Cheney, “A Beer or Two” and a Gun — UPDATED Cheney, “A Beer or Two” and a Gun — UPDATED
Vice President Dick Cheney, who was forced to leave Yale University because his penchant for late-night beer drinking exceeded his devotion to his studies, and who is one of the s...
Feb 15, 2006 / Blog / John Nichols
John Edwards Should Do a Truman John Edwards Should Do a Truman
In her "Editor's Cut" call for the establishment of an independent commission to investigate war profiteering by U.S. corporations -- operating on the ground in Iraq and ...
Feb 14, 2006 / The Notion / John Nichols
Hackett Exited Ohio Race After Bad Poll Hackett Exited Ohio Race After Bad Poll
Paul Hackett, who has dropped out of the race for the Democratic U.S. Senate nomination with his usual theatrical flourishes, says he quit the contest because of the pressure he cl...
Feb 14, 2006 / The Notion / John Nichols
Media’s Aim Misses Real Cheney Misdeeds Media’s Aim Misses Real Cheney Misdeeds
The White House press corps, taking a break from its usual stenography duties, actually roused itself to ask truth-impaired spokesman Scott McClellan some tough questions about Di...
Feb 14, 2006 / Blog / John Nichols
Cheney Gets His Gun Cheney Gets His Gun
Sure, it's been fun joking about the fact that Dick Cheney obtained five -- count them, five -- deferments to avoid serving in the military during the Vietnam War. Sure, its been a...
Feb 13, 2006 / The Notion / John Nichols
Feingold’s Call for Checks and Balances Feingold’s Call for Checks and Balances
Americans ought be listening to Russ Feingold in these defining days for the Republic, because what the Democratic senator from Wisconsin is saying goes to the heart of the questio...
Feb 12, 2006 / The Notion / John Nichols
Dick Cheney Is Not Above the Law Dick Cheney Is Not Above the Law
Twenty-two members of the House have now signed on as co-sponors of the call by Representative John Conyers, D-Michigan, to establish a select committee of the Congress to investi...
Feb 10, 2006 / Blog / John Nichols
Democratic Alarms in PA Democratic Alarms in PA
Robert Casey Jr.'s endorsement of Samuel Alito could cost him the support of Pennsylvania Democrats and illustrates the perils of early intervention by DC Democrats in Senate races...
Feb 9, 2006 / Editorial / John Nichols
Jose Bove’s Not Welcome in Bush’s USA Jose Bove’s Not Welcome in Bush’s USA
Few figures have contributed more to the debate about corporate globalization than Jose Bove, the French farmer whose dismantling of a McDonald's restaurant that was under constru...
Feb 9, 2006 / Blog / John Nichols
A Healthy Dose of Reality for Mr. Bush A Healthy Dose of Reality for Mr. Bush
Just as they did following the memorial service for Senator Paul Wellstone in 2002, Republican operatives and their acolytes in the media are now claiming that there was something...
Feb 8, 2006 / Blog / John Nichols