Poetic Protests Against War, Censorship Poetic Protests Against War, Censorship
A bit of advice for the Bush White House: Don't pick fights with professional wordsmiths. First Lady Laura Bush's decision to cancel a White House symposium on the poetry of Walt...
Feb 3, 2003 / John Nichols
Racing Into 2004 Racing Into 2004
Arnie Arnesen does not know exactly when the political wind shifted. It might have been on the day Trent Lott was forced to step down as Senate majority leader.
Jan 30, 2003 / Feature / John Nichols
Bumbled Response Bumbled Response
When Congressional Democrats asked Governor Gary Locke of Washington state to deliver the party's response to President Bush's State of the Union address, they ceded what could ha...
Jan 29, 2003 / John Nichols
Let Inspections Work Let Inspections Work
As President Bush prepared to deliver his State of the Union address Tuesday night, he received a letter signed by more than 120 House members of the House of Representatives aski...
Jan 27, 2003 / John Nichols
Crowds Press Antiwar Message Nationwide Crowds Press Antiwar Message Nationwide
"I want Bush to see that his people are against the war," declared 38-year-old Aris Cisneros, as he and his two childern joined a demonstration that filled the streets of downtown...
Jan 18, 2003 / John Nichols
George W. Lieberman George W. Lieberman
If there was one thing that rational political observers agreed upon after last November's Democratic debacle, it was that Democrats need to do a much better job of distinguishing...
Jan 13, 2003 / John Nichols
Memo to the Democrats Memo to the Democrats
If Congressional Democrats want to be more than George W.
Jan 9, 2003 / John Nichols
The Fight for the Future of Music The Fight for the Future of Music
America stands on the cusp of a sweeping set of shifts in federal media ownership rules that could dramatically alter the nature of what we see, hear and read, warns Federal Commi...
Jan 6, 2003 / John Nichols
‘The Politics Were on the Street’ ‘The Politics Were on the Street’
The punk rock explosion of the mid-1970s seized the power of rock-and-roll back from the corporate conglomerates that had warped the music into a flabby, over-produced, stadium-ro...
Dec 23, 2002 / John Nichols
Check and Balance Cheney’s Choice Check and Balance Cheney’s Choice
George W. Bush has chosen a nominee to replace ousted Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill. More precisely, the president has rubber-stamped a selection made by Vice President Dick Che...
Dec 21, 2002 / John Nichols