Senate Rejects F-22 Boondoggle Senate Rejects F-22 Boondoggle
After years of rubberstamping even the most ridiculously expensive and unnecessary allocations to enrich defense contractors -- and in so doing extend the reach of the military-in...
Jul 21, 2009 / John Nichols
Walter Cronkite: Definitional Journalist Saw Big Media’s Flaws Walter Cronkite: Definitional Journalist Saw Big Media’s Flaws
Walter Cronkite was the the most serious of serious journalists. The former CBS anchorman cared not just about the next story but about the future of reporting in a country where...
Jul 17, 2009 / John Nichols
A Real Win for Single-Payer Advocates A Real Win for Single-Payer Advocates
Canada did not establish its national health care program with a bold, immediate political move by the federal government. The initial progress came at the provincial level, led ...
Jul 17, 2009 / John Nichols
Republicans Throw in Towel in Sotomayor Fight Republicans Throw in Towel in Sotomayor Fight
How well did Judge Sonia Sotomayor do at her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee? Well enough to get Senate Republicans to throw in the towel. The committ...
Jul 16, 2009 / John Nichols
Klobuchar’s Contribution: Talking Law With Sotomayor Klobuchar’s Contribution: Talking Law With Sotomayor
Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar brought something rare and valuable to the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the Supreme Court nomination of Sonia Sotomayor: a savvy questioni...
Jul 15, 2009 / John Nichols
Cheney, High-Level Wrongdoing Must Be Focus of Inquiries Cheney, High-Level Wrongdoing Must Be Focus of Inquiries
Wisconsin Senator Russ Feingold, the chief critic of executive excess and wrongdoing in the Senate during recent Republican and Democratic administrations, wants Attorney General ...
Jul 15, 2009 / John Nichols
Sotomayor Says Roe Is “Settled Law,” Still Gets GOP Props Sotomayor Says Roe Is “Settled Law,” Still Gets GOP Props
The second day of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor's confirmation hearing proceeded as smoothly as the first, even as the judge placed herself firmly in the camp of those who ...
Jul 14, 2009 / John Nichols
GOP Senator Says Attacks on Sotomayor “Mainly About Politics” GOP Senator Says Attacks on Sotomayor “Mainly About Politics”
"Unless you have a complete meltdown, you're going to get confirmed," South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham told Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. "And I don't think you wil...
Jul 13, 2009 / John Nichols
The Balance Begins to Tip Against Cheney The Balance Begins to Tip Against Cheney
With new revelations about the former veep ordering the CIA to lie to Congress, Democrats finally start talking about an investigation that could hold him to account.
Jul 13, 2009 / Feature / John Nichols
Holder Launches Torture-Inquiry Trial Balloon Holder Launches Torture-Inquiry Trial Balloon
Quick, to the political dictionary. Look up the phrase "trial balloon." Next to it you will find a photograph of Attorney General Eric Holder.
Jul 12, 2009 / John Nichols