Lieberman’s Lapdog Act Not Playing Well Lieberman’s Lapdog Act Not Playing Well
It is no secret that Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman is President Bush's favorite Democrat. With his see-no-evil, hear-no-evil, admit-no-evil defense of the administration's ...
Feb 7, 2006 / John Nichols
A Boehner in the Henhouse A Boehner in the Henhouse
Newly-selected House Majority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, is getting some remarkably good press, considering his remarkably sordid political pedigree. ABC News referred to the g...
Feb 3, 2006 / John Nichols
Coretta Scott King v. George Walker Bush Coretta Scott King v. George Walker Bush
President Bush may have tried to claim a little bit of the legacy of Coretta Scott King with a warm and generous reference to her passing at the opening of his State of the Union a...
Feb 2, 2006 / John Nichols
The War on T-Shirts The War on T-Shirts
Minutes before the President of the United States would tell the Congress how much he appreciates "responsible criticism and counsel," the mother of a soldier killed in Iraq was d...
Feb 1, 2006 / John Nichols
Dangerous Delusions Dangerous Delusions
The truly tragic thing about George W. Bush's fifth State of the Union address was the president's refusal to acknowledge that anyone might remember what was said in his previous ...
Feb 1, 2006 / John Nichols
Coretta Scott King: Death Penalty Abolitionist Coretta Scott King: Death Penalty Abolitionist
Coretta Scott King, the widow of slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., who has died at the age of 78, should be remembered for many brave and selfless deeds. Chief amon...
Jan 31, 2006 / John Nichols
What Bush Needs to Talk About What Bush Needs to Talk About
State of the Union addresses rarely add anything of value to the national discourse. Rather, they are campaign speeches dressed up as major statements of public policy. Until the...
Jan 31, 2006 / John Nichols
Checks, Balances and the Duty to Filibuster Checks, Balances and the Duty to Filibuster
No one runs for the U.S. Senate on the slogan: "Elect me and I will maintain the status quo." No one runs for the U.S. Senate promising to go along to get along. Yet, when push ...
Jan 27, 2006 / John Nichols
Don’t Cry for Canada Don’t Cry for Canada
After the 2004 presidential election in the United States, a lot of liberal Americans looked longingly to the north. Canada, the theory went, was a social democracy with a sane fo...
Jan 26, 2006 / John Nichols
Feingold: Alito Would Be “Dangerous Addition” to Court Feingold: Alito Would Be “Dangerous Addition” to Court
Not to be lost in the reporting on Tuesday's Senate Judiciary Committee vote to endorse the nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to serve on the Supreme Court is the fact that U.S. Se...
Jan 24, 2006 / John Nichols