The Rule of Law versus The Rule of Cheney The Rule of Law versus The Rule of Cheney
In the moment of executive excess, when abuses of the powers of the presidency and -- thanks to Dick Cheney's contributions to the crisis -- the vice presidency are so threatening...
Feb 22, 2006 / John Nichols
Carter: Don’t Punish the Palestinians Carter: Don’t Punish the Palestinians
The yahoo crowd that runs U.S. foreign policy has been struggling to figure out how to get to the right of Israeli's Likud Party when it comes to countering the decision of the Pal...
Feb 21, 2006 / John Nichols
Corporate Control of Ports Is the Problem — UPDATED Corporate Control of Ports Is the Problem — UPDATED
The problem with the Bush administration's support for a move by a United Arab Emirates-based firm to take over operation of six major American ports -- as well as the shipment of...
Feb 21, 2006 / John Nichols
“He Ain’t Kinky, He’s My Governor.” “He Ain’t Kinky, He’s My Governor.”
In this era of ever-more-cautious electioneering, when consultants counsel contenders to stick to the safe, narrow and drab on the warped theory that the lowest common denominator...
Feb 20, 2006 / John Nichols
More Support for Impeachment Inquiry More Support for Impeachment Inquiry
The list of House members who have signed on as cosponsors of U.S. Representative John Conyers' resolution calling for the establishment of select committee that would examine whet...
Feb 18, 2006 / John Nichols
Lonely Defenders of Civil Liberties Lonely Defenders of Civil Liberties
In the first of what will be a number of critical votes on renewal of the Patriot Act, only three members of the U.S. Senate supported Russ Feingold's effort to prevent enactment o...
Feb 16, 2006 / John Nichols
Connecting the Dots of Cheney’s Crimes Connecting the Dots of Cheney’s Crimes
Goodness gracious! Could it be that comedians are doing a better job of connecting the dots regarding Dick Cheney's high crimes and misdemeanors than are the unintentionally ridic...
Feb 16, 2006 / John Nichols
Feingold’s Frustrating Fight to Fix Patriot Act Feingold’s Frustrating Fight to Fix Patriot Act
The Patriot Act needs to be reformed so that it can serve as a legitimate national security tool without undermining basic liberties. That's the view of legal scholars, civil liber...
Feb 15, 2006 / John Nichols
Cheney, “A Beer or Two” and a Gun — UPDATED Cheney, “A Beer or Two” and a Gun — UPDATED
Vice President Dick Cheney, who was forced to leave Yale University because his penchant for late-night beer drinking exceeded his devotion to his studies, and who is one of the s...
Feb 15, 2006 / John Nichols
John Edwards Should Do a Truman John Edwards Should Do a Truman
In her "Editor's Cut" call for the establishment of an independent commission to investigate war profiteering by U.S. corporations -- operating on the ground in Iraq and ...
Feb 14, 2006 / John Nichols