Patrick Fitzgerald: It’s Not Over Patrick Fitzgerald: It’s Not Over
The most intriguing news with regard to special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald's investigation of the apparent effort by the Bush-Cheney administration to punish former Ambassador ...
Oct 28, 2005 / Blog / John Nichols
With Miers Out, The Games Begin With Miers Out, The Games Begin
Faced with a choice of Biblical proportions, America's born-again president decided to sacrifice Harriet Miers for Karl Rove's sins. On the day when much of official Washington w...
Oct 27, 2005 / Blog / John Nichols
What Rosa Parks Gave America What Rosa Parks Gave America
In 1776, the Continental Congress awarded the first Congressional Gold Medal of Honor to General George Washington, a bold and determined man who had the courage to lead his count...
Oct 25, 2005 / Blog / John Nichols
A (True) Conservative Case for Exiting Iraq A (True) Conservative Case for Exiting Iraq
George Bush, who once criticized Ronald Reagan's approach to terrorism, is now making a desperate grab for the former president's coattails. In August, Bush said that, because of...
Oct 22, 2005 / Blog / John Nichols
Sweeping Up Ohio Sweeping Up Ohio
There's a way to cure Ohio's dysfunctional electoral system: an election-reform referendum that allows creation of "swing districts."
Oct 20, 2005 / Feature / John Nichols
Kaine Country Kaine Country
It's a tight race, but if Tim Kaine becomes the next governor of Virginia, Democrats gain what they desperately need to win back Congress: a big win in a Southern state.
Oct 20, 2005 / Feature / John Nichols
Case Against Cheney Case Against Cheney
Well, of course, the investigation of who leaked CIA agent Valerie Plame's name -- violating the federal law that bars the "outing" of intelligence operatives -- has come around t...
Oct 18, 2005 / Blog / John Nichols
George Bush Gives Up George Bush Gives Up
George Bush has given up. We should have seen this coming. During the first debate of the fall 2004 campaign, a weary and frustrated Bush repeatedly referred to how the presidenc...
Oct 16, 2005 / Blog / John Nichols
Anti-Bush in the Afterlife Anti-Bush in the Afterlife
Sally Baron is not alone in the afterlife. The Wisconsin woman whose August, 2003, obituary created a nation sensation with Americans who had come to resent George W. Bush's disr...
Oct 10, 2005 / Blog / John Nichols
A Mess of George Bush’s Own Making A Mess of George Bush’s Own Making
It is fair to say that a good many Americans perceive George W. Bush to be a doltish incompetent who does not know the first thing about fighting terrorism. But, whatever the pre...
Oct 6, 2005 / Blog / John Nichols