Secretary of Agribusiness Secretary of Agribusiness
Democrats are talking a lot these days about how to reconnect with rural voters. It's an important conversation, as much about the decline in the party's fortunes can be traced to...
Dec 7, 2004 / John Nichols
Love One Another? Not on NBC, CBS Love One Another? Not on NBC, CBS
The Rev. John Thomas, who serves as general minister and president of the United Church of Christ, is having a hard time figuring out why the same broadcasters that profited so ha...
Dec 1, 2004 / John Nichols
A Touchstone for Self-Reflection A Touchstone for Self-Reflection
Aside from the Fourth of July, Thanksgiving is the most distinctly American of our national holidays. As such, if we see it as more than just the day before the Christmas shoppin...
Nov 24, 2004 / John Nichols
Stenographers to Power Stenographers to Power
The best question asked in the aftermath of the 2004 US election came from a British newspaper, The Daily Mirror, which inquired over a picture of George W. Bush, "How can 59,054,...
Nov 23, 2004 / John Nichols
Deciding What’s Next Deciding What’s Next
After too many years of watching the Democratic Party and its national candidates lose the crucial ground games of American politics, organized labor, activist groups and wealthy...
Nov 18, 2004 / Feature / John Nichols
Democrats Score in the Rockies Democrats Score in the Rockies
The West is not nearly as "red" as the red/blue maps and pundits would suggest.
Nov 18, 2004 / Feature / John Nichols
A Politician, Not a Diplomat A Politician, Not a Diplomat
Two weeks before the 2004 presidential election, the Bush administration's national security adviser, Condoleezza Rice, made a solemn pronouncement about her desire to remain outs...
Nov 17, 2004 / John Nichols
Frist’s Fury Over Filibusters Frist’s Fury Over Filibusters
Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, the health insurance industry heir who went into politics for the purpose of protecting his family's financial interests against even the most t...
Nov 15, 2004 / John Nichols
Danger for Dems: A Moral Misstep Danger for Dems: A Moral Misstep
Democrats who place too much credence in those exit polls that suggest that American politics is being reshaped by voters who are charged up about "Moral Values"--as defined by so...
Nov 9, 2004 / John Nichols
The Missing Mandate The Missing Mandate
A day after the 2004 presidential voting was done, when it was finally possible to declare victory, Vice President Dick Cheney introduced a reelected President George W. Bush to t...
Nov 5, 2004 / John Nichols