The Notion

Specter’s Spectre Specter’s Spectre

For the first time in two decades, the U.S. Senate on Wednesday begins debate on the way overdue issue of comprehensive immigration reform. The Senate Judiciary Committee now has u...

Mar 7, 2006 / Adam Howard

As South Dakota Goes… As South Dakota Goes…

When South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds signed legislation that effectively bans abortion in his state, the director of the militantly anti-choice Christian Defense Coalition announ...

Mar 7, 2006 / Adam Howard

Bad Day in the Bad Lands Bad Day in the Bad Lands

South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds has signed the state abortion ban, which bars all abortions without exception except to preserve the life of the mother. Doctors who violate the l...

Mar 6, 2006 / Adam Howard

The Dubai Ports Deal The Dubai Ports Deal

Defenders of the Dubai ports deal argue that rejecting it would be an insult to the Arab world. But if you look at it from a different angle, maybe we'd actually be doing our new f...

Mar 6, 2006 / Adam Howard

Crash: Worst Movie of the Year Crash: Worst Movie of the Year

As a film studies major I've been trained to sit through any cinematic experience -- from Andy Warhol's 8-hour long Empire (yes, 8 consecutive hours of the Empire State Building in...

Mar 6, 2006 / Richard Kim

The Man Who Changed the World Throws a Party The Man Who Changed the World Throws a Party

There is much one could say about Mikhail Gorbachev. He is the man who changed the world. He ended the Cold War. He tried to abolish nuclear weapons--believing fervently that if we...

Mar 5, 2006 / Adam Howard

Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire Liar, Liar, Pants on Fire

Cheaters never win, my mom said. And it looks like she was right. This week the fur flew when senior associate editor Nick Sylvester was suspended from his gig at the Village Voi...

Mar 3, 2006 / Adam Howard

Harper’s Publishes AIDS Denialist Harper’s Publishes AIDS Denialist

The latest issue of Harper's Magazine contains a stunning 15-page article by well-known AIDS denialist Celia Farber (formerly of Spin magazine) that extensively repeats UC Berkeley...

Mar 2, 2006 / Richard Kim

Feingold on Patriot Act: “The Fight Is Not Over” Feingold on Patriot Act: “The Fight Is Not Over”

As the U.S. Senate moved Thursday to reauthorize the Patriot Act in a form that fails to address essential concerns about the protection of civil liberties, Wisconsin Senator Russ ...

Mar 2, 2006 / John Nichols

Guess Who Was Advising the Emirates? Guess Who Was Advising the Emirates?

Guess who just bobbed to the surface smack dab in the middle of the Dubai ports deal? Why, none other than Slick Willie. That's right, we now learn that Big Bill Clinton was on the...

Mar 2, 2006 / Marc Cooper

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