Bigotry, Lies and the GOP Bigotry, Lies and the GOP
Rick Santorum is a bigot. And, like others bigots before him, he seeks to promote his views be claiming the American people face "threats" that do not exist. Santorum, the Penns...
Apr 24, 2003 / John Nichols
The Boss Defends Dissenters The Boss Defends Dissenters
"America has entered one of its periods of historical madness," argues author John Le Carré, who suggests that the current drive by conservatives in Congress and their media alli...
Apr 23, 2003 / John Nichols
Topple the War Profiteers Topple the War Profiteers
In 1917, at the height of World War I, Wisconsin Sen. Robert M. La Follette caused quite a stir when he suggested that one of the best ways to support the US troops fighting in Eu...
Apr 20, 2003 / John Nichols
Riots? Looting? “Stuff Happens” Riots? Looting? “Stuff Happens”
Suppose rioters were wrecking an American city, looting its hospitals and destroying one of the greatest museums in the world.And imagine if, as this happened, one of the nation's...
Apr 14, 2003 / John Nichols
The War Democrats The War Democrats
The Democratic Leadership Council, the lost-inside-the-Beltway group that last fall championed the disastrous Democratic strategy of cozying up to the Bush Administration on mi...
Apr 10, 2003 / John Nichols
Wellstone’s Graceless Replacement Wellstone’s Graceless Replacement
A year ago this spring, I spent several days in Minnesota trailing US Sen. Paul Wellstone as he campaigned for a third term. Wellstone, the most progressive Democrat in the Senate...
Apr 9, 2003 / John Nichols
Republicans at War — With Kerry Republicans at War — With Kerry
Ever since US forces marched into Iraq, conservatives in Congress and their media stenographers have been at war with Americans who fail to read from the Bush Administration's pol...
Apr 8, 2003 / John Nichols
War with Syria? Iran? No Way, Say Brits War with Syria? Iran? No Way, Say Brits
Americans who have tried to get the Bush Administration to listen to their concerns regarding war with Iraq will sympathize with the millions of British citizens who have expresse...
Apr 3, 2003 / John Nichols
Preaching the Party Line Preaching the Party Line
In the old Soviet bloc states, the official line of the ruling elites did not always come from the government itself. Often it was delivered by journalists who would amplify the p...
Mar 31, 2003 / John Nichols
‘Shoot Movies, Not Iraqis’ ‘Shoot Movies, Not Iraqis’
Well, we can rest assured that the Academy Awards voting is not rigged. Going into Sunday night's Oscars' ceremony, it was a safe bet that, if the people who run the movie-indust...
Mar 24, 2003 / John Nichols