The Notion

The Worst President Ever? The Worst President Ever?

In commemoration of President's Day, I dug up a December column by noted presidential biographer Richard Reeves entitled, "Is George Bush the Worst President--Ever?" Tur...

Feb 20, 2006 / Ari Berman

Happiness Means… Being At That Stones Concert In Rio Happiness Means… Being At That Stones Concert In Rio

There's this Pew report out about happiness. (Don't you think that the very idea of quantifying happiness threatens it?) The report explains how happiness correlates with religiosi...

Feb 20, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

California Going Indie? California Going Indie?

"California voters are shedding their identification with the two major political parties so rapidly that if current trends continue, independent voters could outnumber Democr...

Feb 20, 2006 / Marc Cooper

Listen to Fritz Listen to Fritz

Former South Carolina Senator Ernest Frederick "Fritz" Hollings came to the Senate in 1966 and retired in 2004, at the age of 82. Still sharp and spirited, he knows bette...

Feb 20, 2006 / Ari Berman

By the Numbers By the Numbers

After I blogged yesterday about the shameful fact that the richest country in the world has a minimum wage that 1) hasn't budged since 1997 and 2) leaves hardworking people and fam...

Feb 18, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

More Support for Impeachment Inquiry More Support for Impeachment Inquiry

The list of House members who have signed on as cosponsors of U.S. Representative John Conyers' resolution calling for the establishment of select committee that would examine whet...

Feb 18, 2006 / John Nichols

The Shame of The Nation The Shame of The Nation

The shame of the nation is revealed in this week's NewsFlash from the Economic Policy Institute. "Without a wage hike," EPI reports, "this year will usher in the gre...

Feb 17, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Dick Should’ve Enlisted Dick Should’ve Enlisted

The best zinger of the week on Dick Cheney's now infamous hunting accident came not from Jon Stewart or any of the late night comics but courtesy of Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel: If ...

Feb 17, 2006 / Ari Berman

Iranian Teenager to Hang for Self-Defense Iranian Teenager to Hang for Self-Defense

Just relax and take it if a rapist attacks you in Iran. If you fight back, you may find yourself sentenced to death, like 18-year-old Nazanin. Oh, but wait, I forgot, if you do get...

Feb 16, 2006 / Katha Pollitt

Lonely Defenders of Civil Liberties Lonely Defenders of Civil Liberties

In the first of what will be a number of critical votes on renewal of the Patriot Act, only three members of the U.S. Senate supported Russ Feingold's effort to prevent enactment o...

Feb 16, 2006 / John Nichols

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