A Killing in Kansas A Killing in Kansas
Prochoice groups declared Monday a national day of mourning following the murder of Dr. George Tiller, a provider of late-term abortions who was long a target of antiabortion zealo...
May 31, 2009 / Feature / John Nichols
Newt Gingrich Reaches His ‘Sell-By’ Date Newt Gingrich Reaches His ‘Sell-By’ Date
It is always difficult to pinpoint the precise moment when a politician reaches his "sell-by" date. We have seen some remarkable comebacks in America. Richard Nixon, defeated fo...
May 31, 2009 / John Nichols
Did Terry McAuliffe Try to Buy Off a Political Foe? Did Terry McAuliffe Try to Buy Off a Political Foe?
Consumer activist Ralph Nader has made a significant charge against former Democratic National Committee chair Terry McAuliffe -- that of attempting to bribe a political foe in or...
May 28, 2009 / John Nichols
Judge Sotomayor’s Diabetes: Not a Weakness But a Strength Judge Sotomayor’s Diabetes: Not a Weakness But a Strength
There is little doubt that Federal Appeals Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor, when and if she is confirmed as a Supreme Court Justice, will be a role model. As the first Latina on the...
May 27, 2009 / John Nichols
Obama Pick Sonia Sotomayor Reflects America Obama Pick Sonia Sotomayor Reflects America
When Supreme Court Justice David Souter announced his planned retirement, the pressure was on President Obama to add a second woman to a bench. At the same time, Obama was encour...
May 26, 2009 / John Nichols
Feingold’s Constitutional Objection to ‘Prolonged Detention’ Feingold’s Constitutional Objection to ‘Prolonged Detention’
Barack Obama's speech last week at the National Archives, delivered with the Bill of Rights as a backdrop, eloquently expressed a president's faith that it is possible to keep the...
May 24, 2009 / John Nichols
The First Great Constitutional Debate of the 21st Century The First Great Constitutional Debate of the 21st Century
Barack Obama and Dick Cheney are squaring off in a grand debate about the character and the content of the American experiment. Unfortunately, the U.S. news media, and much of th...
May 22, 2009 / John Nichols
Congress Asks: Why Are Bailed-Out Auto Firms Closing Plants? Congress Asks: Why Are Bailed-Out Auto Firms Closing Plants?
Democratic and Republican members of the US House have suggested that they were deceived by Chrysler management and members of the Obama administration's auto industry task force ...
May 21, 2009 / John Nichols
Congress Needs to Intervene on Auto Bailout Congress Needs to Intervene on Auto Bailout
The Chrysler and General Motors restructuring processes, which will result in an unprecedented number of auto plant closings in the United States, the layoffs of tens of thousands...
May 20, 2009 / John Nichols
Auto Bailout Blues: Spin, Lies and Layoffs Auto Bailout Blues: Spin, Lies and Layoffs
The madness of the approach adopted by the Johnson and Nixon administrations to war in Vietnam was summed up by the American major who said after the destruction of the Vietnamese...
May 16, 2009 / John Nichols