GOP Plots to Gay-Bash Craig Out of Senate GOP Plots to Gay-Bash Craig Out of Senate
Idaho Senate Larry Craig is fast becoming the inconvenient truth of Capitol Hill. The senator who first said he would resign after pleading guilty to charges related to an alleged...
Oct 3, 2007 / John Nichols
Blackwater’s Enablers at the State Department Blackwater’s Enablers at the State Department
House Oversight and Government Reform Committee chair Henry Waxman finally got to the heart of the Blackwater contract-killing scandal when he reviewed emails detailing how the U.S...
Oct 2, 2007 / John Nichols
Obama’s Kennedy Vibe Obama’s Kennedy Vibe
What should be at least as intriguing about Obama's campaign as its largesse is the conscious effort by the candidate and his aides to grasp for another form of political gold: the...
Oct 2, 2007 / John Nichols
Congress Quietly Approves Billions More for Iraq War Congress Quietly Approves Billions More for Iraq War
The Senate agreed on Thursday to increase the federal debt limit by $850 billion -- from $8.965 trillion to $9.815 trillion -- and then proceeded to approve a stop-gap spending bi...
Sep 28, 2007 / John Nichols
Democrats: 18 Year Olds Can Fight But Not Drink Democrats: 18 Year Olds Can Fight But Not Drink
One of the thornier issues in American politics is rarely, if ever, discussed at the level of presidential contention. In many states across the country -- including the "Live Fr...
Sep 27, 2007 / John Nichols
Blackwater, Oil and the Colonial Enterprise Blackwater, Oil and the Colonial Enterprise
Blackwater USA's mercenary mission in Iraq is very much in the news this week, and rightly so. The private military contractor's war-for-profit program, which has been so brillian...
Sep 21, 2007 / John Nichols
Bush Loses It With MoveOn Bush Loses It With MoveOn
President Bush has made it clear that he does not read newspapers. And there is little reason to believe that the chief executive spends much time viewing serious news programs be...
Sep 20, 2007 / John Nichols
The Richardson Surge The Richardson Surge
Bill Richardson's edgy, opinionated and sometimes risky campaign is clicking because of his exit-now strategy from Iraq.
Sep 20, 2007 / John Nichols
Habeas Corpus and a Senate Race in Maine Habeas Corpus and a Senate Race in Maine
The United States Senate celebrated this week's 220th anniversary of the Constitution by failing to endorse the restoration of the habeas corpus protections that legal scholar Alb...
Sep 20, 2007 / John Nichols
Skepticism Required in Review of AG Choice Skepticism Required in Review of AG Choice
President Bush's nominee to succeed the most lamentable Attorney General of the United States since Warren Harding's scandal-plagued accomplice, Harry M. Daugherty, is undoubtedly...
Sep 18, 2007 / John Nichols