Let the People Lead Let the People Lead
"... it may, perhaps, on some occasion, be found necessary to impeach the President himself..." -- JAMES MADISON On Sunday, September 17, I appeared on the National Mall in Washi...
Sep 17, 2006 / John Nichols
Camp Democracy and the Genius of Impeachment Camp Democracy and the Genius of Impeachment
No point is of more importance than that the right of impeachment should be continued. Shall any man be above Justice? -- George Mason, 1787 More than 5,000 people crowded the ...
Sep 15, 2006 / John Nichols
Refusing to Exploit 9-11 Refusing to Exploit 9-11
Two days after President Bush used a nationally-televised address to exploit the memory of September 11 for political purposes – employing language and logic so crude that it wo...
Sep 15, 2006 / John Nichols
Pointing the Way Pointing the Way
Last night's primary contests had some highs and lows. [Check out John Nichols's dispatches on the web and in the magazine to get a better sense of what we can take away from Sept...
Sep 13, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Following Wellstone Following Wellstone
Press reports on the primary victory of Minnesota Democratic U.S. House candidate Keith Ellison make note of the fact that he is now likely to become the first Muslim elected to C...
Sep 13, 2006 / John Nichols
Iraq for Sale Iraq for Sale
The Bush administration's approach to Iraq reconstruction is about the same as its approach to everything else – greed, cronyism and corruption. Now, an important new document...
Sep 12, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Pushing Democrats in an Antiwar Direction Pushing Democrats in an Antiwar Direction
There are plenty of anti-war Democrats running in today's primary elections in states across the country. There are even a few anti-war Republicans -- mostnotably Rhode Island Sen...
Sep 12, 2006 / John Nichols
Toxic Air Toxic Air
The latest research from Mt. Sinai Hospital shows that 69 percent of workers at Ground Zero developed respiratory problems, and that 59 percent still show symptoms. At a House hea...
Sep 11, 2006 / Peter Rothberg
The “Vote For What You Believe In” Campaign The “Vote For What You Believe In” Campaign
Senator Hillary Clinton's army of political aides, strategists and tacticians has spent an inordinate amount of time in recent months worrying about the Democratic primary challe...
Sep 10, 2006 / John Nichols
It’s Not a ‘War’ on Terror It’s Not a ‘War’ on Terror
It's time to stop calling the post 9/11 struggle against terrorism a "war." The struggle against stateless terrorists is not the same thing. And framing it as a war was a consciou...
Sep 8, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel