Tom Nichols

The Republican Party Is Now in Its End Stages

The GOP has become, in form if not in content, the Communist Party of the Soviet Union of the late 1970s.

• Tom Nichols
• February 25, 2021

Trump Destroyed the Most Important Virtue in America

Biden can help us get it back.

• Tom Nichols
• January 20, 2021

Trump’s Removal Is Taking Too Long

Waiting even one more day could mean disaster. Impeach the president now.

• Tom Nichols
• January 9, 2021

Worse Than Treason

No amount of rationalizing can change the fact that the majority of the Republican Party is advocating for the overthrow of an American election.

• Tom Nichols
• January 4, 2021

Trump Could Still Start a Last-Ditch War With Iran

A final grand distraction before the president is forced to relinquish his office is a real danger that deserves serious attention.

• Tom Nichols
• December 30, 2020

Engaging With Trump’s Die-Hard Supporters Isn’t Productive

The loyalists who still cling to conspiracy theories should be deprived of the attention they seek.

• Tom Nichols
• December 21, 2020

A Large Portion of the Electorate Chose the Sociopath

America will have to contend with that fact.

• Tom Nichols
• November 4, 2020

At Least Never Trumpers Stood and Fought

Courage exercised only when the coast is clear is not courage; it is opportunism.

• Tom Nichols
• October 30, 2020

This Republican Party Is Not Worth Saving

No one should ever get a second chance to destroy the Constitution.

• Tom Nichols
• September 10, 2020

Donald Trump, the Most Unmanly President

Why don’t the president’s supporters hold him to their own standard of masculinity?

• Tom Nichols
• May 25, 2020

With Each Briefing, Trump Is Making Us Worse People

He is draining the last reserves of decency among us at a time when we need it most.

• Tom Nichols
• April 11, 2020

This Is No Way to Beat Trump

I’m a former Republican who’ll vote for any Democrat. But Iowa has me worried.

• Tom Nichols
• February 5, 2020

Iran’s Smart Strategy

The Iranians chose neither to fold nor to fight. It is not clear at this point who was more deterred by whom.

• Tom Nichols
• January 10, 2020

How Hillary Clinton Boosted Tulsi Gabbard

The 2016 Democratic nominee is right to worry about the congresswoman from Hawaii—but overshot the mark by calling her a Russian asset while offering no proof.

• Tom Nichols
• October 20, 2019

The Impeachable Tweets

Trump’s admissions on social media alone provide enough material for Congress to remove him.

• Tom Nichols
• October 11, 2019

If This Isn’t Impeachable, Nothing Is

The president reportedly sought the help of a foreign government against Joe Biden.

• Tom Nichols
• September 21, 2019

Trump Wants Tanks on the National Mall. What Could Go Wrong?

A show of military might to gratify the president’s ego—on Independence Day, no less—is yet another blow to republican virtue.

• Tom Nichols
• July 3, 2019

Chernobyl Should Make Humanity Count Its Blessings

The HBO miniseries peers into an insane system and reveals how lucky the world is that the Soviet Union collapsed.

• Tom Nichols
• June 3, 2019

Don’t Let Students Run the University

Trying to get professors fired because you don’t like their views isn’t activism—it’s preening would-be totalitarianism.

• Tom Nichols
• May 7, 2019

Trump Goes Beyond Cronyism—To Something Far Worse

By naming people such as Herman Cain and Stephen Moore to top jobs, Trump converts the machinery of government to his personal use.

• Tom Nichols
• April 10, 2019