Feingold on Patriot Act: “The Fight Is Not Over” Feingold on Patriot Act: “The Fight Is Not Over”
As the U.S. Senate moved Thursday to reauthorize the Patriot Act in a form that fails to address essential concerns about the protection of civil liberties, Wisconsin Senator Russ ...
Mar 2, 2006 / John Nichols
SF’s For Impeachment, But Not Nancy Pelosi SF’s For Impeachment, But Not Nancy Pelosi
San Francisco's Board of Supervisors is not the first local government body to pass a resolution calling for the impeachment of President Bush and Vice President Cheney, nor will ...
Mar 2, 2006 / John Nichols
Support the Troops? Start by Listening to Them Support the Troops? Start by Listening to Them
According to the military newspaper Stars and Stripes, a new poll shows that 72 percent of U.S. troops serving in Iraq favor complete withdrawal from that country within a year. ...
Mar 1, 2006 / John Nichols
Clinic Clash : Right to Protest v. Right to Choose Clinic Clash : Right to Protest v. Right to Choose
Ruling on an issue that had divided progressive groups for the better part of two decades, the Supreme Court on Tuesday issued an 8-0 decision that federal extortion and racketeer...
Feb 28, 2006 / John Nichols
BMD (Bike of Mass Destruction) BMD (Bike of Mass Destruction)
Today's question: What's more dangerous -- hunting with Dick Cheney or bike riding with George Bush? For background, we offer this report from Murdo MacLeod, the able political co...
Feb 28, 2006 / John Nichols
State Parties Say: “Impeach!” State Parties Say: “Impeach!”
The decision of the Democratic Party in rural Walworth County to call for the impeachment of President Bush, which Katrina vanden Heuvel recounts on this blog, is an encouraging on...
Feb 27, 2006 / John Nichols
Stem-Cell Hypocrisy Stem-Cell Hypocrisy
How serious are Republican -- and some Democratic -- politicians who go on and on about the need to restrict embryonic stem-cell research? Not very. Stem cell research, which sci...
Feb 27, 2006 / John Nichols
Bob Hagan’s Modest Proposal Bob Hagan’s Modest Proposal
Bob Hagan has for decades been one of Ohio's most progressive-minded and intellectually adventurous legislators. So it comes as no surprise that the Democratic state senator from ...
Feb 27, 2006 / John Nichols
“It is a Dick Cheney World Out There…” “It is a Dick Cheney World Out There…”
Bill Moyers is hitting the road in California for an eight-city speaking tour to raise issues of money and politics. And, as usual, he's got a lot to say about the withering state ...
Feb 24, 2006 / John Nichols
Why’s a Retired Army Lieutenant Colonel on the “No-Fly” List? Why’s a Retired Army Lieutenant Colonel on the “No-Fly” List?
The federal officials who are busy assuring Americans that they've got their act together when it comes to managing port security are not inspiring much confidence with their appr...
Feb 24, 2006 / John Nichols