White House, NSA Block Investigation of Spying White House, NSA Block Investigation of Spying
With news reports exposing the National Security Agency's previously secret spying on the phone conversations of tens of millions of Americans, what is the status of the U.S. Depa...
May 11, 2006 / John Nichols
Will Civilians Control the Military? Will Civilians Control the Military?
President Bush's nomination of Air Force General Michael V. Hayden to direct the Central Intelligence Agency has opened a debate over whether the most fundamental principles of th...
May 9, 2006 / John Nichols
Rumsfeld Uses Colin Powell as a Human Shield Rumsfeld Uses Colin Powell as a Human Shield
Challenged by veteran CIA analyst Ray McGovern to explain why he had claimed to "know" before the invasion of Iraq that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction when t...
May 5, 2006 / John Nichols
Mission (Really) Not Accomplished Mission (Really) Not Accomplished
President Bush and his acolytes continually suggest that the occupations of Afghanistan and Iraq are "success stories" that just have not receiving proper attention from the U.S. ...
May 4, 2006 / John Nichols
“Galbraith for President” “Galbraith for President”
Had it not been for the accident of his birth in Iona Station, Ontario, John Kenneth Galbraith, the greatest public intellectual of the second half of the American century, would ...
Apr 30, 2006 / John Nichols
Frank Church and the Abyss of Warrantless Wiretapping Frank Church and the Abyss of Warrantless Wiretapping
Thirty years ago, on April 26, 1976, the United States Senate Select Committee to Study Governmental Operations with Respect to Intelligence Activities, delivered its final report...
Apr 26, 2006 / John Nichols
New Orleans in Black and White New Orleans in Black and White
The atomization of New Orleans has done more to destroy the political fabric of the post-Katrina city than even some of the most concerned observers had dared imagine. In a commu...
Apr 23, 2006 / John Nichols
Impeachment From Below: Legislators Lobby Congress Impeachment From Below: Legislators Lobby Congress
Inside the Beltway, legislators have been slow to support moves to censure or impeach President Bush and other members of the administration. Only 33 members of the U.S. House of ...
Apr 22, 2006 / John Nichols
No to Prowar Democrats No to Prowar Democrats
Upcoming primary challenges are forcing Democratic incumbents in Congress to be more critical of Bush and to press for a plan to bring the troops home.
Apr 20, 2006 / John Nichols
Trent Lott’s $700 Million Sin City Scheme Trent Lott’s $700 Million Sin City Scheme
There is one good thing that comes with "conservative" Republican hegemony: Proof positive that the Grand Old Party is no longer even feigns interest in fiscal responsibility. Co...
Apr 20, 2006 / John Nichols