What Rosa Parks Gave America What Rosa Parks Gave America
In 1776, the Continental Congress awarded the first Congressional Gold Medal of Honor to General George Washington, a bold and determined man who had the courage to lead his count...
Oct 25, 2005 / John Nichols
A (True) Conservative Case for Exiting Iraq A (True) Conservative Case for Exiting Iraq
George Bush, who once criticized Ronald Reagan's approach to terrorism, is now making a desperate grab for the former president's coattails. In August, Bush said that, because of...
Oct 22, 2005 / John Nichols
Sweeping Up Ohio Sweeping Up Ohio
There's a way to cure Ohio's dysfunctional electoral system: an election-reform referendum that allows creation of "swing districts."
Oct 20, 2005 / Feature / John Nichols
Kaine Country Kaine Country
It's a tight race, but if Tim Kaine becomes the next governor of Virginia, Democrats gain what they desperately need to win back Congress: a big win in a Southern state.
Oct 20, 2005 / Feature / John Nichols
Case Against Cheney Case Against Cheney
Well, of course, the investigation of who leaked CIA agent Valerie Plame's name -- violating the federal law that bars the "outing" of intelligence operatives -- has come around t...
Oct 18, 2005 / John Nichols
George Bush Gives Up George Bush Gives Up
George Bush has given up. We should have seen this coming. During the first debate of the fall 2004 campaign, a weary and frustrated Bush repeatedly referred to how the presidenc...
Oct 16, 2005 / John Nichols
Anti-Bush in the Afterlife Anti-Bush in the Afterlife
Sally Baron is not alone in the afterlife. The Wisconsin woman whose August, 2003, obituary created a nation sensation with Americans who had come to resent George W. Bush's disr...
Oct 10, 2005 / John Nichols
A Mess of George Bush’s Own Making A Mess of George Bush’s Own Making
It is fair to say that a good many Americans perceive George W. Bush to be a doltish incompetent who does not know the first thing about fighting terrorism. But, whatever the pre...
Oct 6, 2005 / John Nichols
Not Since Nixon Not Since Nixon
More than three decades have passed since a President nominated someone without judicial experience to serve on the US Supreme Court. The last such nominations--those of William...
Oct 3, 2005 / John Nichols
Indicting the President’s Policies Indicting the President’s Policies
In Washington, where it is exceeding difficult to get the political players or the press corps to pay attention to more than one story at once, no0 one would suggest that it was "...
Sep 30, 2005 / John Nichols