Touch-and-Go Elections: The perils of electronic voting Touch-and-Go Elections: The perils of electronic voting
The perils of electronic voting.
Nov 27, 2006 / The Nation
Prop 87 Gets 86’ed: Californians fail to support a progressive energy policy. Prop 87 Gets 86’ed: Californians fail to support a progressive energy policy.
Californians fail to support a progressive energy policy.
Nov 27, 2006 / The Nation
Delta Airlines Joins 21st Century Delta Airlines Joins 21st Century
I'm happy to report some insta-progress on the Delta Air Lines breast-feeding scandal, which I've been chronicling hereat the Notion. For those who've been out of the loop: a mot...
Nov 27, 2006 / The Nation
Speaking of Choice…: Speaking of Choice…:
The fetus is not the issue. The woman is.
Nov 27, 2006 / The Nation
Debating Rangel’s Draft Debating Rangel’s Draft
Congressman Charles Rangel announced earlier this month that he willpush to renew the military draft. Rangel argues, forcefully, that thedraft will spread the burden of war more e...
Nov 27, 2006 / The Nation
Can We Feed the World? Absolutely Can We Feed the World? Absolutely
It is Thanksgiving Day, a moment when Americans celebrate the abundance of our harvest. There is much to be thankful for. Most, though certainly not all, Americans will be well f...
Nov 23, 2006 / The Nation
Moral Consequences of the Occupation Moral Consequences of the Occupation
It may be an old saw, but it remains true: power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. And this, ultimately, is why occupation is so pernicious. The occupier is at once...
Nov 22, 2006 / The Nation
Flying While Arab Flying While Arab
In my last post I wrote about a woman who was kicked off a Delta Airlines plane for feeding her baby. That could easily have been me; I fly often with my (breastfed) baby, and it ...
Nov 22, 2006 / The Nation
The Uncovered War: Salvaging American “Dignity” The Uncovered War: Salvaging American “Dignity”
So far, what have the American invasion and occupation of Iraq led to -- other than a staggering bloodbath, killing fields galore, and a secret landscape of detention centers and ...
Nov 21, 2006 / The Nation
Kansas Outlaws Practice Of Evolution Kansas Outlaws Practice Of Evolution
In response to a Nov. 7 referendum, state lawmakers end the highly controversial process.
Nov 21, 2006 / The Nation