The Most Valuable Progressives of 2005 The Most Valuable Progressives of 2005
It is hard to complain about a year that began with George Bush bragging about spending the "political capital" he felt he had earned with his dubious reelection and ended with th...
Dec 28, 2005 / Blog / John Nichols
Short Peace In A Terrible War Short Peace In A Terrible War
Alfred Anderson died last month at the very ripe old age of 109. But it was not the Scotsman's many years that made him remarkable at the end of his long life. It was that, to hi...
Dec 24, 2005 / Blog / John Nichols
Bush Backs Down on Patriot Act Bush Backs Down on Patriot Act
U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold, who four years ago stood alone in the Senate to defend the Bill of Rights, finished this year by scoring a dramatic win in his fight to preserve civil lib...
Dec 22, 2005 / Blog / John Nichols
Raising the Issue of Impeachment Raising the Issue of Impeachment
As President Bush and his aides scramble to explain new revelations regarding Bush's authorization of spying on the international telephone calls and emails of Americans, the rank...
Dec 20, 2005 / Blog / John Nichols
Cheney’s Cheerleading Falls Flat Cheney’s Cheerleading Falls Flat
Even as President Bush was trying, once more on Sunday, to spin the fantasy that the Iraq invasion and occupation are some kind of success, Vice President Dick Cheney's visit to I...
Dec 19, 2005 / Blog / John Nichols
Feingold Beats Bush In Patriot Act Fight Feingold Beats Bush In Patriot Act Fight
Four years ago, U.S. Senator Russ Feingold distinguished himself as the Senate's premier defender of the Constitution, when he cast the chamber's sole vote against enactment of th...
Dec 16, 2005 / Blog / John Nichols
Run, Lowell, Run Run, Lowell, Run
George W. Bush has a new favorite senator: Joe Lieberman. As part of his "I've-Got-a-Secret-Plan-That's-Just-As-Good-As-Nixon's" stump tour to shore up sagging support for his wa...
Dec 15, 2005 / Blog / John Nichols
Bush: “I’m Responsible” — Sort Of — For War Bush: “I’m Responsible” — Sort Of — For War
In the latest of his speeches on the Iraq imbroglio, President Bush did something that is highly unusual for him. He acknowledged personal responsibility for actions taken by his...
Dec 14, 2005 / Blog / John Nichols
The Limits of Power The Limits of Power
Sometime in the mid-1990s, after it had become quite clear that Bill Clinton's presidency would deliver rather less than had been hoped, and when it was becoming clear that Newt G...
Dec 12, 2005 / Blog / John Nichols
Eugene McCarthy’s Lyrical Politics Eugene McCarthy’s Lyrical Politics
Even the poets are restless now. They¡¦re not content to go along with Shelley and be the unacknowledged legislators of the world. They want to be acknowledged just a little bit...
Dec 11, 2005 / Blog / John Nichols