John Nichols

National Affairs Correspondent

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John Nichols is a national affairs correspondent for The Nation. He has written, cowritten, or edited over a dozen books on topics ranging from histories of American socialism and the Democratic Party to analyses of US and global media systems. His latest, cowritten with Senator Bernie Sanders, is the New York Times bestseller It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism.

Former Senator Larry Craig, R-Bathroom Former Senator Larry Craig, R-Bathroom

After forcing Idaho Senator Larry Craig to resign for the twin "crimes" of being a fool and appearing to be gay, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, tried as hard ...

Sep 1, 2007 / John Nichols

Evolution in Texas — On the Death Penalty Evolution in Texas — On the Death Penalty

There are many Americans who do not believe in evolution. And it is probably fair to say that a disproportionate number of them reside in Texas. But it is from Texas that we gain ...

Aug 30, 2007 / John Nichols

Attorney General Bruce Fein Attorney General Bruce Fein

It is likely -- though not entirely certain in these tumultuous times for the dangerously adrift Bush-Cheney administration -- that the next Attorney General of the United States ...

Aug 28, 2007 / John Nichols

Gonzales Goes But Investigation Must Continue Gonzales Goes But Investigation Must Continue

Facing the prospect of increasingly aggressive congressional inquiries into his politicization of the Department of Justice, as well as an energetic House push for his impeachment...

Aug 27, 2007 / John Nichols

GOP Attacks John Warner for Failing to Echo George Bush GOP Attacks John Warner for Failing to Echo George Bush

Here is how things work today at the top levels of the party of Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt and Dwight Eisenhower. One of the Republican party's most prominent senators, a fo...

Aug 24, 2007 / John Nichols

Bush Versus I.F. Stone… and Eisenhower Bush Versus I.F. Stone… and Eisenhower

Something tells me that President Bush did not write the speech he gave today to the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Kansas City. For one thing, it was relatively coherent. ...

Aug 22, 2007 / John Nichols

Cheney Opts for Monarchy Cheney Opts for Monarchy

Dick Cheney has left little doubt about the branch of government he would prefer to serve in: the monarchy. Unfortunately, as a citizen of a republic that rejected the divine righ...

Aug 22, 2007 / John Nichols

For Rove to Imply He Didn’t Leak Plame’s Identity Is “Nonsense” For Rove to Imply He Didn’t Leak Plame’s Identity Is “Nonsense”

Karl Rove is working feverishly to rewrite history in the few remaining days before he is no longer taking taxpayer money to do the political work of the Bush-Cheney administration...

Aug 20, 2007 / John Nichols

Obama Attacked for Being Right About Afghanistan Obama Attacked for Being Right About Afghanistan

The Republican National Committee has for some time now made itself the mouthpiece for extreme pro-war rhetoric, despite the fact that substantial numbers of Republicans – some ...

Aug 19, 2007 / John Nichols

The Worst House Speaker in American History The Worst House Speaker in American History

Dennis Hastert, who served eight years as the most lamentable Speaker of the House in the chamber's history, began a slow exit from the Congress Friday. It was on that day that th...

Aug 16, 2007 / John Nichols

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