John Nichols

National Affairs Correspondent

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John Nichols is a national affairs correspondent for The Nation. He has written, cowritten, or edited over a dozen books on topics ranging from histories of American socialism and the Democratic Party to analyses of US and global media systems. His latest, cowritten with Senator Bernie Sanders, is the New York Times bestseller It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism.

The Rule of Law versus The Rule of Cheney The Rule of Law versus The Rule of Cheney

In the moment of executive excess, when abuses of the powers of the presidency and -- thanks to Dick Cheney's contributions to the crisis -- the vice presidency are so threatening...

Feb 22, 2006 / John Nichols

Carter: Don’t Punish the Palestinians Carter: Don’t Punish the Palestinians

The yahoo crowd that runs U.S. foreign policy has been struggling to figure out how to get to the right of Israeli's Likud Party when it comes to countering the decision of the Pal...

Feb 21, 2006 / John Nichols

Corporate Control of Ports Is the Problem — UPDATED Corporate Control of Ports Is the Problem — UPDATED

The problem with the Bush administration's support for a move by a United Arab Emirates-based firm to take over operation of six major American ports -- as well as the shipment of...

Feb 21, 2006 / John Nichols

“He Ain’t Kinky, He’s My Governor.” “He Ain’t Kinky, He’s My Governor.”

In this era of ever-more-cautious electioneering, when consultants counsel contenders to stick to the safe, narrow and drab on the warped theory that the lowest common denominator...

Feb 20, 2006 / John Nichols

More Support for Impeachment Inquiry More Support for Impeachment Inquiry

The list of House members who have signed on as cosponsors of U.S. Representative John Conyers' resolution calling for the establishment of select committee that would examine whet...

Feb 18, 2006 / John Nichols

Lonely Defenders of Civil Liberties Lonely Defenders of Civil Liberties

In the first of what will be a number of critical votes on renewal of the Patriot Act, only three members of the U.S. Senate supported Russ Feingold's effort to prevent enactment o...

Feb 16, 2006 / John Nichols

Connecting the Dots of Cheney’s Crimes Connecting the Dots of Cheney’s Crimes

Goodness gracious! Could it be that comedians are doing a better job of connecting the dots regarding Dick Cheney's high crimes and misdemeanors than are the unintentionally ridic...

Feb 16, 2006 / John Nichols

Feingold’s Frustrating Fight to Fix Patriot Act Feingold’s Frustrating Fight to Fix Patriot Act

The Patriot Act needs to be reformed so that it can serve as a legitimate national security tool without undermining basic liberties. That's the view of legal scholars, civil liber...

Feb 15, 2006 / John Nichols

Cheney, “A Beer or Two” and a Gun — UPDATED Cheney, “A Beer or Two” and a Gun — UPDATED

Vice President Dick Cheney, who was forced to leave Yale University because his penchant for late-night beer drinking exceeded his devotion to his studies, and who is one of the s...

Feb 15, 2006 / John Nichols

John Edwards Should Do a Truman John Edwards Should Do a Truman

In her "Editor's Cut" call for the establishment of an independent commission to investigate war profiteering by U.S. corporations -- operating on the ground in Iraq and ...

Feb 14, 2006 / John Nichols

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