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September 2006 (v17, no9)


Cover design by Aaron Morales Download Issue PDF By The American Prospect Staff Features Illusion and Reality Flynt Leverett The violence in the Middle East shows the negative consequences of the administration's contempt for engagement. But the tough talk has failed. Just a Gigolo Garance Franke-Ruta In the go-go '90s, George Allen sat on the board of a Virginia tech company. Now, the company faces several class-action suits and an SEC insiders probe. The Real Rudy Wayne Barrett and Dan Collins The image of Rudy Giuliani as the hero of September 11 has never been seriously challenged. That changes now. The Rise of the Republicrats Ezra Klein Conservatives swore that they'd shrink the government once they got power. Well, they have it -- and the government is bigger than ever. Now, some on the right have a surprising response: Embrace the welfare state. The Trouble With Diversity Walter Benn Michaels Two great liberal preoccupations -- our celebration of cultural difference and the fight against inequality -- go hand in hand, right? Wrong. Incredibly wrong. The Unaccountables Tara McKelvey Forget the soldiers: The 25,000 civilian contractors in Iraq are an occupying army unto themselves. Some may have engaged in torture -- and, by evident design, they can't be prosecuted for their crimes.	Columns A Rendezvous with Failure Paul Starr The decision for war epitomized this frame of mind, at once belligerent and delusional. Complete Sentence Kristine A. Huskey The administration has already begun trying to work its way around the Supreme Court's Hamdan decision. Funny Business Mark Schmitt Why are businesses registering more than 2 million workers to vote? A great challenge lies within the answer. Memo to House Democrats Robert B. Reich If you take back the House, you'll be tempted to focus on Bush's sins. Don't: Think big, think positive. Culture & Books Be Not Afraid Peter Steinfels Five books on the religious right raise necessary alarms about the movement's ever-increasing power. But goodness, is the situation really quite this grave? Out-Foxed, Finally? Paul Waldman Good news -- FOX News Channel's ratings are down across the board! But what's happening to them now could one day happen to our side. Shia Power and the West Gilles Kepel Two important new books shed light on where the Shia come from -- and assess whether they will choose a fundamentalist alliance or reform and the West. Departments Correspondence Our Readers Gitlin's claim about the Gore Internet story is greatly exaggerated. September Issue PDF The American Prospect Staff Up Front The American Prospect Staff Condi: Marx or Jesus?; World War III vs. World War IV; plus The Question Dispatches Beyond Hope Matthew Yglesias Summer 2006 may go down as the time when Iraq was lost for good. Field Notes Harold Meyerson The best word to describe Democrats' get-out-the-vote plans: emerging. Innocents (Not) Abroad Eamonn Fingleton China's outbound tourism industry is booming -- but not to America.

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