On Carbon Emissions, Political Climate Still Lukewarm On Carbon Emissions, Political Climate Still Lukewarm
Usually, I roll my eyes when Democratic politicians like Barack and Hillary ooze on about "bipartisanship." That word suggests wimpy centrism, and politics drained of essence. Any...
Jan 18, 2007 / The Nation
For America’s Sake For America’s Sake
It's time our leaders recognize Americans hold a set of values that contradict the conservative agenda that has dominated politics for a generation.
Jan 18, 2007 / Bill Moyers
The Fair Trade Democrats The Fair Trade Democrats
In an interview with Senator Sherrod Brown, Nichols shows that the new Democrats are pursuing a new trade agenda.
Jan 18, 2007 / John Nichols
Libby Trial, Day Three: A Tough Search for Jurors Libby Trial, Day Three: A Tough Search for Jurors
For coverage of the first day of the Libby trial and a deconstruction of Scooter Libby's I-forgot defense, click
Jan 18, 2007 / David Corn
The Iraq Veterans Memorial The Iraq Veterans Memorial
Americans voted their disapproval of the President's Iraq strategy in November, yet as we approach the fourth anniversary of Bush's invasion, he has chosen to escalate the conflic...
Jan 18, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
The High Cost of the Home Team The High Cost of the Home Team
Big-money athletics cannot help but sabotage what our colleges and universities are for: instruction and research.
Jan 18, 2007 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Freshmen Favor Fair Trade Freshmen Favor Fair Trade
In case anyone missed the fact that the new Democrats who were elected to the House in November are economic populists who the free trade policies advanced by the Bush administrat...
Jan 18, 2007 / John Nichols
No Blank Check on Iran No Blank Check on Iran
The Iraq Study Group recommended that the Bush Administration engage Iran. Instead, the Administration chose to threaten it. In recent weeks President Bush attacked Iran in a sp...
Jan 18, 2007 / The Nation
Savage Wars of Peace Savage Wars of Peace
Ruth Scurr reviews The First Total War, a study of Napoleonic France that illuminates the causes of all-out war.
Jan 18, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Ruth Scurr
The President and the Prophet The President and the Prophet
The Radical and the Republican traces the antislavery politics of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln.
Jan 18, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner