June 2006

Staying on Message -- Nixon's Message
Tricky Dick would have been proud.
June 29, 2006 | By Harold Meyerson | web only

The Frog Is Us
Journalists should be jolting one another and the rest of us out of the frog bowl, before it boils over.
June 29, 2006 | By Jim Sleeper | web only

Market Meltdown
Say goodbye to the housing bubble.
June 28, 2006 | By Robert B. Reich | web only

Burn, Baby, Burn
The Senate narrowly defeated the flag-burning amendment last night, but don't expect Republicans to let their favorite non-issue issue burn out anytime soon.
June 28, 2006 | By Kirsten A. Powers | web only

Remembering Katrina
With more than 1,500 people killed, Katrina ranks among the worst natural disasters in U.S. history. TAP talks to Douglas Brinkley, author of The Great Deluge: Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, and the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
June 27, 2006 | By LaNitra Walker | web only

Suckers for Meritocracy
As the Roberts Court is demonstrating, what really matters in the Supreme Court is the justices' politics -- not their legal credentials.
June 26, 2006 | By Harold Meyerson | web only

The Blogofascistas
A modern-day Hannah Arendt identifies the new threat of our era. Do we have the will to fight it?
June 26, 2006 | By Matthew Yglesias | web only

Survival of the Richest
The real "Two Americas" are not the poor and everyone else, but the mega-rich and everyone else.
June 26, 2006 | By Robert Kuttner | web only

The Real “Flation” Threat
Deflation, not inflation, is what Ben Bernanke should be worried about.
June 22, 2006 | By Robert B. Reich | web only

Why Have a Primary?
That's what Senator Joe Lieberman seems to be wondering.
June 22, 2006 | By Harold Meyerson | web only

Cat Scratch Fever
My run-in with Dave "Mudcat" Saunders, the Democrats' Dixie huckster.
June 21, 2006 | By Thomas F. Schaller | web only

The Case Against Principles
As Joe Lieberman demonstrates, principles are only good if you've got the right ones.
June 20, 2006 | By Matthew Yglesias | web only

Filling the Breach
Might liberals be the ones to finally bring national security credibility to the Democratic Party?
June 19, 2006 | By Robert Kuttner | web only

Father Knows Best
Shortly before Father's Day, TAP spoke with Michael Berg, father of Nicholas Berg, about his congressional campaign and the recent death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
June 19, 2006 | By Alex P. Kellogg | web only

Hard Labor
From our July/August issue: Change to Win leaders had big plans last year when they left the AFL-CIO to do more organizing. The resolve is there -- but so are all the usual impediments.
June 19, 2006 | By Harold Meyerson | web only

Hard Sell
Warner flops with the Kossaks, gets a bounce with the MSM, and learns that courting the Democratic netroots is no simple thing.
June 16, 2006 | By Garance Franke-Ruta | web only

Have You Heard the Word?
Karl Wallinger, mastermind behind World Party, is back from the near-dead with beautiful music and unsettling omens from the recent past.
June 16, 2006 | By Devin McKinney | web only

Till Death Do We Organize
The dangerous lives and frequent deaths of Colombian unionists.
June 15, 2006 | By Harold Meyerson | web only

Déjà Vu in Iraq
What the Israelis can teach us about the death of al-Zarqawi.
June 14, 2006 | By Matthew Yglesias | web only

The Truth about Detroit
The problem is not jobs. It's wages and benefits.
June 14, 2006 | By Robert B. Reich | web only

The Real Black Gold
TAP speaks with Jeff Goodell, author of the recently released book Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America's Energy Future.
June 13, 2006 | By Nelson Harvey | web only

A Losing Formula
Despite what some may think, cutting taxes won't give Democrats running room to advance rights.
June 12, 2006 | By Robert Kuttner | web only

The Cameras They Carried
Three soldiers film their experiences in Iraq for a new documentary, The War Tapes.
June 9, 2006 | By Sudhir Muralidhar | web only

God's Army
Overzealous child soldiers -- and their parents -- in Jesus Camp, a film about Pentecostals, represent only a fraction of Christians.
June 9, 2006 | By Kirsten A. Powers | web only

It's Alright, Ma Bell
What the NSA eavesdropping program might tell us about the Bush administration's love for telecom monopolies.
June 8, 2006 | By Alexander Dryer | web only

A Not-So-Super Tuesday
Voter fatigue sets in, in California.
June 8, 2006 | By Harold Meyerson | web only

A Man in Full
Al Gore's new movie turns his criticized qualities into critical ones.
June 7, 2006 | By Garance Franke-Ruta | web only

Uncle Sam Will Pay
Why Americans subsidized the Israeli settlers, and why we should pay to relocate them.
June 7, 2006 | By Gershom Gorenberg | web only

Stupidity08.com
Washington pundits gush over a very silly idea for a third party presidential ticket.
June 6, 2006 | By Matthew Yglesias | web only

Go Home, Bill
William Jefferson should defend himself against corruption charges -- though not while he's still in office.
June 5, 2006 | By Terence Samuel | web only

A Sad Estate of Affairs
The debate over the estate tax has offered an opportunity for Democrats to pounce. So why haven't they?
June 5, 2006 | By Robert Kuttner | web only

They Got Fooled
The National Review gets nearly everything wrong in their list of the 50 greatest conservative rock songs.
June 2, 2006 | By Charles P. Pierce | web only

Condi's Play
Rice headed off the hardliners with her bold move, but will the United States and Iran ever get to the negotiating table?
June 1, 2006 | By Laura Rozen | web only

The Pension Pinch
For once, the President is right.
June 1, 2006 | By Robert B. Reich | web only

Estate Tax Lunacy
Why any Democrat would back a repeal of the estate tax is a mystery.
June 1, 2006 | By Harold Meyerson | web only