John Nichols

Reid Bill rejects Stupak Amendment language

Talking to Myself (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009

John Nichols at thenation.com reports that the Senate Health Bill Rejects Anti-Choice Extremes.

False alarm at Cumberland County College warns students of 'hostile intruder'

The Star-Ledger (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009

VINELAND — A false alarm warning students and staff at Cumberland County College of a “hostile intruder” on campus caused some fear and confusion at the school Tuesday.According to CCC representative John Nichols, a staff member intending to test the...

Why some liberal House Democrats opposed the healthcare bill

Vox Verax (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009

"...the bill as it is currently constructed could make a bad situation worse." Six Smart Progressive Complaints About House Health Bill posted by JOHN NICHOLS on 11/09/2009 The Nation The Affordable Health Care for America Act was approved by the U.S. House Saturday night with overwhelming support from progressive Democrats who serve in the chamber and from a president who was nominated and...

NYC Event Not to Miss

democrats.com (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009

David Swanson Book Event: "Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union" New York City - December 1, 7:00 p.m. With Mark Crispin Miller. AND With John Nichols, author of the Foreword to "Daybreak". At McNally Jackson books. 52 Prince St. (b/t Lafayette & Mulberry) New York, NY 10012 212-274-1160

Barrett To Run, Taking Soglin Off Hook

Paul Soglin: Waxing America (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's Dan Bice is reporting that Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett will run for Governor next year, taking Paul off the hook well before his Thanksgiving deadline. Whew. Not that there wasn't a tidal wave of interest and debate here this last week over the possibility. After comrade John Nichols gave the "Soglin for Governor" campaign some Old Media traction, breathlessly...

Can Obama Whack Unemployment And The Deficit?

Marc Ambinder (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009

It's not uncommon before presidents go on long trips abroad to try and signal that they haven't forgotten problems at home. So it's no coincidence that the White House announced a jobs summit on the eve of the president's trip to Asia, even before the dates of the summit are announced. Such summits can be gabfests but they can also be useful. Obama's summits on health care and deficit reduction helped...

Reid: Senate will take up 2010 jobs bill

Daily Kos (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009

Given that a vast majority of Americans -- including southern Republicans -- want to see a new federal jobs bill, this is good news: Senate Democrats will take up a new job-creation bill in the wake of the 10.2 percent unemployment rate, Majority Leader Harry Reid told his colleagues Tuesday. Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) told The Hill that Reid (D-Nev.) made the announcement about a new jobs bill at the...

Act of Terrorism? Phyllis Chesler vs. John Nichols on CNN

American Power (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009

From Phyllis Chesler, " Talking 'Bout Ft. Hood Terrorism on CNN: Pajamas Media vs. Nation Magazine ": Embedded video from CNN Video Last night I was on the The Lou Dobbs Show on CNN to talk about whether the Fort Hood massacre was or was not a terrorist attack. I’ve been writing about this very subject rather steadily right here . I was “facing off” on CNN with someone who...

• “Talking With Dobbs ‘Bout Ft. Hood Terrorism on CNN:Pajamas Media vs. Nation Magazine” by Phyllis Chesler - Jesus is Lord, A Worshipping Christ

Soglin For Governor Gains Traction

Paul Soglin: Waxing America (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009

John Nichols takes the possibility seriously in the Cap Times today. Soglin is, after all, an able administrator with a flair for combining academic theories about public policy with hands-on management. As mayor, he hired exceptional administrators and earned a respect from city employees that meant they gave 110 percent. That equation kept the confidence of taxpayers, who paid in substantial revenues...

Reinforcing the Progressives

The Rehearsal Studio (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009

Yesterday I used my Chutzpah of the Week award to call attention to the nine Democrats in the House of Representatives who voted against health care reform in betrayal of their representation of a sizable portion of their electorate currently without any form of health insurance. Having done this, I should probably make it clear that, while those Representatives voted against the bill for being "too...

• Reinforcing the Progressives - Net News Publisher

The Future of Journalism: The Contest!

CJR Daily (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009

So The Nation--whose John Nichols, along with journalism professor Robert McChesney, is writing a book on the future of news--is jumping onto the Whence Journalism bandwagon. Through, in particular, convening a group of experts (whom it refers to, with refreshing honesty, as "media insiders")--"insiders" including Nichols, Dan Rather, Jane Mayer, Ana Marie Cox, David Schimke, Nick...

Klein: ‘Highlighting terrorist’s Muslim ties is Islamophobia’. Liberal magazine calls Texas army shooter an ‘imperfect follower of Islam’

The Real Barack Obama (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009

Aaron Klein, Jerusalem bureau chief for World Net Daily, writes from Tel Aviv: Those who are highlighting the Muslim ties of last week’s Texas army killer are inspiring “Islamophobia,” according to the left-leaning Nation magazine. In a blog entry, the Nation’s Washington correspondent, John Nichols, described Nidal Malik Hasan, whose terrorist shooting massacre left 13 dead...

House Passes Health Reform, But Without Reproductive Rights

CommonDreams.org Headlines (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009

by John Nichols The U.S. House of Representatives answered "the call of history" put to it by President Obama Saturday and voted 220-215 in favor of the most sweeping expansion of health-care coverage since the enactment of Medicare and Medicaid Act of 1965. House Democrats burst into sustained applause at 11:08 EST as the majority-making 218th vote was cast in favor of the the Affordable...

• The Beat: House Passes Health Reform, But Without Reproductive Rights - The Nation Blogs
• The Beat: House Passes "Historic" Health Reform - The Nation Blogs

A Horribly Predictable Islamophobia

FreeThoughtManifesto (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009

Horror at Fort Hood Inspires Horribly Predictable Islamophobia Posted by John Nichols On 11/05/2009 @ 7:23pm Courtesy of The Nation Thursday's shootings at the Fort Hood army base in Texas -- which left at least 12 people dead and more than 30 others wounded -- were of course the "horrific outburst of violence" that President Obama bemoaned and condemned. But, because a soldier identified...

Because It All Depends on the Jobs

They gave us a republic (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009

"One in 10 Americans is unemployed." That's a headline we haven't seen in 26-1/2 years. But it's one we'll look back on with nostalgia a year from now if the Obama administration doesn't face reality and force Congress to pass a massive, all-jobs economic stimulus. And if that stimulus doesn't pass before spring, it won't be Democrats' problem any more - repugs will take over Congress next...