Filibustering on Estrada Filibustering on Estrada
Few of George W. Bush's judicial nominees have generated as much opposition as has Miguel Estrada.
Feb 13, 2003 / Editorial / John Nichols
Dems Move to Block Estrada Dems Move to Block Estrada
Setting up what could be the boldest challenge yet to the Bush administration's drive to pack the nation's courts with conservative judicial activists, Senate Democrats have signa...
Feb 12, 2003 / Blog / John Nichols
Aussies Aboard? Not Exactly Aussies Aboard? Not Exactly
In the White House's latest attempt to suggest that the United States has garnered significant international support for an at´tack on Iraq, President Bush met Monday with Austra...
Feb 10, 2003 / Blog / John Nichols
Dubious Dossier Dubious Dossier
Speaking to the United Nations on Wednesday, in an address that was broadly portrayed as a case for war with Iraq, Secretary of State Colin Powell argued that, "Iraq today is acti...
Feb 7, 2003 / Blog / John Nichols
Media Democracy’s Moment Media Democracy’s Moment
Suddenly, there are serious discussions about the danger of monopoly power.
Feb 6, 2003 / Feature / John Nichols and Robert W. McChesney
As Not Seen on TV As Not Seen on TV
The debate over the dangers of media monopoly got a lot less theoretical in the last week of January, when Comcast, the nation's No.
Feb 6, 2003 / Feature / John Nichols
Poetic Protests Against War, Censorship Poetic Protests Against War, Censorship
A bit of advice for the Bush White House: Don't pick fights with professional wordsmiths. First Lady Laura Bush's decision to cancel a White House symposium on the poetry of Walt...
Feb 3, 2003 / Blog / John Nichols
Racing Into 2004 Racing Into 2004
Arnie Arnesen does not know exactly when the political wind shifted. It might have been on the day Trent Lott was forced to step down as Senate majority leader.
Jan 30, 2003 / Feature / John Nichols
Bumbled Response Bumbled Response
When Congressional Democrats asked Governor Gary Locke of Washington state to deliver the party's response to President Bush's State of the Union address, they ceded what could ha...
Jan 29, 2003 / Blog / John Nichols
Let Inspections Work Let Inspections Work
As President Bush prepared to deliver his State of the Union address Tuesday night, he received a letter signed by more than 120 House members of the House of Representatives aski...
Jan 27, 2003 / Blog / John Nichols