Obama’s “Finish the Job” Talk Sets Stage for Afghan Troop Surge Obama’s “Finish the Job” Talk Sets Stage for Afghan Troop Surge
President Obama plans to formally announce on December 1 his decision with regard to the request from some of his more ambitious generals for a massive troop surge in Afghanistan....
Nov 25, 2009 / John Nichols
How to Save Journalism How to Save Journalism
To save news media, stop blaming the Internet and start thinking about how subsidies could revive a public good.
Nov 24, 2009 / John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney
Reagan Would Fail “Purity Test” Proposed for GOP Reagan Would Fail “Purity Test” Proposed for GOP
The most rigidly conservatives members of the Republican National Committee are circulating a proposal to establish a purity test for the party's candidates. If adopted, the part...
Nov 24, 2009 / John Nichols
Health Care Bill Advances, as Harry Reid Trumps Sarah Palin Health Care Bill Advances, as Harry Reid Trumps Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin may have the headlines. But Harry Reid has a health-care reform bill, and it is advancing. Indeed, with Saturday night's 60-39 Senate vote to open a historic debate o...
Nov 21, 2009 / John Nichols
Bill Moyers Tells a Tale of Two Quagmires: Vietnam & Afghanistan Bill Moyers Tells a Tale of Two Quagmires: Vietnam & Afghanistan
Bill Moyers, who was at the side of President Lyndon Johnson at the time when disastrous decisions were being made to escalate the U.S. presence in the quagmire that was Vietnam, ...
Nov 21, 2009 / John Nichols
House Rebels Force Fed Audit, Real Economy Onto Agenda House Rebels Force Fed Audit, Real Economy Onto Agenda
The secretive Federal Reserve, former lair of "masters of the universe" like Alan Greenspan and Tim Geithner and current engine of a Wall-Street-first, Main-Street-last "recovery,...
Nov 20, 2009 / John Nichols
Senate Health Bill Rejects Anti-Choice Extremes Senate Health Bill Rejects Anti-Choice Extremes
The Senate healthcare bill unveiled Wednesday night by Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nevada, is not exactly the cure for all of what ails America. But the 2,074-page document sig...
Nov 19, 2009 / John Nichols
GM “Recovery” Strategy: Close Plants, Lay Off Workers GM “Recovery” Strategy: Close Plants, Lay Off Workers
The headlines declare that General Motors is "recovering." Despite continuing to lose money at what historically would have been identified as an astronomical rate, the auto comp...
Nov 18, 2009 / John Nichols
Congress Can Move Now to Prevent Layoffs, Plant Closings Congress Can Move Now to Prevent Layoffs, Plant Closings
Recognizing the social, economic and political threat posed by double-digit unemployment numbers, and by the prospect that those numbers are continuing to rise, key Democratic sen...
Nov 17, 2009 / John Nichols
Democrats to Obama: Get Out of Afghanistan Democrats to Obama: Get Out of Afghanistan
The California Democratic Party speaks with an loud voice in national politics. It is, by any reasonable measure, the biggest party in the biggest state in the nation. And it is...
Nov 16, 2009 / John Nichols