Gore to Address “Constitutional Crisis” Gore to Address “Constitutional Crisis”
It sounds as if Al Gore is about to deliver what could be not just one of the more significant speeches of his political career but an essential challenge to the embattled preside...
Jan 13, 2006 / John Nichols
Alito Testimony Swings Pro-Choice GOPers — Against Him Alito Testimony Swings Pro-Choice GOPers — Against Him
Confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominees should always be about more than the abortion debate. And the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on the nomination of Judge Samue...
Jan 12, 2006 / John Nichols
“Principled” Embrace of Abramoff “Principled” Embrace of Abramoff
Best response to the Abramoff Scandal? That's easy. As just about everyone else in Congress is rushing to dispose of campaign contributions received from GOP super-lobbyist and co...
Jan 9, 2006 / John Nichols
Senators Should Press Alito on Bush v. Gore Senators Should Press Alito on Bush v. Gore
When the Senate Judiciary Committee begins questioning Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito this week, Americans will again be reminded of the limitations of the confirmation proces...
Jan 9, 2006 / John Nichols
Samuel Alito v. James Madison Samuel Alito v. James Madison
No member of the Senate who takes seriously the oath they have sworn to defend the Constitution will vote to confirm judicial activist Samuel Alito's nomination to serve on the U....
Jan 6, 2006 / John Nichols
Jack Abramoff and the Politics of 2006 Jack Abramoff and the Politics of 2006
By any serious definition of the word, Republican super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff is a rat. His decision to enter guilty pleas Tuesday to three felony counts of defrauding his own cl...
Jan 3, 2006 / John Nichols
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