The Second Sex at the Super Bowl The Second Sex at the Super Bowl
The Tim Tebow commercial is no departure at all for viewers of the big game.
Feb 2, 2010 / Feature / Jaclyn Friedman