How to Fight Terrorism How to Fight Terrorism
President Bush unwittingly provided an appropriate response to the gruesome terrorist attacks on London. Highlighting the "vivid" contrast between the Group of Eight summit in Gl...
Jul 7, 2005 / John Nichols
Democrats for CAFTA Democrats for CAFTA
Organized labor is opposed to the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA). Progressive farm groups are opposed to CAFTA. Environmental groups are opposed to CAFTA.
Jul 5, 2005 / John Nichols
Not Dominion, But Liberty Not Dominion, But Liberty
As the 229th anniversary of the founding of the American experiment approached, President Bush provided a painful reminder of how far the United States has drifted from the ideals...
Jul 1, 2005 / John Nichols
Court Fight: It’s More Than Left vs. Right Court Fight: It’s More Than Left vs. Right
"A nation's success or failure in achieving democracy is judged in part by how well it responds to those at the bottom and the margins of the social order.... The very problems th...
Jul 1, 2005 / John Nichols
The Big Lie The Big Lie
"We've had no evidence that Saddam Hussein was involved with the September 11th attacks." George W. Bush -- September 17, 2003 To the extend that George Bush had retained the sl...
Jun 29, 2005 / John Nichols
Reinforcing the Wall Reinforcing the Wall
In his 1802 letter to the Danbury Baptist Association, then-President Thomas Jefferson made it clear that the intent of the founders was to maintain a "wall of separation between ...
Jun 28, 2005 / John Nichols
Grilled Rumsfeld Anyone? Grilled Rumsfeld Anyone?
Rarely in recent years has Washington seen so dramatic a clash between the legislative and executive branches as was witnessed Thursday, when U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy, D-Massch...
Jun 24, 2005 / John Nichols
Conyers vs. The Post Conyers vs. The Post
There is painful irony in the fact that, during the same month that the confirmation of "Deep Throat's" identity has allowed the Washington Post to relive its Watergate-era glory ...
Jun 19, 2005 / John Nichols
King of Distraction King of Distraction
Michael Jackson has been acquitted on the ten charges of child molestation and related wrongs that were brought against the self-proclaimed "King of Pop." So what! That's righ...
Jun 14, 2005 / John Nichols
Dopey Court Ruling Dopey Court Ruling
It is not often that this column finds itself in agreement with Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist and Associate Justices Clarence Thomas and Sandra Day O'Connor, three...
Jun 7, 2005 / John Nichols