The New Cheerleader The New Cheerleader
The favorite spin of the Bush administration and its amen corner in the media in recent weeks has been the line that: Aside from quagmire in Iraq, things are going great -- especi...
May 30, 2006 / John Nichols
A Time to Mourn A Time to Mourn
The wisdom of wars can be debated on any day, and this column has not hesitated to question the thinking -- or, to be more precise, the lack of thinking -- that has led the United...
May 28, 2006 / John Nichols
Ken Lay–Guilty. George Bush–Guilty. Ken Lay–Guilty. George Bush–Guilty.
The man who paid many of the biggest bills for George Bush's political ascent, Enron founder Kenneth Lay, has been found guilty of conspiracy and fraud almost five years after his...
May 25, 2006 / John Nichols
Hayden Hijinks Hayden Hijinks
If there actually was an opposition party in Washington, the nomination of Air Force General Michael Hayden to serve as director of the Central Intelligence Agency would have been...
May 25, 2006 / John Nichols
House Vote Harms Palestine, Israel, US House Vote Harms Palestine, Israel, US
Jimmy Carter has been blunt: Despite the fact of a Palestinian election result that was not to their liking, the former president says, "it is unconscionable for Israel, the Unit...
May 24, 2006 / John Nichols
Checks, Balances & an FBI Raid on Congress Checks, Balances & an FBI Raid on Congress
No one seriously believes that William Jefferson is going to survive the political train wreck he has made of his congressional career. Even the notoriously forgiving voters of Ne...
May 24, 2006 / John Nichols
William Jefferson, D-Wall Street William Jefferson, D-Wall Street
Nancy Pelosi has shown little interest in holding George Bush to account, as evidenced by House Minority Leader's determination to distance herself from discussions of censuring รข...
May 23, 2006 / John Nichols
“An Affront to the Constitution” “An Affront to the Constitution”
It's an election year, so, quick, let's amend the Constitution. Absurd as it sounds, that is the thinking of the Senate Republican leadership, which is rushing to draft, debate a...
May 19, 2006 / John Nichols
Pelosi’s Stumble Pelosi’s Stumble
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-California, inspired a lot of enthusiasm among progressives when she moved into a leadership position among Congressional Democrats three yea...
May 17, 2006 / John Nichols
FBI Said to Seek Phone Records of Reporters FBI Said to Seek Phone Records of Reporters
On an evening when every politician in the Washington was trooping in front of the television cameras to add their commentary to the slurry of blather that is the immigration "deb...
May 16, 2006 / John Nichols