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.

Look to The Onion for Accurate War Coverage Look to The Onion for Accurate War Coverage

Sometimes, only The Onion gets it right. The satirical weekly, which does for print journalism what Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" does for cable news, finished off 2005 with ...

Jan 2, 2006 / John Nichols

The Most Valuable Progressives of 2005 The Most Valuable Progressives of 2005

It is hard to complain about a year that began with George Bush bragging about spending the "political capital" he felt he had earned with his dubious reelection and ended with th...

Dec 28, 2005 / John Nichols

Short Peace In A Terrible War Short Peace In A Terrible War

Alfred Anderson died last month at the very ripe old age of 109. But it was not the Scotsman's many years that made him remarkable at the end of his long life. It was that, to hi...

Dec 24, 2005 / John Nichols

Bush Backs Down on Patriot Act Bush Backs Down on Patriot Act

U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold, who four years ago stood alone in the Senate to defend the Bill of Rights, finished this year by scoring a dramatic win in his fight to preserve civil lib...

Dec 22, 2005 / John Nichols

Raising the Issue of Impeachment Raising the Issue of Impeachment

As President Bush and his aides scramble to explain new revelations regarding Bush's authorization of spying on the international telephone calls and emails of Americans, the rank...

Dec 20, 2005 / John Nichols

Cheney’s Cheerleading Falls Flat Cheney’s Cheerleading Falls Flat

Even as President Bush was trying, once more on Sunday, to spin the fantasy that the Iraq invasion and occupation are some kind of success, Vice President Dick Cheney's visit to I...

Dec 19, 2005 / John Nichols

Feingold Beats Bush In Patriot Act Fight Feingold Beats Bush In Patriot Act Fight

Four years ago, U.S. Senator Russ Feingold distinguished himself as the Senate's premier defender of the Constitution, when he cast the chamber's sole vote against enactment of th...

Dec 16, 2005 / John Nichols

Run, Lowell, Run Run, Lowell, Run

George W. Bush has a new favorite senator: Joe Lieberman. As part of his "I've-Got-a-Secret-Plan-That's-Just-As-Good-As-Nixon's" stump tour to shore up sagging support for his wa...

Dec 15, 2005 / John Nichols

Bush: “I’m Responsible” — Sort Of — For War Bush: “I’m Responsible” — Sort Of — For War

In the latest of his speeches on the Iraq imbroglio, President Bush did something that is highly unusual for him. He acknowledged personal responsibility for actions taken by his...

Dec 14, 2005 / John Nichols

The Limits of Power The Limits of Power

Sometime in the mid-1990s, after it had become quite clear that Bill Clinton's presidency would deliver rather less than had been hoped, and when it was becoming clear that Newt G...

Dec 12, 2005 / John Nichols

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