It Is Time For “A National Inquest” It Is Time For “A National Inquest”
In May of 1972, when then-President Richard Nixon was riding as high as he ever would politically, anti-war activists attempted to place an advertisement in The New York Times urg...
Nov 6, 2007 / John Nichols
Judiciary Panel OK’s Waterboarding, Er, Mukasey Judiciary Panel OK’s Waterboarding, Er, Mukasey
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday morning approved President Bush's nomination of former Federal Judge Michael Mukasey to replace Alberto Gonzales as Attorney General. Muk...
Nov 6, 2007 / John Nichols
Mukasey Is (Much) Worse Than Gonzales Mukasey Is (Much) Worse Than Gonzales
George Bush's nominee to replace disgraced former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, retired Federal Judge Michael B. Mukasey, must be rejected by the Senate Judiciary Committee f...
Nov 4, 2007 / John Nichols
Calling the Question — In the House — on Impeaching Cheney Calling the Question — In the House — on Impeaching Cheney
Broadcast media's gate-keeping "stars" have done just about everything in their power to keep the matter of presidential accountability off the radar of the American people. That ...
Nov 2, 2007 / John Nichols
Frances Moore Lappé’s Recipe for Radical Renewal Frances Moore Lappé’s Recipe for Radical Renewal
Frances Moore Lappé has, for the better part of four decades, done her very best to guide the United States toward a more rational relationship with the planet and its inhabitant...
Nov 1, 2007 / John Nichols
No Treats for FCC Chair and Media Monopolists No Treats for FCC Chair and Media Monopolists
Federal Communications Commission chair Kevin Martin is doing everything he can to prevent public input that would challenge his rush to have the commission radically rewrite medi...
Oct 31, 2007 / John Nichols
DEM DEBATE: Edwards, Not Obama, Hits Clinton Hardest, Smartest DEM DEBATE: Edwards, Not Obama, Hits Clinton Hardest, Smartest
It was supposed to be the night Barack Obama took Hillary Clinton down. But, when all was said and done, Obama was a bystander. The opening question in Tuesday's Democratic presi...
Oct 31, 2007 / John Nichols
Going Postal: Arguing for Media Diversity, Debate & Democracy Going Postal: Arguing for Media Diversity, Debate & Democracy
Those of us at The Nation have been banging on for some months about the issue of postage rates. In particular, we've been expressing deep concern about the radical restructuring ...
Oct 30, 2007 / John Nichols
Al Gore: The Write-In Front-Runner Al Gore: The Write-In Front-Runner
A funny thing happened when the Deaniacs were asked to decide who they might want to back for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination. The supporters of the 2004 presidential...
Oct 29, 2007 / John Nichols
Bush, Cheney, Rice and Kucinich on Iran Bush, Cheney, Rice and Kucinich on Iran
Those echoes that Americans are hearing in the noisy-and-getting-noisier debate about Iran are from 2002 and 2003, when members of the current administration were busy spinning th...
Oct 25, 2007 / John Nichols