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July 2004Convention Roundup The Prospect's convention blog was the busiest on the Web. From Wolf Blitzer to Jerry Springer to that Kerry guy, we've got analysis and gossip on everyone and everything. July 30, 2004 | | web only Clueless in Portland A bumbling cartoon detective -- who bears a striking resemblance to John Ashcroft -- makes his debut at The American Prospect. July 30, 2004 | | web only The Last Hurrah The most enduring boss of Tammany Hall dies at age 95. July 30, 2004 | | web only Speak, Memory In a harrowing new film, S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine, torturers and their victims come together and talk about what happened long ago. July 30, 2004 | | web only Harm's Way Why John Edwards will have to do better in the 14 weeks ahead. July 29, 2004 | | web only Saving Grace This time around, a Catholic candidate is getting heat not from voters but from the Church. July 29, 2004 | | web only Long Knives Drawn Beneath the facade of unity, moderates are fighting -- and, it seems, defeating -- liberals for control of the Kerry trade agenda. July 29, 2004 | | web only Unified Populism The Democrats may have found a brand of populism that all Americans can get behind. July 29, 2004 | | web only The Massachusetts Liberal? When it comes to the economy, John Kerry and George W. Bush are on opposite ends of the political spectrum -- just not the ends you'd expect. July 29, 2004 | | web only Tearing Down the Walls The crowd stood and roared for Barack Obama -- and for his ability to unite the party. Ron Reagan didn't do so badly, either. July 28, 2004 | | web only Fixing Elections Yes, you can vote for a candidate you like -- and not inadvertently put a slimeball in office. Just try instant-runoff voting, the best electoral system you've never heard of. July 28, 2004 | | web only Three Nightmares John Kerry could win by 2 million votes and still lose the election. Here are three ways to fix the system. July 28, 2004 | | web only Ah, Unity In Boston, the message is simple: Work like hell to elect Kerry and to build progressive institutions. July 28, 2004 | | web only Dumbing Him Down The networks condense John Kerry's foreign-policy speech to 45 words (or less), and the public doesn't know what he stands for. Imagine that. July 28, 2004 | | web only If It Worked Once … Here it comes: Newsweek's Evan Thomas leads the way in the Gore-ing of John Kerry. July 28, 2004 | | web only A Townie Writes Delegates, we love you. But why'd you have to bring ... them? July 28, 2004 | | web only Fixing Elections Yes, you can vote for a candidate you like -- and not inadvertently put a slimeball in office. Just try instant-runoff voting, the best electoral system you've never heard of. July 28, 2004 | | web only Under Coverage The networks have abandoned the national conventions. But our best days may still be before us. A TAP debate. July 28, 2004 | | web only Barack Steady The ability to listen has made Baraka Obama a great speaker. July 27, 2004 | | web only Tax Man Bush says tax cuts stimulate the economy. Unfortunately, he's fallen more than 2.2 million jobs short of the projection made by his own economists. July 27, 2004 | | web only An Exercise in Futility When Democrats get together to talk about issues in Boston, Cokie, Tim, and Jeff miss the point. July 27, 2004 | | web only Sheer Eloquence Both momentous and lighthearted, Clinton's speech presented Kerry as the good, wise, and brave. July 27, 2004 | | web only Wrong Again The Clintons deny the pundits one of their favorite pastimes. July 27, 2004 | | web only Present Dangers Neoconservative dead-enders regroup and start plotting their comeback. July 27, 2004 | | web only Boston, Meet Phoenix A New York Times Magazine article is already the most important convention-related story of the week. July 26, 2004 | | web only Financially Competitive? Progressive groups are doing wonders for Kerry. Unfortunately, they're not able to spread their wealth to important Senate races. July 26, 2004 | | web only Just say Om-m-m Twenty-nine members of Congress will take the mic in Boston this week, repeating the Democratic Party's mantra. It could be the first step toward taking back the House. July 26, 2004 | | web only Fireworks on Tuesday If it weren't for Barack Obama, the convention would be as exciting as cold bean soup. July 26, 2004 | | web only Jimmy Endorsey Although John Kerry can depend on the endorsement of nearly every national union, including the Teamsters, there's one unpredictable holdout. July 26, 2004 | | web only Easy Labor Unions usually have to fight to get their interests on the Democratic Party platform. Not this year. July 26, 2004 | | web only Security Excess The U.S. Secret Service has closed off a main highway and taken away trash cans in Boston. Boy, we feel safer now. July 26, 2004 | | web only Howard's Beginnings A new documentary about the life of historian Howard Zinn shows why he's adored by Matt Damon and millions more. July 23, 2004 | | web only The Speech Six lessons for John Kerry and his speechwriters. July 22, 2004 | | web only Retreating from Reform Innovative, bipartisan immigration bills are languishing in the Senate because Karl Rove needs the nativist vote. July 22, 2004 | | web only Dismissing Class Calling the Bush administration out for its determined class warfare could have benefits for the two Johns. But the terms of the debate make that harder than it should be. July 22, 2004 | | web only Greenspan's Preemptive Strike With dragging wages for 80 percent of the workforce, Alan Greenspan may have raised interest rates too soon. July 21, 2004 | | web only Have Faith, Round Three Everyone wants John Kerry to talk more openly about religion. But is “getting God” really what he needs? A TAP debate. July 21, 2004 | | web only Can't Get Fooled Again So Pete Townshend supported the war, eh? Bummer, sort of. But it should disillusion precisely no one. July 21, 2004 | | web only Purple People Watch Bush channels God in Pennsylvania, the Kerry family fans out in Florida, and the battle for Yucca intensifies. A weekly roundup from the swing states. July 21, 2004 | | web only Cape Town Diary An African American art-history student visits the ghosts of apartheid -- and finds that a spirit of optimism prevails. July 21, 2004 | | web only Spreading Democracy Representatives Carolyn Maloney and Martin Meehan are trying to restore democracy on the Hill with two new bills. Good luck. July 20, 2004 | | web only Changing the Game The n-word has long been a television taboo. Comedian Dave Chappelle is out to change that. July 20, 2004 | | web only The Fog of Advisers Bureaucrats tend to look after their own interests -- even when they conflict with our national security. It's too bad George W. Bush can't tell the difference between good advice and bad. July 20, 2004 | | web only Have Faith, Part Two Everyone wants John Kerry to talk more openly about religion. But is “getting God” really what he needs? A TAP debate. July 19, 2004 | | web only Kerry, Call Russell (or Why the Democratic Party Can't Afford to Diss the Hip-Hop Generation) July 19, 2004 | | web only Curveballs to Congress The Senate Intelligence Committee has spoken on the intelligence that led us to war. If only we had known ... July 16, 2004 | | web only Arianna's Game Plan The author of Fanatics and Fools talks about AA meetings, Ralph Nader, the high-heeled vote, and how to win back the White House. An interview with Arianna Huffington. July 16, 2004 | | web only Swingers Sex in marriage, compassionate conservatism, and shocking news about the battleground states. July 16, 2004 | | web only Gotta Have Faith? It seems like everyone wants John Kerry to talk more openly about religion. But is “getting God” really what he needs? A TAP debate. July 16, 2004 | | web only Journey from Hell “It's what's inside that counts,” says an airport sign. For a drug mule in the new film Maria Full of Grace, the message has a double meaning. July 16, 2004 | | web only Problem Children The Bush administration is pushing a tax-cut scam that purports to benefit poor kids. John Kerry and congressional Democrats shouldn't let him get away with it. July 15, 2004 | | web only And God Made Box Turtle Actually, Senator Cornyn, they do have their charms. July 15, 2004 | | web only True Values Voters are finally learning what George W. Bush stands for. It's no wonder his poll numbers are slipping. July 15, 2004 | | web only Crazy Like FOX Arianna Huffington, Paul Starr, and other luminaries talk about FOX News -- and how to fix the media -- at an event co-sponsored by The American Prospect. July 14, 2004 | | web only Re-Slicing the Economic Pie Who's getting the bigger piece? July 14, 2004 | | web only Purple People Watch Georgia and Colorado get feisty as their Senate primaries approach, while the Carolina seats are every bit in play. A weekly roundup from the swing states. July 14, 2004 | | web only No Option, No Brainer By now, expensing stock options should be a done deal. But Congress won't get out of the way. July 13, 2004 | | web only The Zbig Idea The former national-security adviser riffs on a Manichaean universe, torture, truth serums, and his latest book, The Choice. An interview with Zbigniew Brzezinski. July 13, 2004 | | web only True Lies Why pressure analysts when making stuff up is so much easier? July 13, 2004 | | web only The Wrong Target From our April 2004 issue: The newly created intelligence commission is supposed to find out how we blew it so badly on Iraq. It wants to focus on the spooks, but the real culprits here are the pols. July 13, 2004 | | web only Pressure Cooler Hourly wages are falling, retail sales are off, GDP growth is slower than expected. Yet Greenspan wants to slow things down. July 12, 2004 | | web only … And Therapy for All A new documentary, Metallica: Some Kind of Monster, puts the fun back in "dysfunctional." July 12, 2004 | | web only Compassion Is Out Bush's refusal to speak to the NAACP is one of many signs that compassionate conservatism is a thing of the past. It's time the media noticed. July 12, 2004 | | web only Games Congresspeople Play Gay marriage, flag burning, and other non-pressing issues that are being tackled on Capitol Hill. July 12, 2004 | | web only These Dogs Don't Hunt A Pentagon inspector's defense of Halliburton is a textbook example of the cronyism of Bush's so-called watchdogs. July 9, 2004 | | web only Kerry's Non-Southern Strategy Edwards won't do one whit for Kerry in the south, but he'll help him win the presidency. July 9, 2004 | | web only Mr. Weschler's Cabinet of Wonder A former New Yorker writer and author of 11 books talks about McSweeney's, art critics and political critics, and his new book, Vermeer in Bosnia. An interview with Lawrence Weschler. July 9, 2004 | | web only Purple People Watch MoveOn.org hits Missouri, Kerry hits small-town Wisconsin, and moneybags hit Washington. A weekly roundup from the swing states. July 9, 2004 | | web only A Dangerous American Marlon Brando wasn't just an icon of his generation; he defined the generations that followed. July 9, 2004 | | web only Kerry Picked a Winner A southerner, a young populist, a trial lawyer -- John Edwards is exactly what Democrats need, no matter how hard Republicans try to convince you otherwise. July 8, 2004 | | web only Ashcroft's Interest Exclusive: The attorney general received numerous briefings last year on the Plame case: "Whatever the FBI knew, [he] was able to know within days if he wanted to." July 8, 2004 | | web only The Odd Couple Mr. Steady, meet Mr. Excitement. And let the fun begin. July 8, 2004 | | web only "Little Tent" Republicans Republican leaders aren't just ignoring their moderates; they're actively trying to shut them down. July 7, 2004 | | web only The Confidence Game Confidence is up -- for some. July 7, 2004 | | web only Pot, Kettle, Black Bush-Cheney's opening salvo against the Kerry-Edwards ticket is an apt description -- of the bad blood between Ronald Reagan and Bush's father. July 6, 2004 | | web only The Party Says Edwards Democrats had a top choice. Kerry heeded their call. July 6, 2004 | | web only War of the Words Democrats should recognize that preemptive war can be an excellent thing -- but that Bush's Iraq War was not at all preemptive. July 6, 2004 | | web only Please Come to Ohio Neil Young once voted Republican. Here's how he got his groove back. July 6, 2004 | | web only Ready to Rumble Up until now, civil-rights leader and American hero John Lewis has been an unfailingly courteous man. These days, he's breathing fire. July 2, 2004 | | web only Indecent Acts When faced with Hitler ads (and more), Democrats need to say, “Stop the sleaze already.” But they're not rising to the challenge. July 2, 2004 | | web only Our Feel-Good Veep Let's be candid about vice presidents. We'll feel better afterward. July 2, 2004 | | web only Purple People Watch Ralph Nader, North Korea, and rural America. A weekly roundup from the swing states. July 2, 2004 | | web only Found in Translation A slew of new Asian movies, including a stunner called Vibrator, inspire fear, lust, and joy. July 2, 2004 | | web only The Rights of Bill Did Bill Clinton advance the Democratic cause during his eight years in office, or did he abandon the progressive mission? A TAP debate. July 2, 2004 | | web only The Fighting Irish A reporter for the Irish television network RTE didn't play by the rules when she interviewed President Bush. She won't get a second chance. July 2, 2004 | | web only Analyze This A handwriting expert parses George W. Bush's words, "Let freedom reign!" (Think: tenacious, overly sensitive to criticism, inflexible.) An interview with Sheila Kurtz, president of Graphology Consulting Group. July 1, 2004 | | web only Freeing Liberty The Supreme Court awarded a narrow victory to the U.S. Constitution over the objections of the Bush administration. July 1, 2004 | | web only A Thousand Words The photos from Abu Ghraib have had a profound affect on the public debate -- and maybe on the debate among the Supreme Court justices as well. July 1, 2004 | | web only |
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