Features

A Durable Middle East Peace
Robert Malley and Hussein Agha
Oslo didn't achieve it, nor has the Bush "road map." So what would would satisfy both sides?

A Well-Regulated Militia
Gary Hart
The National Guard, not the military, should protect the homeland.

Bush's Flawed Revolution
Ivo H. Daalder and James M. Lindsay
"If we're an arrogant nation," said George W. Bush, "they'll resent us." He was right.

Head Cases
Drake Bennett
How else to describe a president and House that would carve up a widely embraced program like Head Start? Thank God for the Senate.

Not Quite the Big One
Harold Meyerson
Arnold Schwarzenegger's election is sending out shock waves, but he may find that recent progressive reforms won't be so easy to terminate.

NOW What?
Sarah Wildman
NOW's endorsement of Carol Moseley Braun was a symbolic act. But some feminists wonder: Is this the right time for symbolism?

Red State Army
Jason Vest
We all know about "Reagan Democrats." But 20 years later, there may finally be a counterweight. Could "Clark Republicans" decide 2004?

Regime Change: The Legacy
Stephen Kinzer
Since 1953, U.S. presidents have been toppling other governments. Now, the consequences.

Rumsfeld's Folly
Lawrence J. Korb
The radical Bush doctrine for America's military was cooked up long before 9-11. Now, theory has become practice—and it doesn't work.

Shock of the Old
Garance Franke-Ruta
Win or lose, Howard Dean has become town crier for a liberalism that long predates FDR.

Soul on Ice
Sydney H. Schanberg
The Robert McNamara of Errol Morris' new documentary is clearly a tortured soul. But is he tortured enough?

The Clinton Formula
Michael Tomasky
Forget the left-center divide -- it's not 1992 anymore. Defend government. Fight smarter. Smile. Win.

Through a Lens, Starkly
Todd Gitlin
For U.S. networks that think documentaries are a snore, it's time to wake up and watch the gripping work of Brits Norma Percy and Brian Lapping.

What Bush Could Learn From JFK
Theodore C. Sorensen
Kennedy's bold strategy of peace delivered more for America than Bush's simple warmongering.


Special Report

A Foreign-Policy Emergency
Robert Kuttner
The hallmark of the Bush foreign policy has been a naive radicalism married to an operational incompetence.

Safe at Home
Morton H. Halperin
At the dawn of the Cold War, America's leaders created new institutions that made us safer. Fast forward to the present. Why isn't the Bush administration following their example?

The Homeland Security Muddle
Juliette N. Kayyem
A year later, Tom Ridge's department still lacks a coherent strategy or adequate authority. His critics need to get serious about domestic preparedness.