John Nichols

National Affairs Correspondent

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John Nichols is a national affairs correspondent for The Nation. He has written, cowritten, or edited over a dozen books on topics ranging from histories of American socialism and the Democratic Party to analyses of US and global media systems. His latest, cowritten with Senator Bernie Sanders, is the New York Times bestseller It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism.

Dodd YouTubes Clinton, Obama on War Funding Dodd YouTubes Clinton, Obama on War Funding

Chris Dodd is YouTubing Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama again, and this time it's serious. Indeed, the Connecticut senator is leaving no space for the Democratic presidential fro...

May 24, 2007 / John Nichols

Loyal to the White House, Not the Rule of Law Loyal to the White House, Not the Rule of Law

Regent University School of Law graduate Monica Goodling, whose meteoric rise to the highest levels of the Department of Justice puther in a position to aid and abet a program of ...

May 23, 2007 / John Nichols

Not a “Compromise,” It’s a Blank Check Not a “Compromise,” It’s a Blank Check

The question is not whether House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid flinched in their negotiations with the Bush administration over the continuation of th...

May 23, 2007 / John Nichols

The Call to Impeach Gonzales The Call to Impeach Gonzales

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has lied so many times and in so many circumstances that he now finds himself lying about the lies. All of his deceptive statements have been ut...

May 21, 2007 / John Nichols

Who’s Afraid of Jimmy Carter? George Bush Who’s Afraid of Jimmy Carter? George Bush

How touchy is the Bush administration about criticism? Very touchy, indeed, especially if the source of that criticism is a certain former president. When Jimmy Carter, whose ap...

May 20, 2007 / John Nichols

This Is What the World Bank Looks Like This Is What the World Bank Looks Like

Paul Wolfowitz is and always will be the honest face of the World Bank. True, he may have been forced to resign his presidency for using his influence to post his girlfriend with ...

May 18, 2007 / John Nichols

GOP Senators to Gonzales: Go Already! GOP Senators to Gonzales: Go Already!

"The president still has full confidence in Alberto Gonzales," says White House spokesman Tony Snow. Yikes! The president still has confidence. Even Snow, whose willingness to e...

May 17, 2007 / John Nichols

The Old Time Hypocrisy Hour The Old Time Hypocrisy Hour

The various and sundry Republican presidential contenders will be stumbling over one another tonight--as they debate in South Carolina--and in the days ahead to curry favor with t...

May 15, 2007 / John Nichols

Hagelberg! Bloomha! For ’08! Maybe Hagelberg! Bloomha! For ’08! Maybe

"This country is in trouble. The world is in trouble. And we need some new, fresh, independent ideas to lead this country forward." Sounds a like the opening line from a presiden...

May 14, 2007 / John Nichols

A Browner Shade of Blair? Or Better? A Browner Shade of Blair? Or Better?

LONDON -- Prime Minister Tony Blair will not step down until late June. But, with his announcement that he is leaving politics after ten years as the leader of Britain's governmen...

May 11, 2007 / John Nichols

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