Libby: Bush, Cheney Authorized Leaks Libby: Bush, Cheney Authorized Leaks
President Bush told Vice President Cheney to tell the vice president's chief of staff, I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, to disclose highly classified information regarding Iraq intellige...
Apr 6, 2006 / John Nichols
Wisconsin Towns Vote for Withdrawal Wisconsin Towns Vote for Withdrawal
In November 2004, the village of Luxemburg, Wisconsin, voted to re-elect George W. Bush by a hefty margin of 701 to 431. Always a GOP stronghold, the community voted for other Rep...
Apr 5, 2006 / John Nichols
“Confidence Can Accomplish Anything” “Confidence Can Accomplish Anything”
"Confidence can accomplish anything." That's what Maryland's ecstatic coach Brenda Frese told a reporter at the end of one of the greatest games in women's college basketball hist...
Apr 5, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Hammered Hammered
When he was making his name in American politics, as then-House Speaker Newt Gingrich's political enforcer, Tom DeLay was confronted by fellow Republicans who urged him to embrace...
Apr 4, 2006 / John Nichols
Charon Asetoyer: A True Alternative Charon Asetoyer: A True Alternative
Last February, South Dakota lawmakers approved the nation's most restrictive ban on abortion, setting the stage for new legal challenges that its supporters hope will lead to an o...
Apr 4, 2006 / Peter Rothberg
Talk About a Smear Merchant! Talk About a Smear Merchant!
Last week on The O'Reilly Factor Michelle Malkin referred to me as a "smear merchant." This was her attempt at a response to my appearance on ABC's This Week, where I noted the ov...
Apr 3, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sweet Victory: Uniting to Clean Up NOLA Sweet Victory: Uniting to Clean Up NOLA
Co-written by Sam Graham-Felsen. Over half a year after Katrina, New Orleans remains in a shambles. But in the face of the federal government's shamefully lackluster reconstructi...
Apr 3, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
John Dean to Senate: Censure Is Necessary John Dean to Senate: Censure Is Necessary
"[The] president needs to be reminded that separation of powers does not mean an isolation of powers," former White House counsel John Dean told the Senate Judiciary Committee Fri...
Mar 31, 2006 / John Nichols
Russ Feingold’s Legal Firepower Russ Feingold’s Legal Firepower
Congressional Democrats have pretty much abandoned their Constitutionally-mandated responsibility to check and balance the excesses to the executive branch – so much so that the...
Mar 30, 2006 / John Nichols
Facing Facts on Torture Facing Facts on Torture
In the February 27 issue of The New Yorker, Jane Mayer reported on the efforts of Alberto Mora, outgoing general counsel for the US Navy, to stop the Pentagon from authorizing the...
Mar 29, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel