Trent Lott’s “Uptown Klan” Trent Lott’s “Uptown Klan”
The incredible thing about the controversy surrounding soon-to-be Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott's kissing up to the racist legacy of Strom Thurmond is that anyone thinks it is...
Dec 12, 2002 / Blog / John Nichols
A Democrat Wins by Running Against Bush A Democrat Wins by Running Against Bush
"The light has shown that the Democratic Party is alive and well and united,"Louisiana U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu shouted over the weekend, as she celebratedher victory in the last S...
Dec 9, 2002 / Blog / John Nichols
Kissinger? Kissinger? Kissinger? Kissinger?
If President Bush had set out to undermine the credibility of the commission charged with probing the intelligence and security flaws that allowed the September 11, 2001, terroris...
Nov 28, 2002 / Blog / John Nichols
The Poindextering of Privacy Rights The Poindextering of Privacy Rights
Back in the days when the United States government was overtly and covertly assisting Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and the most extreme Muslim fundamentalists in Afghanistan, US...
Nov 21, 2002 / Blog / John Nichols
Gore Switches Gears on Health-Care Gore Switches Gears on Health-Care
When the Clinton-Gore administration attempted to reform the nation's approach to financing health care in 1993 and 1994, the one proposal that administration aides always rejecte...
Nov 15, 2002 / Blog / John Nichols
And Now the Good News And Now the Good News
CORRECTION: John Eder of Maine, a Green, won state, not national, office.
Nov 14, 2002 / Editorial / John Nichols
Ready to Rumble Ready to Rumble
Nancy Pelosi, a Democratic leader who knows how to fight and what to fight for.
Nov 14, 2002 / Feature / John Nichols
Pelosi’s Commitments Pelosi’s Commitments
"From the standpoint of commitments, this race is over," House Whip Nancy Pelosi said Friday, as the California Democrat announced that a majority of her colleagues had committed ...
Nov 8, 2002 / Blog / John Nichols
Nancy Pelosi Fights to Lead the Democrats Nancy Pelosi Fights to Lead the Democrats
The collapse of Richard Gephardt's leadership of the House Democratic Caucus did not occur on November 5, when the party lost seats in an election where history and economic trend...
Nov 7, 2002 / Blog / John Nichols
ELECTION 2002: New Antiwar Senator ELECTION 2002: New Antiwar Senator
Conservative Republicans will take charge of the US Senate as a result of Tuesday's voting. But the nation's newest senator, at least for the time being, is not singing from the r...
Nov 6, 2002 / Blog / John Nichols