Iowa Challenge for Obama: Dem Caucus Votes for ‘Uncommitted’ Slate Iowa Challenge for Obama: Dem Caucus Votes for ‘Uncommitted’ Slate
Health Care Not Warfare campaigners propose a Democratic Caucus alternative to Obama: an uncommitted slate. Others urge caucus goers from both parties to reject current contenders ...
Dec 20, 2011 / John Nichols
There Goes the Republic There Goes the Republic
The defense authorization bill that Congress passed and President Obama had threatened to veto will soon become law, a fact that should be met with public outrage.
Dec 15, 2011 / Robert Scheer
Obama Gets Occupied Obama Gets Occupied
The president has started talking like a populist. It took the Occupy movement to make him do it.
Dec 14, 2011 / The Editors
Teddy Roosevelt Would Recess Appoint Cordray as Wall St. Watchdog Teddy Roosevelt Would Recess Appoint Cordray as Wall St. Watchdog
A majority of senators want the former Ohio attorney general to head the Consumer Financial Products Bureau. The president should use a recess appointment to make it so.
Dec 8, 2011 / John Nichols
Republican Ads Get Personal Republican Ads Get Personal
New TV ads from Rick Perry and Mitt Romney have tossed aside any policy discussion in favor of touting their personal religiosity.
Dec 8, 2011 / Ben Adler
How Obama’s Embrace Turned Teddy Roosevelt Into a Socialist How Obama’s Embrace Turned Teddy Roosevelt Into a Socialist
After Obama cited Roosevelt in his Kansas speech, Fox News has decided that TR peddled “socialistic nationalism.”
Dec 7, 2011 / John Nichols
Conservatives for Jon Huntsman? Conservatives for Jon Huntsman?
Conservative intellectuals are realizing Huntsman is actually a good candidate for them. Too bad GOP voters don’t care about facts.
Dec 6, 2011 / Ben Adler
Bring Them Home—Now Bring Them Home—Now
On Afghanistan withdrawal, Congress may be catching up with the American people—though not fast enough.
Dec 5, 2011 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Newt Gingrich’s Tea Party Problem Newt Gingrich’s Tea Party Problem
His rhetoric appeals to the Tea Party, but his past record doesn’t.
Dec 5, 2011 / Ben Adler
Bishops vs. Women: Which Side Is Obama On? Bishops vs. Women: Which Side Is Obama On?
The president must decide what is more important: pandering to the Catholic hierarchy or protecting women's health.
Nov 30, 2011 / Column / Katha Pollitt