“Energy’s on the Anti-Iraq Side” “Energy’s on the Anti-Iraq Side”
It is not often that this column pays tribute to former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. But the man who in 1994 played a pivotal role in putting the Republican Party in control of bo...
Aug 5, 2005 / John Nichols
Cheney’s Deadly ‘Last Throes’ Cheney’s Deadly ‘Last Throes’
Vice President Dick Cheney, who predicted on the eve of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, that Americans would be "greeted as liberators," has in recent weeks been peddling a new line of...
Aug 3, 2005 / John Nichols
Call the President an “SOB,” Win Votes Call the President an “SOB,” Win Votes
"Two months ago, the special election race in the 2nd Congressional District, which stretches across seven southern Ohio counties, was expected to be a low-key affair, a near-auto...
Aug 3, 2005 / John Nichols
The Bolton Embarrassment The Bolton Embarrassment
When the United States sought to be a true world leader, as opposed to a petulant global bully, this country's seat at the United Nations was occupied by great men and women. Cons...
Aug 1, 2005 / John Nichols
Cox in the Henhouse Cox in the Henhouse
Even his supporters acknowledged that former U.S. Rep. Christopher Cox was a controversial nominee to chair the Securities and Exchange Commission. A former corporate lawyer who h...
Jul 31, 2005 / John Nichols
Being Like Bernie Being Like Bernie
Socialist Bernie Sanders seems set to win one of the few US Senate seats next year where no incumbent is running.
Jul 28, 2005 / Feature / John Nichols
CAFTA Vote Outs “Bush Democrats” CAFTA Vote Outs “Bush Democrats”
The Central American Free Trade Agreement, which was such a high priority for the Bush administration that the president personally lobbied Congressional Republicans on the issue ...
Jul 28, 2005 / John Nichols
Labor Gets Tough on CAFTA Labor Gets Tough on CAFTA
Let's be clear: Any member of Congress who votes for the Central American Free Trade Agreement has signaled their disregard for labor, environmental, farm, consumer and human righ...
Jul 27, 2005 / John Nichols
Patriot Games Patriot Games
If House Democrats had stuck together in opposition to moves by the Bush administration to reauthorize the worst elements of the Patriot Act, the legislation would have been defea...
Jul 22, 2005 / John Nichols
Another Activist Judge Another Activist Judge
In 1999, when he was trying to appeal to the conservative base that would eventually deliver the Republican presidential nomination to him, Candidate George W. Bush said the Supre...
Jul 20, 2005 / John Nichols