Vermont Puts Impeachment on the Table Vermont Puts Impeachment on the Table
NEWFANE, Vermont -- Cindy Sheehan and I are traveling Vermont this weekend, stopping in close to a dozen towns from Burlington to Brattleboro, to talk about why we think the presi...
Mar 2, 2007 / John Nichols
Arthur Schlesinger Vs. The Imperial President Arthur Schlesinger Vs. The Imperial President
"The good historian does not stop with the history. As the situation requires and compels, he goes on to making it."-- John Kenneth Galbraith on the legacy of Arthur Schlesinger J...
Mar 1, 2007 / John Nichols
Nancy Pelosi: Farm Girl Nancy Pelosi: Farm Girl
Nancy Pelosi has proven to be a far more politically savvy Speaker of the House than most of her critics, and some of her fans, expected. This is not to say that she has done enou...
Feb 27, 2007 / John Nichols
Announcing Al Gore Announcing Al Gore
No, Al Gore did not make any major announcements Sunday night. But he certainly did not still speculation about the prospect that he might yet enter the 2008 presidential race. T...
Feb 26, 2007 / John Nichols
Cheney’s New Front in War on Reality Cheney’s New Front in War on Reality
When the Bush administration was asking in 2002 for Congressional approval of a resolution authorizing the use of force against Iraq, Vice President Cheney told the national conve...
Feb 24, 2007 / John Nichols
Hillary’s Stalking Horse Leaves the Field Hillary’s Stalking Horse Leaves the Field
Having served his none-too-subtle role in the grand scheme of the 2OO8 presidential competition -- keeping as many Iowa Democrats as possible "locked up" until New York Senator Hi...
Feb 23, 2007 / John Nichols
Cheney: Thanks for Cutting and Running Cheney: Thanks for Cutting and Running
Vice President Dick Cheney, keeping as far from federal prosecutors as possible these days, arrived in Japan Wednesday to officially thank that country for supporting the Bush-Che...
Feb 22, 2007 / John Nichols
Chris Dodd, D-Constitution Chris Dodd, D-Constitution
No one is going to mistake Chris Dodd for a frontrunner in the race for the Democratic presidential nod. The senator from Connecticut is running fourth in the latest poll of voter...
Feb 20, 2007 / John Nichols
Clinton Would Rather Be Wrong Than President Clinton Would Rather Be Wrong Than President
"If the most important thing to any of you is choosing someone who did not cast that vote or has said his vote was a mistake, then there are others to choose from." So says New Y...
Feb 19, 2007 / John Nichols
A Last Battler Against Joe McCarthy and His “Ism” A Last Battler Against Joe McCarthy and His “Ism”
The arc of history is long, and those who bend it over particularly wide stretches to time sometimes outlive memories of the most dramatic turns. Such is the case with Thomas Fai...
Feb 16, 2007 / John Nichols