The Notion

Dome Denied to Gustav’s Victims Dome Denied to Gustav’s Victims

  Check out the massive padlock on the Superdome. That will tell you all you need to know about Hurricane Gustav and the federal government'scarefully orchestrated response. ...

Sep 2, 2008 / Dave Zirin

My Interview With John Legend My Interview With John Legend

For Legend, who had emerged from humble roots in Springfield, Ohio to become the Obama campaign's most visible musical surrogate, his involvement in the Democratic National Convent...

Sep 1, 2008 / Max Blumenthal

Diddy to McCain: “You Are Buggin” with Palin Diddy to McCain: “You Are Buggin” with Palin

Forget Paris Hilton, rapper and music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs is now taking on John McCain. Combs posted an extended YouTube blog this weekend, part of his "Diddy ...

Sep 1, 2008 / Ari Melber

New Obama Ad Rebuts Palin Pick (Updated) New Obama Ad Rebuts Palin Pick (Updated)

The Obama campaign released a new, national cable ad on Saturday responding to John McCain's decision to tap Sarah Palin as his running mate. The message could not be clearer: For...

Aug 30, 2008 / Ari Melber

Palin and “The Lumberjack Song” Palin and “The Lumberjack Song”

Those disparaging Palin's lack of achievements have forgotten that it was Palin who wrote the famous "Lumberjack Song," which of course is about life in Alaska: "I'm...

Aug 29, 2008 / Jon Wiener

McCain’s Hail Mary Pass McCain’s Hail Mary Pass

The news was so stunning I refused to believe it until I saw John McCainon the TV screen announcing his pick for Vice President. There's no needto disparage Sarah Palin. She's seem...

Aug 29, 2008 / William Greider

Gloves Off at Invesco Gloves Off at Invesco

 Barack Obama took audacity to new heights tonight and if thecrowd's reaction to his acceptance speech at Mile High Stadium is any indicator--he knocked it out of the park, to...

Aug 29, 2008 / Richard Kim

Obama’s Limits: An Interview With Andrew Bacevich Obama’s Limits: An Interview With Andrew Bacevich

"We have presidential elections as a substitute for serious democratic politics" – that's what Andrew Bacevich says. He's been writing and teaching history and int...

Aug 28, 2008 / Jon Wiener

Gay Days at the DNC Gay Days at the DNC

Remember 2004, when many a Democrat (and many more religious right demagogues) blamed gay marriage for John Kerry's defeat? Remember San Francisco, where Senator Dianne Feinstein p...

Aug 28, 2008 / Richard Kim

Don’t Make Afghanistan the Democrats’ War Don’t Make Afghanistan the Democrats’ War

Barack Obama not only had the good judgment to oppose the war in Iraq, he argued for the need "to end the mindset that took us into" that war. So it is troubling that a m...

Aug 28, 2008 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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