Tom Nichols

Tom Nichols is a contributing writer at The Atlantic and the author of the forthcoming book Our Own Worst Enemy: The Assault From Within on Modern Democracy.

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The GOP Now Stands for Nothing

A party that doesn’t believe in anything ends up believing only in its right to rule.
- Tom Nichols
- May 28, 2021
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I Want My Mutually Assured Destruction

How 1980s MTV helped my students understand the Cold War
- Tom Nichols
- May 8, 2021
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Following Your Gut Isn’t the Right Way to Go

The experts had a rough year. We still have to trust them.
- Tom Nichols
- March 22, 2021
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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
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Trump Destroyed the Most Important Virtue in America

Biden can help us get it back.
- Tom Nichols
- January 20, 2021
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Trump’s Removal Is Taking Too Long

Waiting even one more day could mean disaster. Impeach the president now.
- Tom Nichols
- January 9, 2021
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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
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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
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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
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A Large Portion of the Electorate Chose the Sociopath

America will have to contend with that fact.
- Tom Nichols
- November 4, 2020
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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
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This Republican Party Is Not Worth Saving

No one should ever get a second chance to destroy the Constitution.
- Tom Nichols
- September 10, 2020
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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The Impeachable Tweets

Trump’s admissions on social media alone provide enough material for Congress to remove him.
- Tom Nichols
- October 11, 2019
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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
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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

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