Hayden Hijinks Hayden Hijinks
If there actually was an opposition party in Washington, the nomination of Air Force General Michael Hayden to serve as director of the Central Intelligence Agency would have been...
May 25, 2006 / Blog / John Nichols
House Vote Harms Palestine, Israel, US House Vote Harms Palestine, Israel, US
Jimmy Carter has been blunt: Despite the fact of a Palestinian election result that was not to their liking, the former president says, "it is unconscionable for Israel, the Unit...
May 24, 2006 / Blog / John Nichols
Checks, Balances & an FBI Raid on Congress Checks, Balances & an FBI Raid on Congress
No one seriously believes that William Jefferson is going to survive the political train wreck he has made of his congressional career. Even the notoriously forgiving voters of Ne...
May 24, 2006 / Blog / John Nichols
William Jefferson, D-Wall Street William Jefferson, D-Wall Street
Nancy Pelosi has shown little interest in holding George Bush to account, as evidenced by House Minority Leader's determination to distance herself from discussions of censuring รข...
May 23, 2006 / Blog / John Nichols
“An Affront to the Constitution” “An Affront to the Constitution”
It's an election year, so, quick, let's amend the Constitution. Absurd as it sounds, that is the thinking of the Senate Republican leadership, which is rushing to draft, debate a...
May 19, 2006 / Blog / John Nichols
Pelosi’s Stumble Pelosi’s Stumble
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-California, inspired a lot of enthusiasm among progressives when she moved into a leadership position among Congressional Democrats three yea...
May 17, 2006 / Blog / John Nichols
FBI Said to Seek Phone Records of Reporters FBI Said to Seek Phone Records of Reporters
On an evening when every politician in the Washington was trooping in front of the television cameras to add their commentary to the slurry of blather that is the immigration "deb...
May 16, 2006 / Blog / John Nichols
White House, NSA Block Investigation of Spying White House, NSA Block Investigation of Spying
With news reports exposing the National Security Agency's previously secret spying on the phone conversations of tens of millions of Americans, what is the status of the U.S. Depa...
May 11, 2006 / Blog / John Nichols
Will Civilians Control the Military? Will Civilians Control the Military?
President Bush's nomination of Air Force General Michael V. Hayden to direct the Central Intelligence Agency has opened a debate over whether the most fundamental principles of th...
May 9, 2006 / Blog / John Nichols
Rumsfeld Uses Colin Powell as a Human Shield Rumsfeld Uses Colin Powell as a Human Shield
Challenged by veteran CIA analyst Ray McGovern to explain why he had claimed to "know" before the invasion of Iraq that Saddam Hussein possessed weapons of mass destruction when t...
May 5, 2006 / Blog / John Nichols