Patriot Games Patriot Games
If House Democrats had stuck together in opposition to moves by the Bush administration to reauthorize the worst elements of the Patriot Act, the legislation would have been defea...
Jul 22, 2005 / John Nichols
Sweet Victory: Governors Embrace Apollo Alliance Sweet Victory: Governors Embrace Apollo Alliance
The Apollo Alliance, one of the best progressive ideas of the millennium, gained some important new supporters last week. Six new Democratic governors--Rod Blagojevich (IL), Jim D...
Jul 20, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Another Activist Judge Another Activist Judge
In 1999, when he was trying to appeal to the conservative base that would eventually deliver the Republican presidential nomination to him, Candidate George W. Bush said the Supre...
Jul 20, 2005 / John Nichols
Help Defeat Roberts’s Nomination Help Defeat Roberts’s Nomination
As Reuters was the first to report tonight, President Bush's nominee to replace the retiring Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court is conservative appeals court judge John Robe...
Jul 20, 2005 / Peter Rothberg
Countering Doublespeak Countering Doublespeak
The House of Representatives is moving toward a vote on the proposed Central American Free Trade Agreement, and the spin machines of the White House and the corporate special inte...
Jul 19, 2005 / John Nichols
Debunking the Spin About Framing Debunking the Spin About Framing
"Whenever the other side has you talking their language, they've got you. That, to me, is what it's about in a nutshell and it's almost that simple." George Carlin in an interview...
Jul 18, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Sweet Victory: Spreading Democracy at Home Sweet Victory: Spreading Democracy at Home
Caught up in democracy-spreading adventures abroad, Congress continues to ignore residents who are clamoring for democracy in its own backyard. The 560,000 citizens of Washington...
Jul 15, 2005 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
How Many Lies Are Too Many? How Many Lies Are Too Many?
Next Saturday, July 23, is the three-year anniversary of the meeting at #10 Downing Street in London that was recorded in the now infamous minutes known as the "Downing Street Mem...
Jul 15, 2005 / Peter Rothberg
Rove Defense Team Rove Defense Team
It appears that no one in Washington has bothered to ask why it is that the Republican National Committee is leading the defense of Karl Rove. But it's a good question. If Rove i...
Jul 15, 2005 / John Nichols
How to Oppose a War How to Oppose a War
Contemporary politicians who are struggling to determine when the time will be right to start talking about withdrawing troops from Iraq would do well to borrow a page from former...
Jul 14, 2005 / John Nichols