Who’s a ‘Good Catholic’? Who’s a ‘Good Catholic’?
Among the members of Congress who attended the funeral of Pope John Paul II last week was U.S. Rep. David Obey. It would be difficult to identify a more appropriate representativ...
Apr 11, 2005 / Blog / John Nichols
The Anti-War Pope The Anti-War Pope
Expect to see a lot of George W. Bush over the next day or so, as he attends the funeral of Pope John Paul II. The White House is going out of its way to hype the fact that Bush i...
Apr 7, 2005 / Blog / John Nichols
The Pope’s ‘Seismic Shift’ The Pope’s ‘Seismic Shift’
Many of the most devout followers of the most famous of all victims of capital punishment, the Nazarene who was crucified on the Calvary cross, took a long time to recognize that...
Apr 3, 2005 / Blog / John Nichols
Now Bush Is Picking on Kids Now Bush Is Picking on Kids
Think of Ann Veneman as the Paul Wolfowitz of food policy. Just as Wolfowitz used his position as the Bush administration's deputy secretary of defense to spin whacked-out neoco...
Mar 27, 2005 / Blog / John Nichols
Congress Fails to Function Congress Fails to Function
The speed with which the Congress leapt to intervene in the Florida right-to-die case of Terry Schiavo might create the impression that the US House of Representatives is a functi...
Mar 21, 2005 / Blog / John Nichols
Celtic Tiger Bites the Poor Celtic Tiger Bites the Poor
The music of St. Patrick's Day, if it is political at all, tends to pick at old wounds and recall even older fights. That doesn't make it bad – a good many of the old rebel song...
Mar 16, 2005 / Blog / John Nichols
The Trials of Tony Blair The Trials of Tony Blair
LONDON -- George Bush's favorite European is having a hard time emulating the American president's strategy of exploiting the war on terror for political gain. British Prime Mini...
Mar 15, 2005 / Blog / John Nichols
Is Bush Ready for Real Democracy? Is Bush Ready for Real Democracy?
George Bush seems to want to be the president not of the United States but of the world. Indeed, since his reelection in November, Bush has made foreign policy – a subject abou...
Mar 9, 2005 / Blog / John Nichols
Roosevelt vs. Bush Roosevelt vs. Bush
President Bush is losing his fight to privatize Social Security. Even his own allies, such as House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., are warning the president that he cannot force...
Mar 5, 2005 / Blog / John Nichols
Vermont Votes No to War Vermont Votes No to War
Congress may not be prepared to hold an honest debate on when and how the United States should exit the Iraq imbroglio, but the town meetings of rural Vermont are not so constrain...
Mar 2, 2005 / Blog / John Nichols