Obama’s Kennedy Vibe Obama’s Kennedy Vibe
What should be at least as intriguing about Obama's campaign as its largesse is the conscious effort by the candidate and his aides to grasp for another form of political gold: the...
Oct 2, 2007 / John Nichols
Congress Quietly Approves Billions More for Iraq War Congress Quietly Approves Billions More for Iraq War
The Senate agreed on Thursday to increase the federal debt limit by $850 billion -- from $8.965 trillion to $9.815 trillion -- and then proceeded to approve a stop-gap spending bi...
Sep 28, 2007 / John Nichols
Democrats: 18 Year Olds Can Fight But Not Drink Democrats: 18 Year Olds Can Fight But Not Drink
One of the thornier issues in American politics is rarely, if ever, discussed at the level of presidential contention. In many states across the country -- including the "Live Fr...
Sep 27, 2007 / John Nichols
Blackwater, Oil and the Colonial Enterprise Blackwater, Oil and the Colonial Enterprise
Blackwater USA's mercenary mission in Iraq is very much in the news this week, and rightly so. The private military contractor's war-for-profit program, which has been so brillian...
Sep 21, 2007 / John Nichols
Bush Loses It With MoveOn Bush Loses It With MoveOn
President Bush has made it clear that he does not read newspapers. And there is little reason to believe that the chief executive spends much time viewing serious news programs be...
Sep 20, 2007 / John Nichols
The Richardson Surge The Richardson Surge
Bill Richardson's edgy, opinionated and sometimes risky campaign is clicking because of his exit-now strategy from Iraq.
Sep 20, 2007 / John Nichols
Habeas Corpus and a Senate Race in Maine Habeas Corpus and a Senate Race in Maine
The United States Senate celebrated this week's 220th anniversary of the Constitution by failing to endorse the restoration of the habeas corpus protections that legal scholar Alb...
Sep 20, 2007 / John Nichols
Skepticism Required in Review of AG Choice Skepticism Required in Review of AG Choice
President Bush's nominee to succeed the most lamentable Attorney General of the United States since Warren Harding's scandal-plagued accomplice, Harry M. Daugherty, is undoubtedly...
Sep 18, 2007 / John Nichols
Senate Blocks Olson as AG; President Picks Ex-Judge Senate Blocks Olson as AG; President Picks Ex-Judge
When the White House floated the name of former Solicitor General Ted Olson as the president's preferred replacement for scandal-plagued Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, it was a...
Sep 17, 2007 / John Nichols
A Constitution to “Chain the Dogs of War” A Constitution to “Chain the Dogs of War”
Two-hundred and twenty years ago this week, the patriots who had stuck through the long process of drafting a Constitution for the new United States finally approved the document....
Sep 16, 2007 / John Nichols