The Notion

Halfway Through Live Earth Halfway Through Live Earth

Approaching the midway point of the Live Earth concert, with the biggest acts still a few hours away, and fans are continuing to stream into Giants Stadium. Max and I, however, hav...

Jul 7, 2007 / Thaddeus Kromelis

Eco-Narcissicism Eco-Narcissicism

Well, Thaddeus and I have arrived at Giants Stadium, the main event is rapidly approaching, and, from the looks of the parking lot, not too many of our fellow concertgoers followed...

Jul 7, 2007 / Max Fraser

Music for a Climate in Crisis Music for a Climate in Crisis

Are the Live Earth concerts a real call to action? Vote now and post your comments in the Nation Poll. Good morning from New York. I am just about to meet up with Max Fraser to h...

Jul 7, 2007 / Thaddeus Kromelis

A Clinton Spy Scandal? A Clinton Spy Scandal?

When news of the Bush Administration's warrantless wiretapping program became public, Senator Hillary Clinton called the eavesdropping "strange" and "far-fetched.&qu...

Jul 6, 2007 / Ari Berman

Sweet Victory: True Patriots Sweet Victory: True Patriots

There are those who think of patriotism as synonymous with theunthinking jingoism and the love-it-or leave-it platitudes so oftenheard in right-wing talk radio circles. But of cour...

Jul 3, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Bush: Pardon for Libby Remains on the Table Bush: Pardon for Libby Remains on the Table

Prospective Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson and a few others on the extreme fringe of the lawless right have complained that George Bush was insufficiently generous...

Jul 3, 2007 / John Nichols

MoveOn Puts Impeachment Back on the Table MoveOn Puts Impeachment Back on the Table

In the wake of President Bush's commutation of prison time for convicted felon Lewis Libby and a developing constitutional clash over important subpoenas, influential Democratic ac...

Jul 3, 2007 / Ari Melber

Mercy Me Mercy Me

Clemency has not been a hallmark of George W. Bush's political career, as governor of Texas or President of the War on Terror. But apparently the prospect of Dick Cheney's former C...

Jul 3, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Bush Assaults Rule of Law to Save Libby Bush Assaults Rule of Law to Save Libby

It is tempting to view the commutation of prison time for Lewis Libby, the disgraced White House aide convicted of lying and obstructing justice, as another instance of craven hypo...

Jul 3, 2007 / Ari Melber

Party for the Planet Party for the Planet

This Saturday, people around the world will attend more than 5,000 parties in honor of a much idolized, much abused celeb-of-the-moment. No, it's not Princess Di. These parties aim...

Jul 2, 2007 / Liza Featherstone

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