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
Against the Hijacking of Patriotism Against the Hijacking of Patriotism
"In all good conscience, I cannot and will not vote for a resolution that supports and endorses a failed policy that led us to war," declared US Rep. John Lewis, D-Georgia, as he ...
Mar 22, 2003 / John Nichols
Rachel Corrie’s Echo Rachel Corrie’s Echo
In the last note that 23-year-old American college student Rachel Corrie wrote to her father from a Palestinian community on the Gaza Strip, she thanked Craig Corrie for stepping ...
Mar 20, 2003 / John Nichols
Antiwar America Antiwar America
"This is what democracy looks like" chanted twenty-four antiwar demonstrators as they were arrested outside Toledo's Navy and Air Force recruitment office on the day George W.
Mar 20, 2003 / John Nichols
A War Begun in Failure A War Begun in Failure
It appears that George W. Bush will get his war. But it will be a war begun in failure. Even as Republican and Democratic Congressional leaders in the United States dutifully sign...
Mar 18, 2003 / John Nichols
Harkin Stumps for Peace Harkin Stumps for Peace
No one has made life on the campaign trail more difficult for several of the frontrunning candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination than US Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa. L...
Mar 13, 2003 / John Nichols
Building Cities for Peace Building Cities for Peace
How an antiwar initiative is turning into a way to strengthen democracy.
Mar 13, 2003 / Feature / John Nichols