Pro-Choice, Anti-Choice, Mitt Romney Cannot Be Serious Pro-Choice, Anti-Choice, Mitt Romney Cannot Be Serious
Romney's "evolving" stance on abortion—and a long list of other issues—won't sell in what's becoming a party of social-policy purists.
Jun 2, 2011 / John Nichols
Jon Stewart Sticks a Fork in Trump’s Slice with Palin Jon Stewart Sticks a Fork in Trump’s Slice with Palin
The same rightwing that went ballistic over Kerry‘s cheese and Obama‘s mustard is eerily silent on Trump’s fork-enabled method of downing pizza.
Jun 2, 2011 / Leslie Savan
The Problem of Republican Idiots The Problem of Republican Idiots
The liars and lunatics serve as a smoke screen for the conservative war on the poor and the middle class.
Jun 1, 2011 / Column / Eric Alterman
A Rambunctious Right Wing, A Silent President and the Debt Ceiling Deal A Rambunctious Right Wing, A Silent President and the Debt Ceiling Deal
President Obama has been strangely silent in the debt ceiling debate, leaving only the increasingly radical demands of the Tea Party to be heard. What's next?
Jun 1, 2011 / George Zornick
Ed Schultz, Laura Ingraham, a Crude Word, a Classy Apology Ed Schultz, Laura Ingraham, a Crude Word, a Classy Apology
It was a bad week for a good man, but the MSNBC host will be back to give voice to working men and women.
May 27, 2011 / Books & the Arts / John Nichols
The Tea Party Leads a Revolution Against Itself The Tea Party Leads a Revolution Against Itself
Tea Party–backed House freshmen pocket hundreds of thousands of dollars from the same Wall Street firms they once railed against.
May 26, 2011 / Leslie Savan
Paul Ryan for President? Not So Fast Paul Ryan for President? Not So Fast
Too bad for GOP strategists dreamed of surfing an austerity agenda to victory in 2012: voters despise Ryan’s plan to privatize Medicare.
May 25, 2011 / John Nichols
Walter Jones: The Antiwar Republican From North Carolina Walter Jones: The Antiwar Republican From North Carolina
A pro–Iraq War conservative Republican now fiercely opposes the war in Afghanistan.
May 25, 2011 / Feature / George C. Wilson
Slide Show: Got Koch? Seven Products Fueling the Brothers’ Right-Wing Agenda Slide Show: Got Koch? Seven Products Fueling the Brothers’ Right-Wing Agenda
The brothers Charles and David Koch have long operated in the shadows of American business—David has even gone so far as to call their Koch Industries “the largest comp…
May 25, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation
The ‘Paul Ryan for President’ Delusion The ‘Paul Ryan for President’ Delusion
Now that Mitch Daniels is out of the running, the DC-based defenders of budget-busting corporate giveaways have found a new candidate for the GOP nomination: Paul Ryan.
May 24, 2011 / John Nichols