“Cheney Has Stepped Way Over the Line” “Cheney Has Stepped Way Over the Line”
Even historians who are not particularly sympathetic to Jimmy Carter's presidency share the widely accepted view that Carter's vice president, Walter Mondale, was one of the most ...
Jan 19, 2007 / John Nichols
Freshmen Favor Fair Trade Freshmen Favor Fair Trade
In case anyone missed the fact that the new Democrats who were elected to the House in November are economic populists who the free trade policies advanced by the Bush administrat...
Jan 19, 2007 / John Nichols
The Iraq Veterans Memorial The Iraq Veterans Memorial
Americans voted their disapproval of the President's Iraq strategy in November, yet as we approach the fourth anniversary of Bush's invasion, he has chosen to escalate the conflic...
Jan 18, 2007 / Peter Rothberg
Freshmen Favor Fair Trade Freshmen Favor Fair Trade
In case anyone missed the fact that the new Democrats who were elected to the House in November are economic populists who the free trade policies advanced by the Bush administrat...
Jan 18, 2007 / John Nichols
The Triad The Triad
Last Sunday, at the Riverside Church, where Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. once eloquently opposed the Vietnam War, Presidential candidate and former Senator John Edwards urged Congr...
Jan 18, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Bush Backs Down on Warrantless Wiretaps Bush Backs Down on Warrantless Wiretaps
Does it matter that Democrats took charge of the Senate this month? George Bush seems to think so. In a letter sent today to Senate Judiciary Committee leaders, Attorney General...
Jan 17, 2007 / John Nichols
A 50-State Response to Bush A 50-State Response to Bush
As state legislators grow increasingly opposed to an Iraq war that is stretching and weakening the National Guard and draining desperately needed funds at home, activists and legi...
Jan 17, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Obama Steps Up… And Into the 2008 Race Obama Steps Up… And Into the 2008 Race
With his decision to file the necessary paperwork to launch a presidential campaign exploratory committee, Barack Obama puts an end to speculation about whether he really is inter...
Jan 16, 2007 / John Nichols
The Cost of War in Treasure and Lives The Cost of War in Treasure and Lives
As Democrats debate how best to oppose President Bush's escalation of a war that has already squandered $400 billion and too many American and Iraqi lives, one of the Senate's bes...
Jan 16, 2007 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Dick Cheney, Scooter Libby and the New Definition of “Honesty” Dick Cheney, Scooter Libby and the New Definition of “Honesty”
Dick Cheney worked in the White House of Richard Nixon, who had to resign as Congress began impeachment proceedings that grew out of his dishonest and disreputable stewardship of ...
Jan 15, 2007 / John Nichols