Not a “Compromise,” It’s a Blank Check Not a “Compromise,” It’s a Blank Check
The question is not whether House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid flinched in their negotiations with the Bush administration over the continuation of th...
May 23, 2007 / John Nichols
The Call to Impeach Gonzales The Call to Impeach Gonzales
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has lied so many times and in so many circumstances that he now finds himself lying about the lies. All of his deceptive statements have been ut...
May 21, 2007 / John Nichols
Who’s Afraid of Jimmy Carter? George Bush Who’s Afraid of Jimmy Carter? George Bush
How touchy is the Bush administration about criticism? Very touchy, indeed, especially if the source of that criticism is a certain former president. When Jimmy Carter, whose ap...
May 20, 2007 / John Nichols
This Is What the World Bank Looks Like This Is What the World Bank Looks Like
Paul Wolfowitz is and always will be the honest face of the World Bank. True, he may have been forced to resign his presidency for using his influence to post his girlfriend with ...
May 18, 2007 / John Nichols
GOP Senators to Gonzales: Go Already! GOP Senators to Gonzales: Go Already!
"The president still has full confidence in Alberto Gonzales," says White House spokesman Tony Snow. Yikes! The president still has confidence. Even Snow, whose willingness to e...
May 17, 2007 / John Nichols
The Old Time Hypocrisy Hour The Old Time Hypocrisy Hour
The various and sundry Republican presidential contenders will be stumbling over one another tonight--as they debate in South Carolina--and in the days ahead to curry favor with t...
May 15, 2007 / John Nichols
Hagelberg! Bloomha! For ’08! Maybe Hagelberg! Bloomha! For ’08! Maybe
"This country is in trouble. The world is in trouble. And we need some new, fresh, independent ideas to lead this country forward." Sounds a like the opening line from a presiden...
May 14, 2007 / John Nichols
A Browner Shade of Blair? Or Better? A Browner Shade of Blair? Or Better?
LONDON -- Prime Minister Tony Blair will not step down until late June. But, with his announcement that he is leaving politics after ten years as the leader of Britain's governmen...
May 11, 2007 / John Nichols
Feingold Rejects Compromise, Pushes Exit Strategy Feingold Rejects Compromise, Pushes Exit Strategy
Fifty-seven percent of Americans say that Congress should not compromise with President Bush in the Iraq War funding fight. That's the number that, according to a new CNN poll, wa...
May 9, 2007 / John Nichols
Voting About Issues That Matter Voting About Issues That Matter
EDINBURGH -- The Scottish rock group The Proclaimers sang a quarter century ago: "I cannot understand why we let someone else rule our land." Last week's elections for the Scotti...
May 7, 2007 / John Nichols