Port Deal Question: What’s the White House Still Hiding? Port Deal Question: What’s the White House Still Hiding?
President Bush, after watching his already low approval rating take a dive because of his mishandling of the issue, wants memories of the controversy about whether Dubai Ports Wor...
Mar 11, 2006 / John Nichols
Patriot Act Politics Patriot Act Politics
Rarely has the disconnect between the faith of the American people in the bedrock principle that it is possible to be safe and free and the failure of faith on the part of their e...
Mar 10, 2006 / John Nichols
Bringing the War Home Bringing the War Home
The antiwar messages most likely to be heard and acted upon by Congressional Democrats and wavering Republicans will come from their hometowns, where a growing number of activists ...
Mar 9, 2006 / John Nichols
Vermont Towns Vote to Impeach — UPDATED Vermont Towns Vote to Impeach — UPDATED
A single Vermont community's call for the impeachment of President Bush turned into a chorus Tuesday night, with town meetings across southern Vermont echoing the demand that Cong...
Mar 8, 2006 / John Nichols
What, Then, From Newfane? What, Then, From Newfane?
It is appropriate indeed that the first time voters will be offered an opportunity to weigh in on the question of whether to impeach President George W. Bush for high crimes and m...
Mar 7, 2006 / John Nichols
Kate Michelman for Senate? Kate Michelman for Senate?
After Robert Casey, the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination to challenge vulnerable Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, joined Santorum in backing the Supreme Court nominati...
Mar 3, 2006 / John Nichols
Ten Against Patriot Act Reauthorization Ten Against Patriot Act Reauthorization
When Senator Russ Feingold opposed the original version of the Patriot Act in 2001, the Wisconsin Democrat was alone in his defense of the Constitution. This year, as Feingold le...
Mar 3, 2006 / John Nichols
Feingold on Patriot Act: “The Fight Is Not Over” Feingold on Patriot Act: “The Fight Is Not Over”
As the U.S. Senate moved Thursday to reauthorize the Patriot Act in a form that fails to address essential concerns about the protection of civil liberties, Wisconsin Senator Russ ...
Mar 2, 2006 / John Nichols
SF’s For Impeachment, But Not Nancy Pelosi SF’s For Impeachment, But Not Nancy Pelosi
San Francisco's Board of Supervisors is not the first local government body to pass a resolution calling for the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Cheney, nor will ...
Mar 2, 2006 / John Nichols
Support the Troops? Start by Listening to Them Support the Troops? Start by Listening to Them
According to the military newspaper Stars and Stripes, a new poll shows that 72 percent of U.S. troops serving in Iraq favor complete withdrawal from that country within a year. ...
Mar 1, 2006 / John Nichols