How Will We Pay for Obama’s New Jobs Push? Answer: Tax Wall Street How Will We Pay for Obama’s New Jobs Push? Answer: Tax Wall Street
President Obama will propose a needed jobs program. But how to get it through a Congress that growls, “America's broke”? Fight for a financial transactions tax.
Aug 31, 2011 / John Nichols
John Nichols: The Cheney Revisionist History Tour Rolls On John Nichols: The Cheney Revisionist History Tour Rolls On
With his new revisionist memoir, Dick Cheney is more concerned about maintaining status within the Republican party than he is about selling books.
Aug 31, 2011 / Press Room
John Nichols: The Cheney Revisionist History Tour Rolls On John Nichols: The Cheney Revisionist History Tour Rolls On
With his new revisionist memoir, Dick Cheney is more concerned about maintaining status within the Republican party than he is about selling books.
Aug 31, 2011 / The Ed Show
The Years Since 9/11: A Lost Decade The Years Since 9/11: A Lost Decade
In the aftermath of that terrible day, we had a chance to build our politics around social solidarity. Instead, George W. Bush led the charge to a politics of fear.
Aug 31, 2011 / The Editors
The New American Jujitsu The New American Jujitsu
In the wake of 9/11, we have summoned up imaginary demons to spare ourselves from facing the all-too-real burdens of our time.
Aug 31, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Jonathan Schell
Noted. Noted.
George Zornik on the Keystone XL pipeline, Natasja Sheriff on the link between climate change and conflict and John Nichols on Dick Cheney’s new memoir
Aug 31, 2011 / Various Contributors
The Second Death of John Maynard Keynes The Second Death of John Maynard Keynes
Just three years ago, President Obama was an unapologetic Keynesian. Now, he's jumped on the deficit hysteria bandwagon.
Aug 31, 2011 / Column / Eric Alterman
Dick Cheney’s Deceit of Shakespearean Proportions Dick Cheney’s Deceit of Shakespearean Proportions
Behold this unctuous knave, a disgrace to his nation as few before him, yet boasting unvarnished virtue.
Aug 31, 2011 / Robert Scheer
Melissa Harris-Perry: Dick Cheney’s Book Is Revisionist Melissa Harris-Perry: Dick Cheney’s Book Is Revisionist
Cheney has a somewhat deluded sense of recent history.
Aug 30, 2011 / Press Room
Cheney’s Alternative History of Hurricane Katrina Response Concludes: ‘Heck of a Job, Bushie!’ Cheney’s Alternative History of Hurricane Katrina Response Concludes: ‘Heck of a Job, Bushie!’
As Americans mark the sixth anniversary of the Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, the former vice president claims George Bush got things right. It's an Orwellian rewrite of hist...
Aug 30, 2011 / John Nichols