Barack Obama, George Washington and the World Barack Obama, George Washington and the World
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has been criticized for planning, as part of his current world tour, to meet both with Israeli and Palestinian officials in the Midd...
Jul 18, 2008 / John Nichols
Impeachment: On the Table But Not for Consumption Impeachment: On the Table But Not for Consumption
Impeachment is on the table. But Congress is not allowed to bite. The House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on one of Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich's 35 articles of i...
Jul 17, 2008 / John Nichols
Barack Eisenhower vs. John McNixon Barack Eisenhower vs. John McNixon
Barack Obama has begun, finally and reasonably firmly, to clarify his stance regarding the scope and character of the ongoing U.S. role in Iraq. In so doing, the senator from Illi...
Jul 15, 2008 / John Nichols
Satire or Smear: Muslim Barack, Black Panther Michelle Satire or Smear: Muslim Barack, Black Panther Michelle
If the point of putting something on the cover of a magazine is to sell copies of the magazine, then the folks at The New Yorker are surely smart to have decided to take the most ...
Jul 14, 2008 / John Nichols
Snow Brought a Measure of Dignity to White House Snow Brought a Measure of Dignity to White House
Even as he struggled with cancer, former White House press secretary Tony Snow told reporters: "I'm a very lucky guy." In fact, George Bush was lucky to have had Snow as his spok...
Jul 12, 2008 / John Nichols
Pelosi Slips Impeachment Onto the Table Pelosi Slips Impeachment Onto the Table
As Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich moved a "privileged resolution" to force House to consider the question of whether President Bush should be impeached for lying to Congress and...
Jul 10, 2008 / John Nichols
Obama Votes to Silence Debate and Pass FISA Obama Votes to Silence Debate and Pass FISA
Arizona Senator John McCain did not bother to show up for Wednesday's Senate votes on whether to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to absolve George Bush of responsi...
Jul 9, 2008 / John Nichols
What Obama Should Be Saying About FISA What Obama Should Be Saying About FISA
Just imagine if Illinois Senator Barack Obama had kept his primary-season pledge to take the lead in opposing efforts by the Bush administration to rewrite the Foreign Intelligenc...
Jul 8, 2008 / John Nichols
Obama Should (Still) Be Standing With Feingold Obama Should (Still) Be Standing With Feingold
Before the February 19 Wisconsin primary, which confirmed his front-runner status in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, Illinois Senator Barack Obama went out of...
Jul 7, 2008 / John Nichols
Jesse Helms, John McCain and the Mark of the White Hands Jesse Helms, John McCain and the Mark of the White Hands
Jesse Helms was a segregationist, and a nasty one at that. Long after his contemporaries abandoned old "Jim Crow," Helms kept playing the race card when it served him politically...
Jul 5, 2008 / John Nichols