Cox in the Henhouse Cox in the Henhouse
Even his supporters acknowledged that former U.S. Rep. Christopher Cox was a controversial nominee to chair the Securities and Exchange Commission. A former corporate lawyer who h...
Jul 31, 2005 / John Nichols
Being Like Bernie Being Like Bernie
Socialist Bernie Sanders seems set to win one of the few US Senate seats next year where no incumbent is running.
Jul 28, 2005 / Feature / John Nichols
CAFTA Vote Outs “Bush Democrats” CAFTA Vote Outs “Bush Democrats”
The Central American Free Trade Agreement, which was such a high priority for the Bush administration that the president personally lobbied Congressional Republicans on the issue ...
Jul 28, 2005 / John Nichols
Labor Gets Tough on CAFTA Labor Gets Tough on CAFTA
Let's be clear: Any member of Congress who votes for the Central American Free Trade Agreement has signaled their disregard for labor, environmental, farm, consumer and human righ...
Jul 27, 2005 / John Nichols
Patriot Games Patriot Games
If House Democrats had stuck together in opposition to moves by the Bush administration to reauthorize the worst elements of the Patriot Act, the legislation would have been defea...
Jul 22, 2005 / John Nichols
Another Activist Judge Another Activist Judge
In 1999, when he was trying to appeal to the conservative base that would eventually deliver the Republican presidential nomination to him, Candidate George W. Bush said the Supre...
Jul 20, 2005 / John Nichols
Countering Doublespeak Countering Doublespeak
The House of Representatives is moving toward a vote on the proposed Central American Free Trade Agreement, and the spin machines of the White House and the corporate special inte...
Jul 19, 2005 / John Nichols
Rove Defense Team Rove Defense Team
It appears that no one in Washington has bothered to ask why it is that the Republican National Committee is leading the defense of Karl Rove. But it's a good question. If Rove i...
Jul 15, 2005 / John Nichols
How to Oppose a War How to Oppose a War
Contemporary politicians who are struggling to determine when the time will be right to start talking about withdrawing troops from Iraq would do well to borrow a page from former...
Jul 14, 2005 / John Nichols
Bugged by the Brits Bugged by the Brits
Conservative radio and television personalities in the United States were unsettled after last week's bombings in London -- not because of the terrorist attack on a major western ...
Jul 11, 2005 / John Nichols