GOP Know-Nothings Fought Pandemic Preparedness GOP Know-Nothings Fought Pandemic Preparedness
When House Appropriations Committee chairman David Obey, the Wisconsin Democrat who has long championed investment in pandemic preparation, included roughly $900 million for that ...
Apr 26, 2009 / John Nichols
Accountability for Torture Accountability for Torture
Congress must act to remove from positions of trust those who sanctioned torture and dial down the imperial presidency that has evolved on its watch.
Apr 22, 2009 / John Nichols
Feingold on Torture Judge: “Grounds for Impeachment” Feingold on Torture Judge: “Grounds for Impeachment”
Torture memo author Jay Bybee, who outlined procedures for inflicting cruel and unusual punishments on prisoners in U.S. custody, should of course be impeached and removed from th...
Apr 22, 2009 / John Nichols
Begin By Impeaching The Torture Judge Begin By Impeaching The Torture Judge
There has been much rhetoric with regard to the memorandums prepared by President Bush's Justice Department regarding how -- not if but how -- prisoners of the United States would...
Apr 19, 2009 / John Nichols
Well, Yes, The Government Is Spying On Us Well, Yes, The Government Is Spying On Us
The revelation that the National Security Agency (NSA) has been intercepting Americans' emails and phone calls in what the New York Times terms a "significant and systemic" manner...
Apr 17, 2009 / John Nichols
Seat Senator Franken Seat Senator Franken
It's time for the GOP to end this charade.
Apr 15, 2009 / John Nichols
Hark! Teabaggers! Beware The Tories In Your Ranks Hark! Teabaggers! Beware The Tories In Your Ranks
Sam Adams and the more radical of his Boston compatriots would, presumably, have been bemused by the image of conservatively-clad Middle Americans recalling the revolutionary acts...
Apr 15, 2009 / John Nichols
Socialists Take Over Congress (A GOP Fairy Tale) Socialists Take Over Congress (A GOP Fairy Tale)
Alabama Congressman Spencer Bachus, who despite an uncanny naivete regarding matters economic is the ranking Republican on the powerful House Financial Services Committee, is all ...
Apr 12, 2009 / John Nichols
Ahoy, Obama! They’s Pirates Aplenty in These Waters Ahoy, Obama! They’s Pirates Aplenty in These Waters
Forget the economy! Vice President Joe Biden says the White House is working "around the clock" on the problem of piracy in the Gulf of Aden and on the Indian Ocean. Asked by a ...
Apr 9, 2009 / John Nichols
Springtime for Marriage Equality: First Iowa, Now Vermont, DC Springtime for Marriage Equality: First Iowa, Now Vermont, DC
In spring, they say, human hearts incline toward love. And from the Midwest to New England, the love that once dared not speak its name is being formally recognized and celebrated...
Apr 7, 2009 / John Nichols