McCain? Hagel? No, Gordon Smith Emerges As GOP Maverick McCain? Hagel? No, Gordon Smith Emerges As GOP Maverick
Forget about John McCain and Chuck Hagel. If you are looking for a maverick Republican in the Senate, consider Oregon Senator Gordon Smith. Smith made headlines last December wh...
Mar 16, 2007 / John Nichols
How to Handle a Lawless Attorney General How to Handle a Lawless Attorney General
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales says he is not going anywhere. Never mind that he is caught up in the biggest scandal involving a sitting Attorney General since the sordid days...
Mar 14, 2007 / John Nichols
Pelosi’s Disastrous Misstep on Iran Pelosi’s Disastrous Misstep on Iran
When House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her allies in the chamber's Democratic leadership initially accepted that spending legislation designed to outline an Iraq exit strategy should...
Mar 13, 2007 / John Nichols
Honoring Our Rock and Roll Tom Paine Honoring Our Rock and Roll Tom Paine
"O ye that love mankind! Ye that dare oppose, not only the tyranny, but the tyrant, stand forth!" -- Tom Paine "I can relate to Thomas Paine. When he wrote Common Sense, he was ...
Mar 11, 2007 / John Nichols
George McGovern to Cheney: Resign George McGovern to Cheney: Resign
George McGovern has a word for Vice President Dick Cheney: "Resign." Responding to Tuesday's conviction of Cheney's former chief-of-staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, on charges of...
Mar 10, 2007 / John Nichols
Dems Aren’t Urgent Enough About Withdrawal Dems Aren’t Urgent Enough About Withdrawal
If we accept scientific estimates of the Iraqi death toll since the U.S. invasion of that country, as detailed in the British medical journal The Lancet, then it is fair to say th...
Mar 8, 2007 / John Nichols
Vermont Votes to Impeach Bush/Cheney Vermont Votes to Impeach Bush/Cheney
When Vermont Governor Jim Douglas, a Republican with reasonably close ties to President Bush, asked if there was any additional business to be considered at the town meeting he wa...
Mar 7, 2007 / John Nichols
The Next Mission: Removing a Tyrant The Next Mission: Removing a Tyrant
RUTLAND, Vt. -- Over the weekend, I traveled Vermont with three of the most remarkable defenders of democracy I have met in a long time: former Army Sgt. Drew Cameron, former Mari...
Mar 6, 2007 / John Nichols
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