Critically-acclaimed Political Author John Nichols to Speak At Arise Bookstore

Critically-acclaimed political author John Nichols will discuss his new book, “In THE GENIUS OF IMPEACHMENT: THE FOUNDERS’ CURE FOR ROYALISM,” at Arise Bookstore on Thursday, November 16 at 7pm. The event is free -- and there will also be free apple pie to underscore the idea that impeachment is as American as apple pie.

John Nichols writes about politics for The Nation magazine as its Washington correspondent. He is a contributing writer for The Progressive and In These Times and the associate editor of the Capital Times, the daily newspaper in Madison, Wisconsin. His articles have appeared in the New York Times, Chicago Tribune and dozens of other newspapers.

Nichols is a frequent guest on radio and television programs as a commentator on politics and media issues. He was featured in Robert Greenwald's documentary, "Outfoxed," and in the documentaries Joan Sekler's "Unprecedented," Matt Kohn's "Call It Democracy" and Robert Pappas's "Orwell Rolls in his Grave." The keynote speaker at the 2004 Congress of the International Federation of Journalists in Athens, Nichols has been a featured presenter at conventions, conferences and public forums on media issues sponsored by the Federal Communications Commission, the Congressional Progressive Caucus, Consumers International, the Future of Music Coalition, the AFL-CIO, the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, the Newspaper Guild [CWA] and dozens of other organizations.

Nichols is the author of the critically-acclaimed analysis of the Florida recount fight of 2000, "Jews for Buchanan," a best-selling biography of Vice President Dick Cheney, "Dick: The Man Who is President," and "Tragedy and Farce: How the American Media Sell Wars, Spin Elections, and Destroy Democracy." Nichols is the co-founders of Free Press, the nation's media-reform network, which organized the 2003 and 2005 National Conferences on Media Reform.

Of Nichols, author Gore Vidal says: "Of all the giant slayers now afoot in the great American desert, John Nichols’s sword is the sharpest."