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April 2008 (v19 n4)


Cover art by John Ritter Download Issue PDF By The American Prospect Staff Cover Story - Features The Obama Doctrine Spencer Ackerman Barack Obama is offering the most sweeping liberal foreign-policy critique we've heard from a serious presidential contender in decades. But will voters buy it? Features Populism Rising Robert Borosage Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton may be neophyte class warriors, but their populism is more than just rhetorical -- and must be, if the Democrats are to win the election and govern successfully. The Next President and the Middle East Daniel Levy To keep the world's tinder box from exploding even more violently, George W. Bush's successor is going to have to pursue a radically different Middle Eastern policy. Some policy pointers: Get out of Iraq. Work with (some) Islamists. Create the Palestinian state. Thereby, undercut al-Qaeda. The Republican War on Voting Art Levine Using the Department of Justice, friendly governors, and its usual propaganda outlets, the GOP has propagated the myth of voter fraud to purge the rolls of non-Republicans.	Columns A Headache for Workers Dana Goldstein The Department of Labor is considering a change to the Family and Medical Leave Act that would single out employees with chronic illnesses. Is the Game About to Stop? Robert B. Reich American consumers no longer have the buying power to absorb the goods and services the U.S. economy is capable of producing. New President, New Crisis Robert Kuttner The financial economy is a confidence game and nobody wants to be the Cassandra who triggers the crash. But we need to address the fact that the next president will face an economic crisis unlike any since 1933. Obama-ism Without Obama Mark Schmitt Obama's campaign shows how a democracy-minded reform movement and community organizing have transformed the Democratic Party. Like Reagan, Obama is as much a product of a movement as the creator of one. Culture & Books Farewell to Arms Jay Winter In his new book Where Have All the Soldiers Gone?, James Sheehan tries to account for the astonishing transformation of Europe that has come with the death of the warfare state. From Fantasy to Fiasco Michael Lind The convergence of conservative nationalists and neoconservatives within the Bush administration, and the deadly fantasies it spawned. No Art for Oil Kriston Capps In search of something beyond the New York art scene, Robert Smithson landed at Utah's Great Salt Lake, where he created Spiral Jetty amid abandoned oil derelicts. Now his deliberately noncommercial work is at risk of disruption by the return of oil drilling. The Manufacture of Uncertainty Chris Mooney In his new book, Doubt is Their Product, David Michaels describes how the corporate practice of "manufacturing uncertainty" has taken over our regulatory system and undermined our health. The Simplification Dodge Robert Kuttner Why is the tax code so impenetrable? It's all those tax breaks for the rich. Departments Correspondence The Editors Up Front The Editors Why would anyone want to re-create 1968? Plus the basis for Democratic unity (everybody hates Mark Penn); the return of hope chests; and The Question. Online Extras Art, Nature, and Industry Kyle Winslow TAP talks to Lynn de Freitas of Friends of Great Salt Lake and Nancy Holt, artist Robert Smithson's widow, about the proposed drilling near Smithson's famous earth art sculpture, Spiral Jetty.

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