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December 2005 (v16, no12)


Cover illustration by Robert Grossman; Cover design by Aaron Morales Features Big-Time Trouble Matthew Yglesias Dick Cheney knows that a serious investigation could be ruinous for him. Death By Dilution Robert Cockburn When fakes of a GlaxoSmithKline anti-malarial drug turned up in Africa, authorities assumed the drug giant would want to know. Instead, they learned about a huge, evil trade in fake drugs -- and about an industry that doesn't want the truth to get out. He's Done Laura Rozen Bush once brandished September 11 like a weapon against his critics. But in one dramatic recent week, it all caught up with him. The 9-11 era is now over. Homeward Bound Linda Hirshman "Choice feminism" claims that staying home with the kids is just one more feminist option. Funny that most men rarely make the same "choice." Exactly what kind of choice is that? Open Doors, Closed Minds Harold Meyerson How one Wal-Mart true believer was excommunicated for his faith in doing what he thought the company expected of him: crying foul Shots in the Dark Joshua Kurlantzick You may have forgotten “missile defense,” but Rumsfeld hasn't. He's still pushing a useless, secretive -- and very expensive -- system. Sorry, Not Buying ZZ Packer So Republicans want black people to be grateful for their attention? Forgive me, but we're not quite as bowled over as they'd like us to be.	Columns The Right Fight Robert Kuttner Why work against Samuel Alito's confirmation? Because it can be beaten. The Two Darwinisms Robert B. Reich Socially and scientifically, conservatives are turning their backs on knowledge. This Is Simplification? Robert S. McIntyre Even the much-heralded Culture & Books Back To The Future Richard Parker There's too much Follow The (Dear) Leader Richard Byrne Do art and culture even exist in North Korea? A new book and a new compact disc open the door -- just a crack -- on the Hermit Kingdom. The Truth About The Senate Sam Rosenfeld Lewis Gould's new book doesn't make it sound pretty. Departments Devil In The Details The American Prospect Staff Dossier: The New New Orleans The American Prospect Staff Dispatches Net Effects Ezra Klein Netroots activists are liberal firebrands? Tell that to Sherrod Brown. One Step Forward … Geoff Pingree and Lisa Abend The West has high hopes for Morocco, but democracy is coming slowly. PART-ing Shots Ryan Grim The Bush administration's curiously one-sided good-government tool Picture This Tara McKelvey Can the ACLU pry more Abu Ghraib photos from the government?

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