Well, Yes, The Government Is Spying On Us Well, Yes, The Government Is Spying On Us
The revelation that the National Security Agency (NSA) has been intercepting Americans' emails and phone calls in what the New York Times terms a "significant and systemic" manner...
Apr 17, 2009 / John Nichols
Seat Senator Franken Seat Senator Franken
It's time for the GOP to end this charade.
Apr 15, 2009 / John Nichols
Hark! Teabaggers! Beware The Tories In Your Ranks Hark! Teabaggers! Beware The Tories In Your Ranks
Sam Adams and the more radical of his Boston compatriots would, presumably, have been bemused by the image of conservatively-clad Middle Americans recalling the revolutionary acts...
Apr 15, 2009 / John Nichols
Socialists Take Over Congress (A GOP Fairy Tale) Socialists Take Over Congress (A GOP Fairy Tale)
Alabama Congressman Spencer Bachus, who despite an uncanny naivete regarding matters economic is the ranking Republican on the powerful House Financial Services Committee, is all ...
Apr 12, 2009 / John Nichols
Ahoy, Obama! They’s Pirates Aplenty in These Waters Ahoy, Obama! They’s Pirates Aplenty in These Waters
Forget the economy! Vice President Joe Biden says the White House is working "around the clock" on the problem of piracy in the Gulf of Aden and on the Indian Ocean. Asked by a ...
Apr 9, 2009 / John Nichols
Springtime for Marriage Equality: First Iowa, Now Vermont, DC Springtime for Marriage Equality: First Iowa, Now Vermont, DC
In spring, they say, human hearts incline toward love. And from the Midwest to New England, the love that once dared not speak its name is being formally recognized and celebrated...
Apr 7, 2009 / John Nichols
House Members to Obama: Rethink Afghanistan Surge House Members to Obama: Rethink Afghanistan Surge
Congressional Democrats and Republicans are signing on to a letter urging President Obama to reconsider his plan to surge tens of thousands of additional U.S. troops into Afghanis...
Apr 2, 2009 / John Nichols
Referendum on Obama Policies Yields a Virtual Tie Referendum on Obama Policies Yields a Virtual Tie
The most closely-watched election test yet faced by the young Obama administration has yielded an inconclusive result with 100 percent of the vote counted. In the upstate New Yor...
Apr 1, 2009 / John Nichols
Auto Gets Tough Love, While Wall Street Feels the Love Auto Gets Tough Love, While Wall Street Feels the Love
Of course, General Motors CEO Rick Rick Wagoner was incapable of running a major auto company. Aside from a name that sounded like a Jeep model, Wagoner brought nothing to the Ame...
Mar 31, 2009 / John Nichols
A J’accuse for CAP, MoveOn Afghanistan Silence A J’accuse for CAP, MoveOn Afghanistan Silence
President Obama went on CBS News' "Face the Nation" Sunday to make the case for his great big war in Afghanistan. The good news is that Obama says, "What I will not do is to simp...
Mar 29, 2009 / John Nichols