Feingold to Fight Patriot Act Reauthorization Feingold to Fight Patriot Act Reauthorization
Four years ago, when U.S. Senator Russ Feingold stood alone in the Senate to oppose the Bush administration's Patriot Act, he was portrayed as a political fringe dweller whose det...
Dec 10, 2005 / John Nichols
An Antiwar Challenge to Hillary Clinton An Antiwar Challenge to Hillary Clinton
Former National Writers Union president Jonathan Tasini, one of the most outspoken progressive activists in the U.S. labor movement, is expected this week to launch a Democratic p...
Dec 5, 2005 / John Nichols
The Abramoff Effect The Abramoff Effect
The controversy surrounding conservative lobbyist Jack Abramoff is creating headaches for red-state and swing-state Republicans and opportunities for Democrats to turn a national ...
Dec 1, 2005 / John Nichols
Pelosi Sides With Murtha For Withdrawal Pelosi Sides With Murtha For Withdrawal
The big news on any day when President Bush delivers a "major address" regarding Iraq is never what the commander-in-chief says. Bush has been on autopilot for so long now that he...
Dec 1, 2005 / John Nichols
Al Franken Overrules Antonin Scalia Al Franken Overrules Antonin Scalia
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia is, supposedly, a very smart man.Indeed, he is frequently referred to as the intellectual giant on the current highcourt. Yet, when Scalia wa...
Nov 28, 2005 / John Nichols
“The Rebel Jesus” “The Rebel Jesus”
Despite the worst efforts of Wal-Mart and its equally carnivorous competitors to hype up an earlier start, Thanksgiving Day still marks something akin to the official opening of t...
Nov 23, 2005 / John Nichols
Cheney Picks a Fight With a Marine Cheney Picks a Fight With a Marine
When Dick Cheney, a Wyoming congressman who had never served in the military and who had failed during his political career to gain much respect from those who wore the uniform he...
Nov 18, 2005 / John Nichols
Bush’s War on the Press Bush’s War on the Press
Until the Bush Administration is held accountable by Congress for its propaganda, manipulation of the truth and assaults on journalism, freedom of the press will exist in name only...
Nov 17, 2005 / John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney
O’Reilly to San Francisco: You’re Out of the US O’Reilly to San Francisco: You’re Out of the US
I was in San Francisco last week, when Fox News commentator-in-chief Bill O'Reilly had one of his tantrums and told would-be terrorists to "go ahead" and blow the city off the map...
Nov 15, 2005 / John Nichols
God’s Pat Problem God’s Pat Problem
It cannot be easy being God these days, what with so many of His self-proclaimed followers launching wars in His name. So the last thing that the Almighty needs is a whackjob cal...
Nov 12, 2005 / John Nichols