Nichols countdown—0.5

(see 10 for introduction) 0 next A real road map for Middle East peace by John Nichols, December 30, 2004 Daily Yomiuri columnist John Jerney reporting, I'm the only one who's been paying close enough attention to bring this story to a close. It turns out that John...

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Nichols countdown—1

(see 10 for introduction) 0.5 next Count the columns, John Nichols insists, but the result has been certified--that's 109 down, one to go and he'll have made it through the year without using the word "Israel." An earlier countdown entry contained a gratuitous...

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Nichols countdown—2

(see 10 for introduction) 1 next In his 108th Capital Times column of the year, Associate Editor John Nichols pays homage to Jack Newfield and advocacy journalism. It appears that Nichols' promotion of Russ Feingold is modeled on Newfield's of Bobby Kennedy. Newfield...

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Nichols countdown—2.5

(see 10 for introduction) 2 next Jack Newfield obits: Newfield defined journalism, and truth (Capital Times/The Nation) (John Nichols) A Foe of Injustice (New York Sun) Jack Newfield, Crusading Columnist (The Jewish Week) Jack Newfield here, from the land beyond,...

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Nichols countdown—3

(see 10 for introduction) 2.5 next John Nichols' Capital Times column Tuesday is headlined Curtailing Christians in Occupied Iraq in the print edition. Bethlehem's mayor and Jerusalem's Latin patriarch have been speaking out, will Thursday bring Curtailing Christians...

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Nichols countdown–4

(see 10 for introduction) local to 3 express to 2.5 It's Feingold for president! Having run his amazing senate speech as a Capital Time op-ed piece, John Nichols anoints him the 2008 standardbearer in Thursday's column. "Absolute rejection of the war in Iraq and...

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Nichols countdown—4.5

(see 10 for introduction) 4 next John Nichols: Feingold-for-president buzz growing Ufot was right, I just couldn't resist plugging Russ again! And I can't believe I had never used the word gush before, why, it's almost as lovely as tikkun. It's unlikely Russ will ever...

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Nichols countdown—5

(see 10 for introduction) 4.5 next "Progressive" bellwether John Nichols supports the right-to-vote amendment in Tuesday's Capital Times, that's 105 columns down, five to go and he'll have made it through the year without using the word "Israel." If that isn't...

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Nichols countdown—6

(see 10 for introduction) local to 5 express to 4.5 In his Capital Times column Thursday, John Nichols offered Democrats advice, good advice, but not Advance U.S. -- Not Israel's -- Interests, so the streak continues. He has yet to use "Israel" or "Palestine" this...

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Nichols countdown—7

(see 10 for introduction) 6 next Tuesday John Nichols wrote about Tommy Thompson's return to Wisconsin from the Bush cabinet, it's not worth providing a link, that was his 103rd Capital Times column of the year and the 103rd time he's failed to mention "Israel" (or...

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