The War on T-Shirts The War on T-Shirts
Minutes before the President of the United States would tell the Congress how much he appreciates "responsible criticism and counsel," the mother of a soldier killed in Iraq was d...
Feb 1, 2006 / John Nichols
Decoding the State of the Union Decoding the State of the Union
Never misunderestimate George W. Bush. Here's a President who's gutted the Treasury, eroded the environment, divided our society, ruined our reputation, frayed our military, unde...
Feb 1, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Dangerous Delusions Dangerous Delusions
The truly tragic thing about George W. Bush's fifth State of the Union address was the president's refusal to acknowledge that anyone might remember what was said in his previous ...
Feb 1, 2006 / John Nichols
Expose Exxon Expose Exxon
ExxonMobil announced on January 30 that it reaped $36 billion in profits in 2005--the largest annual profit ever by any American corporation. And, as Grist reported in its excell...
Feb 1, 2006 / Peter Rothberg
What Bush Needs to Talk About What Bush Needs to Talk About
State of the Union addresses rarely add anything of value to the national discourse. Rather, they are campaign speeches dressed up as major statements of public policy. Until the...
Jan 31, 2006 / John Nichols
Protest Bush’s SOTU Protest Bush’s SOTU
For those not tuning out the president's State of the Union speech this Tuesday night in favor of, say, the Knicks/Lakers game, there are myriad protests, panels and parties plan...
Jan 30, 2006 / Peter Rothberg
Liberal Bloggers–Tim Kaine Isn’t the Problem Liberal Bloggers–Tim Kaine Isn’t the Problem
Why are so many liberal bloggers up in arms about Virginia Governor Timothy Kaine being picked to give the Democrat's reply to Bush's State of the Union? There's been fury in the ...
Jan 29, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Checks, Balances and the Duty to Filibuster Checks, Balances and the Duty to Filibuster
No one runs for the U.S. Senate on the slogan: "Elect me and I will maintain the status quo." No one runs for the U.S. Senate promising to go along to get along. Yet, when push ...
Jan 27, 2006 / John Nichols
Sweet Victory: Campus Victory Roundup Sweet Victory: Campus Victory Roundup
Co-written by Sam Graham-Felsen. In the past few months, there's been a flurry of progressive activism on America'scollege campuses. The following victories reflect a mix of broa...
Jan 26, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Don’t Cry for Canada Don’t Cry for Canada
After the 2004 presidential election in the United States, a lot of liberal Americans looked longingly to the north. Canada, the theory went, was a social democracy with a sane fo...
Jan 26, 2006 / John Nichols