Check and Balance Cheney’s Choice Check and Balance Cheney’s Choice
George W. Bush has chosen a nominee to replace ousted Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill. More precisely, the president has rubber-stamped a selection made by Vice President Dick Che...
Dec 21, 2002 / John Nichols
Between a Rock and a Hardass Between a Rock and a Hardass
Trent Lott is at the bottom of a deep hole, and he is digging like crazy. Every time the Dixiecrat cheerleader denies his Confederate tendencies, he comes out looking a little mor...
Dec 19, 2002 / John Nichols
Gore’s Gone, But Will Dems Freshen Up? Gore’s Gone, But Will Dems Freshen Up?
Poor Al Gore, he never could get presidential politics right. Just as the former vice president and 2000 Democratic nominee for the top job was starting to take some of the bold s...
Dec 16, 2002 / John Nichols
The Three Mile Island of Biotech? The Three Mile Island of Biotech?
When plants in Nebraska carrying swine diarrhea drugs mingled with food for humans, all hell broke loose.
Dec 12, 2002 / Feature / John Nichols
Trent Lott’s “Uptown Klan” Trent Lott’s “Uptown Klan”
The incredible thing about the controversy surrounding soon-to-be Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott's kissing up to the racist legacy of Strom Thurmond is that anyone thinks it is...
Dec 12, 2002 / John Nichols
A Democrat Wins by Running Against Bush A Democrat Wins by Running Against Bush
"The light has shown that the Democratic Party is alive and well and united,"Louisiana U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu shouted over the weekend, as she celebratedher victory in the last S...
Dec 9, 2002 / John Nichols
Kissinger? Kissinger? Kissinger? Kissinger?
If President Bush had set out to undermine the credibility of the commission charged with probing the intelligence and security flaws that allowed the September 11, 2001, terroris...
Nov 28, 2002 / John Nichols
The Poindextering of Privacy Rights The Poindextering of Privacy Rights
Back in the days when the United States government was overtly and covertly assisting Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and the most extreme Muslim fundamentalists in Afghanistan, US...
Nov 21, 2002 / John Nichols
Gore Switches Gears on Health-Care Gore Switches Gears on Health-Care
When the Clinton-Gore administration attempted to reform the nation's approach to financing health care in 1993 and 1994, the one proposal that administration aides always rejecte...
Nov 15, 2002 / John Nichols
And Now the Good News And Now the Good News
CORRECTION: John Eder of Maine, a Green, won state, not national, office.
Nov 14, 2002 / John Nichols