John Nichols

National Affairs Correspondent

@NicholsUprising

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.

A Healthy Dose of Reality for Mr. Bush A Healthy Dose of Reality for Mr. Bush

Just as they did following the memorial service for Senator Paul Wellstone in 2002, Republican operatives and their acolytes in the media are now claiming that there was something...

Feb 8, 2006 / John Nichols

Lieberman’s Lapdog Act Not Playing Well Lieberman’s Lapdog Act Not Playing Well

It is no secret that Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman is President Bush's favorite Democrat. With his see-no-evil, hear-no-evil, admit-no-evil defense of the administration's ...

Feb 7, 2006 / John Nichols

A Boehner in the Henhouse A Boehner in the Henhouse

Newly-selected House Majority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, is getting some remarkably good press, considering his remarkably sordid political pedigree. ABC News referred to the g...

Feb 3, 2006 / John Nichols

Coretta Scott King v. George Walker Bush Coretta Scott King v. George Walker Bush

President Bush may have tried to claim a little bit of the legacy of Coretta Scott King with a warm and generous reference to her passing at the opening of his State of the Union a...

Feb 2, 2006 / John Nichols

The War on T-Shirts The War on T-Shirts

Minutes before the President of the United States would tell the Congress how much he appreciates "responsible criticism and counsel," the mother of a soldier killed in Iraq was d...

Feb 1, 2006 / John Nichols

Dangerous Delusions Dangerous Delusions

The truly tragic thing about George W. Bush's fifth State of the Union address was the president's refusal to acknowledge that anyone might remember what was said in his previous ...

Feb 1, 2006 / John Nichols

Coretta Scott King: Death Penalty Abolitionist Coretta Scott King: Death Penalty Abolitionist

Coretta Scott King, the widow of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., who has died at the age of 78, should be remembered for many brave and selfless deeds. Chief amon...

Jan 31, 2006 / John Nichols

What Bush Needs to Talk About What Bush Needs to Talk About

State of the Union addresses rarely add anything of value to the national discourse. Rather, they are campaign speeches dressed up as major statements of public policy. Until the...

Jan 31, 2006 / John Nichols

Checks, Balances and the Duty to Filibuster Checks, Balances and the Duty to Filibuster

No one runs for the U.S. Senate on the slogan: "Elect me and I will maintain the status quo." No one runs for the U.S. Senate promising to go along to get along. Yet, when push ...

Jan 27, 2006 / John Nichols

Don’t Cry for Canada Don’t Cry for Canada

After the 2004 presidential election in the United States, a lot of liberal Americans looked longingly to the north. Canada, the theory went, was a social democracy with a sane fo...

Jan 26, 2006 / John Nichols

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