For Democrats, Mr. Right is Mr. Wrong For Democrats, Mr. Right is Mr. Wrong
Anyone who has spent time on the 2004 Democratic presidential campaign trail is familiar with the phrase "Except Lieberman." When grassroots Democrats gather to talk about the cro...
Aug 5, 2003 / Blog / John Nichols
The Heat Is On The Heat Is On
As questions grow, so does bush's vulnerability.
Jul 31, 2003 / Feature / John Nichols
Congress Rebuffs the FCC Congress Rebuffs the FCC
The revolution may, in fact, be televised--and on C-Span, no less.
Jul 31, 2003 / Editorial / John Nichols
Media Giants Get Slapped Media Giants Get Slapped
In an unprecedented rebuff to the agenda of big media, the House of Representatives on Wednesday approved by a 400-21 vote an appropriations bill that includes languarge blocking ...
Jul 23, 2003 / Blog / John Nichols
Blair’s Crisis, Bush’s Crisis Blair’s Crisis, Bush’s Crisis
Only hours after British Prime Minister Tony Blair told a cheering US Congress that history would forgive the United States and Great Britain for using dubious data to make the ca...
Jul 19, 2003 / Blog / John Nichols
Checks and Balances Anyone? Checks and Balances Anyone?
When it was proposed during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 that the sole power "to make war" be vested in the Congress, the measure carried overwhelmingly. Only one delegat...
Jul 10, 2003 / Blog / John Nichols
Bottom of the Ninth on Capitol Hill Bottom of the Ninth on Capitol Hill
The American people have already changed the character of the debate over media consolidation and monopoly. Now, they may well be on the verge of winning a historically unpreceden...
Jul 8, 2003 / Blog / John Nichols
Early Returns Early Returns
More people voted in the wwww.MoveOn.org PAC online presidential primary than are expected to participate in next January's Democratic caucuses in Iowa and t
Jul 2, 2003 / Editorial / John Nichols
Dean, Kucinich, Kerry Top MoveOn Vote Dean, Kucinich, Kerry Top MoveOn Vote
Former Vermont Governor Howard Dean's scored another publicity coup this week, finishing a solid first in the MoveOn.org PAC online primary that became a high-stakes test of the a...
Jun 27, 2003 / Blog / John Nichols
Moving on Media Reform Moving on Media Reform
It's no secret that Washington has a limited interest in the public interest these days.
Jun 26, 2003 / Editorial / John Nichols