GOP to Gonzales: Care For Some Hemlock? GOP to Gonzales: Care For Some Hemlock?
The reviews are in: The Bush White House pronounces the president "pleased" with his solicitor's response to the rabble. It is a discreet pleasure. While the president may be sa...
Apr 20, 2007 / John Nichols
Gonzales Recognizes The Issue: Political Prosecutions Gonzales Recognizes The Issue: Political Prosecutions
Give Attorney General Alberto Gonzales credit. To a far greater extent than many in Washington have even now come to recognize, he acknowledged in an opening statement prepared fo...
Apr 19, 2007 / John Nichols
Ten Questions for Alberto Gonzales Ten Questions for Alberto Gonzales
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales goes in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee today as the most embattled high-ranking member of a presidential administration to appear before...
Apr 19, 2007 / John Nichols
Impeach Cheney First? Impeach Cheney First?
It is no secret that Ohio Congressman Dennis Kucinich has been toying with the idea of moving articles of impeachment against a member of the Bush administration. And he appears t...
Apr 18, 2007 / John Nichols
Give a Pulitzer to James McMurtry Give a Pulitzer to James McMurtry
The Pulitzer Prizes have been awarded for 2OO6, and they have gone to the usual deserving souls. Of special note is the national reporting award to the Boston Globe's Charlie Sava...
Apr 17, 2007 / John Nichols
Hold Gonzales Accountable, Then Bush Hold Gonzales Accountable, Then Bush
As Attorney General Alberto Gonzales prepares to appear before the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday, the official question is: Will the former White House counsel be able to ta...
Apr 16, 2007 / John Nichols
Conyers, Sanchez Seek Rove’s RNC Emails Conyers, Sanchez Seek Rove’s RNC Emails
The burgeoning congressional focus on the supposedly "missing" emails of White House political czar Karl Rove and almost two dozen other presidential aides who were doing politica...
Apr 13, 2007 / John Nichols
White House “Lost” Political E-mails About US Attorneys White House “Lost” Political E-mails About US Attorneys
The US Attorneys scandal seems to be turning an important new page every day. And today it turned what can best be referred to as the "Rose Mary Woods" page. Rose Mary Woods was ...
Apr 12, 2007 / John Nichols
Senators Expand Inquiry of Political Prosecutions Senators Expand Inquiry of Political Prosecutions
The question of whether any of the 85 U.S. Attorneys who were not fired by the Bush administration may have engaged in political prosecutions blew open Tuesday, when key members o...
Apr 11, 2007 / John Nichols
Protecting the Vote Protecting the Vote
Resolving a disputed Congressional election in Florida is key to setting the stage for a fair nationwide election in 2008.
Apr 10, 2007 / John Nichols