September 2006

Double Negative
Rick Santorum dropped millions of dollars on an ad campaign that may have helped his opponent.
September 29, 2006 | By Zack Pelta-Heller | web only

Talk Isn't Cheap
Michael Bérubé's postmodern case for deliberative discourse.
September 29, 2006 | By Eric Rauchway | web only

Centered Right
How Scandanavia's neoliberal parties came to love the welfare state.
September 28, 2006 | By Ulrik Jørstad Gade | web only

The Enablers
When push comes to shove, moderate Republican senators like Chafee and Snowe provide no check on their party's essential extremism. To the contrary.
September 28, 2006 | By Harold Meyerson | web only

The Prospect announces changes
Michael Tomasky to step down as editor, will stay on as editor-at large.
September 27, 2006 | By The Editors | web only

Who Rides the Elephant?
Ryan Sager's new book offers a libertarian lament of the big-government, social-conservative takeover of the GOP.
September 27, 2006 | By Thomas F. Schaller | web only

Rogue State
Lawbreaker and torturer -- that's America, loud and proud.
September 26, 2006 | By Matthew Yglesias | web only

They're Back
An Iran contra-era fabricator and his associate appear to have opened a new channel to Washington.
September 26, 2006 | By Laura Rozen | web only

Engagement Plans
Time to get real: There is no military solution to U.S. problems with Iran.
September 25, 2006 | By Robert Kuttner | web only

Who Should Apologize?
Another view of the Pope-Islam controversy.
September 25, 2006 | By Kirsten A. Powers | web only

Benedict the Bombthrower
Why the pope's speech in Germany really was outrageous.
September 21, 2006 | By Adele M. Stan | web only

Into the Desert
What the Bush administration could learn from Homer -- and John Ford.
September 21, 2006 | By Harold Meyerson | web only

The Fixer Meets His Match
James Baker's Iraq Study Group is supposed to figure out how to fix the Iraq war and convince the Bush administration to accept the plan. To do the first part, the group may likely advocate withdrawal. The second part is anyone's guess.
September 20, 2006 | By Robert Dreyfuss | web only

November Surprise
Expect the unexpected from the year's midterm elections.
September 20, 2006 | By Terence Samuel | web only

Lunch with Lamont
Ned Lamont speaks with the Prospect about Iraq, health care, and how he plans to beat Lieberman.
September 20, 2006 | By The Editors | web only

Boots (and Blogs) on the Ground
Matthew Currier Burden's new milblog anthology offers riveting, if uneven, on-the-ground accounts from American soldiers overseas.
September 19, 2006 | By Tara McKelvey | web only

The Fortune Cookie Game
Context is everything in the debate over democracy promotion in the Middle East. Whatever the given policy objective, the method can't be unilateral.
September 19, 2006 | By Matthew Yglesias | web only

School's Out
The latest fight over homework only underscores the basic futility of debates about education policy.
September 18, 2006 | By Conor Clarke | web only

Better Late Than Never
When it comes to checking the excesses of Cheney-Rumsfeld security policies, there are signs that Congress is finally stirring from its six-year slumber.
September 17, 2006 | By Robert Kuttner | web only

Thanks, But No Thanks
Robert Reich offered some free advice to congressional Dems: In the event of a November takeover, think positive and don't waste time going after the GOP. A Democratic congressman responds.
September 15, 2006 | By Congressman Barney Frank | web only

The Costs of Crying Wolf
If Americans seem burned out and cynical about the terrorist threat, the Bush administration has only itself to blame.
September 15, 2006 | By Kirsten A. Powers | web only

W and the TB-GBs
The specter of Bush lurked behind last week's Blair-Brown dust-up in Great Britain. Lebanon proved to be the tipping point.
September 15, 2006 | By James Crabtree | web only

Huff's Fluff
Why Arianna Huffington's new book for women is such a disappointment.
September 15, 2006 | By Dana Goldstein | web only

Fear and Loathing
The GOP, until recently the self-described party of ideas, is left with a midterm election strategy composed entirely of scaring voters and sliming Democrats.
September 14, 2006 | By Harold Meyerson | web only

Casualty of War
Events this year have devastated the Palestinian economy. What's the way forward?
September 14, 2006 | By Jo-Ann Mort | web only

House of Ill-Repute
The House GOP gambles with its future by ignoring earmark reform.
September 13, 2006 | By Robert B. Reich | web only

Cold Case?
A federal prosecutor opens an investigation into a property lease Senator Robert Menendez made 12 years ago. The New Jersey Senate race is about to get ugly.
September 13, 2006 | By Thurman Hart | web only

Vet Offensive
Pennsylvania congressional candidates Patrick Murphy and Joe Sistak are two "Fighting Dems" who aren't relying on biography alone.
September 12, 2006 | By Zack Pelta-Heller | web only

Too Much Information
Pervasive surveillance and torture yield plenty of intelligence -- bad intelligence, that is. And way too much of it.
September 12, 2006 | By Matthew Yglesias | web only

Culture Clash
Culture does matter, and there are people who really do "hate our way of life." But a little humility, not aggression, is the sensible response.
September 11, 2006 | By Adele M. Stan | web only

The Real Rudy
From the September print issue: The image of Rudy Giuliani as the hero of September 11 has never been seriously challenged. That changes now.
September 11, 2006 | By Wayne Barrett and Dan Collins | web only

Lame Ducks' Last Quack
What's on the agenda for Congress's post-election session.
September 10, 2006 | By Robert Kuttner | web only

Trade Off
The hardest hit by the collapse of Doha will likely be the world's poor.
September 10, 2006 | By Joshua Kurlantzick | web only

The Dream and the Curse
In Greil Marcus's brilliant new book, America goes on trial, and its artists are the judges.
September 8, 2006 | By Devin McKinney | web only

Don't Know Much About History
A plea to end the abuse of the past (being a communication from Clio, Muse of History, also known as The Proclaimer (!)).
September 8, 2006 | By Charles P. Pierce | web only

Arnold Gets Girlie
The governator's remarkable shift to the left has saved his hide.
September 7, 2006 | By Harold Meyerson | web only

Iraq For Sale
The Media Consortium offers an array of articles today on corporate contracting in Iraq, in coordination with the release of Robert Greenwald's new documentary Iraq For Sale.
September 7, 2006 | By The Editors | web only

The Unaccountables
From the September print issue -- 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.
September 7, 2006 | By Tara McKelvey | web only

Friendly Foes
The democracy debate continues. A human rights advocate points out what's positive, and promising, about Islamist participation in democratic politics.
September 6, 2006 | By Neil Hicks | web only

The Cost of High Costs
David Cutler argues that health-care cost inflation is nothing to worry about. He's wrong.
September 6, 2006 | By Maggie Mahar | web only

Still Not the One
John Bolton faces an uphill battle for his re-nomination.
September 6, 2006 | By Mark Leon Goldberg | web only

Don't Look Back
Is the middle class worse off now than it was thirty years ago? That's the wrong question, and the wrong debate for progressives to be having.
September 5, 2006 | By Matthew Yglesias | web only

Another Year, Another Wage Loss
Americans suffers not just from reduced economic opportunity but from diminished political imagination as well.
September 5, 2006 | By Robert Kuttner | web only

Fall Preview
With support for the war plummeting, you would think Bush would avoid discussing Iraq this fall. Well, think again.
September 5, 2006 | By Terence Samuel | web only

The Busy Season
For five years, Congress stood idly by as the president amassed power. But on a range of issues, Congress is now finally going to have to act -- for better or for worse.
September 5, 2006 | By Jonathan Hafetz | web only

What's (Not) the Matter With the Middle Class?
Why a Democratic message of misery is wrong for middle-income voters.
September 4, 2006 | By Stephen Rose | web only

Populist Persuasion
All is not well with the middle class, and Democrats should hardly pretend otherwise.
September 4, 2006 | By Lawrence Mishel | web only

Poor Thinking
How to reduce urban poverty without really trying.
September 1, 2006 | By Robert B. Reich | web only