Reform DeLayed Reform DeLayed
O.K., so can we just admit that when it comes to redistricting – the processby which politicians define the legislative branch of the federal government– there are few if any ...
Jun 28, 2006 / John Nichols
Cynical Manipulation Cynical Manipulation
In a democracy, the first responsibility of a journalist is to get accurate information about what the government is doing to the people so that they can make appropriate decision...
Jun 27, 2006 / John Nichols
Lieberman Stays the Course With Bush Lieberman Stays the Course With Bush
Senator Joe Lieberman has maintained his status as the Bush administration's favorite Democrat. Lieberman did not merely vote against the proposal by Wisconsin Democrat Russ Fein...
Jun 22, 2006 / John Nichols
“The Single Most Important [Media] Policy Debate” “The Single Most Important [Media] Policy Debate”
"This innocuous-looking document initiates the single most important public policy debate that the FCC will tackle this year," Federal Communications Commissioner Michael Copps ex...
Jun 21, 2006 / John Nichols
The Next Big Fight Over Media Ownership The Next Big Fight Over Media Ownership
The Federal Communications Commission will again attempt to do the bidding of big media this year, with a scheme to rewrite ownership rules in much the same manner as it did in 20...
Jun 20, 2006 / John Nichols
Who Supports the Troops? Who Supports the Troops?
The February Le Moyne College/Zogby International survey of U.S. troops serving in Iraq found that 72 percent of them thought United States forces should exit that country by the ...
Jun 16, 2006 / John Nichols
Another Blank Check for Perpetual War Another Blank Check for Perpetual War
The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives maintained its track record of providing absolutely no checks and balances on the Bush administration's warmaking this week...
Jun 14, 2006 / John Nichols
Now, What About Cheney? Now, What About Cheney?
Now that the long speculation about whether White House political czar Karl Rove would be indicted for the role he played in exposing the identity of a CIA operative is done, perh...
Jun 13, 2006 / John Nichols
Murtha vs. Hoyer Murtha vs. Hoyer
When the House of Representatives voted Thursday on the question of whether to allow old media companies to colonize and control the internet, the two men who would like to be maj...
Jun 10, 2006 / John Nichols
House Rejects Net Neutrality House Rejects Net Neutrality
The First Amendment of the Internet – the governing principle of net neutrality, which prevents telecommunications corporations from rigging the web so it is easier to visit sit...
Jun 9, 2006 / John Nichols