[Mb-civic] Nation Launches The Notion

[Barbara Siomos]

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From: The Nation Magazine
Sent: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 10:59:08 -0800
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Subject: Nation Launches The Notion

Dear EmailNation Subscriber,

We're pleased to tell you about The Nation's new Notion blog, which
will feature light, off-the-cuff commentary, spontaneous reaction to
breaking news, and unfiltered ruminations on debates of the day.
Readers should expect lively debates, insightful critiques, crucial
questions, bold new visions and the occasional sophomoric Bush joke.
Notion contributors will interact and respond to each other, as well
as readers who post comments.

Regular Notion contributors include:

Ari Berman, Nation contributing writer and former Daily Outrage
blogger Marc Cooper, Nation contributing editor, and LA Weekly
contributing writer Sam Graham-Felsen, freelance journalist and
co-writer of Sweet Victories Katrina vanden Heuvel, Nation editor and
publisher Richard Kim, frequent Nation contributor John Nichols,
Nation Washington correspondent Christine Smallwood, Nation assistant
literary editor and Salon contributor Gary Younge, Nation Institute
Fellow and NY correspondent for the Guardian Unlimited.

We also plan to add additional writers as we go forward.

And make sure to tune into another new Nation project--the new
RadioNation with Laura Flanders. Broadcast each Saturday and Sunday
from 7:00 to 10:00pm EST on the Air America Radio Network, and
available for listening online, RadioNation also produces a one-hour
version, which is provided free to noncommercial community and college
stations. For general information, including how and where to hear the
program, click below. http://lists.thenation.com/t?ctl=1E16:56B75

Highlights of this weekend's show include a conversation with Frances
Moore Lappe, excerpts from The Nation's Alternative State of the Union
event, a segment with legendary jazz producer Joel Dorn, who shares
tracks from the golden age of Gospel, and a journalists' roundtable
featuring Katrina vanden Heuvel.

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Don't miss new Nation online exclusives.

Jeff Chester fears for the end of the internet.
http://lists.thenation.com/t?ctl=1E14:56B75

John Nichols looks at John Boehner.
http://lists.thenation.com/t?ctl=1E11:56B75

David Corn unpacks Bush's SOTU.
http://lists.thenation.com/t?ctl=1E10:56B75

Jon Wiener interviews Amos Oz.
http://lists.thenation.com/t?ctl=1E13:56B75

Peter Rothberg highlights the Expose Exxon campaign.
http://lists.thenation.com/t?ctl=1E12:56B75

A Debate on Iraq Our friends at the Smith Family Foundation are
staging a debate on immediate withdrawal in Iraq this Tuesday,
February 7. General William E. Odom will argue for getting out now
while Peter Brookes counsels staying the course. Moderated by Foreign
Affairs managing editor Gideon Rose.

February 7th, 2006 6:30pm, Prompt (Free and open to the public -
Reception to follow)

The Graduate Center The City University of New York 365 Fifth Avenue,
New York (Corner of 34th Street & 5th Avenue)

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