Let Limbaugh Hate, Let Kennedy Have the Last Laugh Let Limbaugh Hate, Let Kennedy Have the Last Laugh
Richard Nixon, when asked his opinion of an up-and-coming Texan named George Herbert Walker Bush, famously replied with casual disinterest, observing that Bush was alright as ambi...
Mar 7, 2009 / John Nichols
Tom Geoghegan’s Run Tom Geoghegan’s Run
Tom Geoghegan may not have prevailed at the polls, but he won the ideas primary.
Mar 5, 2009 / John Nichols
On Bush, Cheney Crimes: Seek Truth and Accountability On Bush, Cheney Crimes: Seek Truth and Accountability
Senate Judiciary Committee chair Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont, deserves credit for pressing ahead with his modest proposal to establish a truth and reconciliation commission to review...
Mar 4, 2009 / John Nichols
Geoghegan Loses an Election, But May Yet Win Battle of Ideas Geoghegan Loses an Election, But May Yet Win Battle of Ideas
Tom Geoghegan, the author whose big-ideas candidacy to fill White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel's Chicago congressional seat drew broad support from writers and liberal blogg...
Mar 4, 2009 / John Nichols
A Campaign. An Idea. A New Political Paradigm A Campaign. An Idea. A New Political Paradigm
CHICAGO -- "This is an election that is trying to set a paradigm for a progressive politics, post-meltdown candidacy," says Tom Geoghegan as braves lake-effect snow and diving tem...
Mar 1, 2009 / John Nichols
Hate Movie Night at the Capitol Hate Movie Night at the Capitol
Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders -- a politician whose penchant for over-the-top self promotion exceeds that of global past masters such as Binyamin Netanyahu, Tony Blair and J...
Feb 26, 2009 / John Nichols
Obama Offers a Comprehensive “Yes, We Can!” Obama Offers a Comprehensive “Yes, We Can!”
Barack Obama's not-a-State of the Union address sounded precisely like a State of the Union address, as the president offered a sober assessment of a recession that "is real and (...
Feb 24, 2009 / John Nichols
A Popular Obama Takes to the Bully Pulpit A Popular Obama Takes to the Bully Pulpit
What Barack Obama is going to deliver to Congress tonight is not -- repeat not -- a State of the Union address. But the president will make it sound like one. Obama will use the...
Feb 24, 2009 / John Nichols
A Win for Sean Penn A Win for Sean Penn
As was only appropriate considering the political content of the film "Milk," this writer was campaigning for Sean Penn in the Oscar race. Penn won. And the actor pulled no punc...
Feb 22, 2009 / John Nichols
Renew Auto Industry? Start With Real Health Reform Renew Auto Industry? Start With Real Health Reform
General Motors, and what is left of Chrysler, are back asking for another government bailout. And Americans who recognize that an auto industry is a good deal more vital to the co...
Feb 20, 2009 / John Nichols