Dems Aren’t Urgent Enough About Withdrawal Dems Aren’t Urgent Enough About Withdrawal
If we accept scientific estimates of the Iraqi death toll since the U.S. invasion of that country, as detailed in the British medical journal The Lancet, then it is fair to say th...
Mar 8, 2007 / John Nichols
Vermont Votes to Impeach Bush/Cheney Vermont Votes to Impeach Bush/Cheney
When Vermont Governor Jim Douglas, a Republican with reasonably close ties to President Bush, asked if there was any additional business to be considered at the town meeting he wa...
Mar 7, 2007 / John Nichols
The Next Mission: Removing a Tyrant The Next Mission: Removing a Tyrant
RUTLAND, Vt. -- Over the weekend, I traveled Vermont with three of the most remarkable defenders of democracy I have met in a long time: former Army Sgt. Drew Cameron, former Mari...
Mar 6, 2007 / John Nichols
Vermont Puts Impeachment on the Table Vermont Puts Impeachment on the Table
NEWFANE, Vermont -- Cindy Sheehan and I are traveling Vermont this weekend, stopping in close to a dozen towns from Burlington to Brattleboro, to talk about why we think the presi...
Mar 2, 2007 / John Nichols
Arthur Schlesinger Vs. The Imperial President Arthur Schlesinger Vs. The Imperial President
"The good historian does not stop with the history. As the situation requires and compels, he goes on to making it."-- John Kenneth Galbraith on the legacy of Arthur Schlesinger J...
Mar 1, 2007 / John Nichols
Nancy Pelosi: Farm Girl Nancy Pelosi: Farm Girl
Nancy Pelosi has proven to be a far more politically savvy Speaker of the House than most of her critics, and some of her fans, expected. This is not to say that she has done enou...
Feb 27, 2007 / John Nichols
Announcing Al Gore Announcing Al Gore
No, Al Gore did not make any major announcements Sunday night. But he certainly did not still speculation about the prospect that he might yet enter the 2008 presidential race. T...
Feb 26, 2007 / John Nichols
Cheney’s New Front in War on Reality Cheney’s New Front in War on Reality
When the Bush administration was asking in 2002 for Congressional approval of a resolution authorizing the use of force against Iraq, Vice President Cheney told the national conve...
Feb 24, 2007 / John Nichols
Hillary’s Stalking Horse Leaves the Field Hillary’s Stalking Horse Leaves the Field
Having served his none-too-subtle role in the grand scheme of the 2OO8 presidential competition -- keeping as many Iowa Democrats as possible "locked up" until New York Senator Hi...
Feb 23, 2007 / John Nichols
Cheney: Thanks for Cutting and Running Cheney: Thanks for Cutting and Running
Vice President Dick Cheney, keeping as far from federal prosecutors as possible these days, arrived in Japan Wednesday to officially thank that country for supporting the Bush-Che...
Feb 22, 2007 / John Nichols