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September 2008After the Bailout Failure: What Now? The unraveling of support for the bailout bill may be a blessing in disguise. Both parties will now go back to the drawing board -- and this will give Democrats a chance to put together a better bill. September 29, 2008 | | web only How Much Will It Cost and Will It Come Soon Enough? Could the current bailout bill have been better? Yes. But there are still a few fixes Congress should consider. September 29, 2008 | | web only Should Congress Pass the Paulson-Pelosi Package? A consideration of the merits (and what's missing) from the bill Congress failed to pass. September 29, 2008 | | web only The Misrepresented Middle Class It's almost refreshing to have the media and our elected leaders finally focus on average Americans' biggest concern -- not terrorism or the culture war, but meeting basic financial needs. September 29, 2008 | | web only Can Obama Counterpunch His Way to the White House? In Friday's debate, Barack Obama refrained from going after John McCain, and left viewers looking for a soundbite disappointed. Will this strategy work? September 27, 2008 | | web only Is the Republican Alliance Finally Breaking? The rebellion of House Republicans last Thursday was more than a tactic to help John McCain. It may have been the beginning of the end of the political deal that has defined the last three decades. September 26, 2008 | | web only McCain's Bailout Caper: Politics First What about the substance of the legislation and the fate of the country? McCain and the Republicans have abdicated. September 26, 2008 | | web only How to Score the Foreign Policy Debate Has your attention been tied up sorting out the numbers on that $700 billion bailout package? Ilan Goldenberg walks you through how to score Friday's debate. September 26, 2008 | | web only The Progressive Imam A liberal mosque in Cape Town is a reminder of Islam's complexity and a promise that change can come from the Islamic periphery. September 26, 2008 | | web only The Bailout Deal's Crucial Details The bailout compromise pays lip service to protecting homeowners and limiting CEO pay. But how important these protections turn out to be will depend on as-yet unannounced details. September 25, 2008 | | web only But Will It Work? Why Paulson and Bernanke are only partly correct, and why main street needs more direct help than the bailout plan currently provides. September 25, 2008 | | web only The Ghosts of Bankers Past John McCain invoked his maverick magic to address the economic crisis, while Bush tried to explain it without blaming Wall Street. The financial titans of the past would be pleased. September 25, 2008 | | web only The Deficit? Never Mind For years, we've heard bipartisan cries that we can't make major social investments because they would increase the federal deficit. But now that Wall Street needs a bailout, the deficit fear-mongers have gone quiet. September 25, 2008 | | web only Thinking Outside Paulson's Box The Treasury Secretary has made a false assertion that Congress has to act now or the whole financial system will collapse. But it's better to do this overhaul right -- from the bottom up rather than from the top down -- than to do it in great haste. September 24, 2008 | | web only The FundamentaList (No. 51) A conservative compares Obama to Hilter, there's nothing scary about speaking in tongues, and a look at the people behind Palin's Wasilla book-banning. September 24, 2008 | | web only Republicans Try for Obama's Coattails Two moderate Republicans ran ads earlier this season linking themselves to Barack Obama. Has it worked? September 23, 2008 | | web only The Ideology Gap The current financial crisis reveals how inadequate McCain's conservative ideology is and gives Barack Obama a chance to build a progressive consensus not seen since FDR. September 23, 2008 | | web only Democrats Find Their Footing on Fatherhood For years, conservatives shrugged off all potential public-policy solutions to black poverty, while liberals failed to face up to any policy failures. But Democrats are changing the political conversation about fatherhood. September 23, 2008 | | web only Paulson's Folly The current Wall Street rescue plan has some serious failings. Will congressional Democrats (and Republicans) stand up to the treasury secretary? September 22, 2008 | | web only The Demise of the Washington News Bureau The San Diego Union-Tribune just became the latest newspaper to shutter its D.C. office. The recent spate of bureau closings strikes a major blow for political coverage, but it is also a warning about newspaper survival in the digital age. September 19, 2008 | | web only Fighting Terrorism With Education TAP talks to Sam Carpenter, founder of Kashmir Family Aid, which fights poverty and extremism by building schools in Kashmir. September 19, 2008 | | web only Examining Palin's Record on Violence Against Women Sarah Palin's advocacy for women who are victims of sexual assault and domestic violence leaves a lot to be desired. September 18, 2008 | | web only Obama's Foreign Policy Advantage Nouri Al-Maliki's endorsement of Obama's withdrawal timeline was a coup for the candidate. And even though economic issues have elbowed foreign policy out of the headlines, Obama shouldn't forget it. September 18, 2008 | | web only The FundamentaList (No. 50) Values Voter Summit reveals conservatives love Palin because she affirms their power over McCain and are angry at moderate evangelicals who are looking beyond the culture wars. September 17, 2008 | | web only Seven Deadly Sins of Deregulation -- and Three Necessary Reforms Our current crisis is the result of the misguided notion that financial markets can regulate themselves. Here's a rundown of the mistakes we've made and the three reforms we need now. September 17, 2008 | | web only Are Motherhood Politics a Good Idea? Sarah Palin is not the only candidate reclaiming the political authority of motherhood -- but are mommy politics bad for women? September 16, 2008 | | web only McCain's Dangerous Do-Nothing Economics The Great Depression was caused by a banking system left to self-destruct by a conservative president who, like John McCain today, insisted that the economy's "fundamentals" were strong. September 16, 2008 | | web only How to Win a Presidential Debate The debates, for better or worse, may decide the outcome of the election. Here's how the press will decide who won. September 16, 2008 | | web only Israeli Politics, Bankrupt The impending indictment of Ehud Olmert for bribery and corruption points to a larger leadership vacuum in Israel. September 15, 2008 | | web only Sarah Palin's Retrograde Gender Politics Sarah Palin's role in McCain's campaign is to reinforce traditional ideas of masculinity and femininity. September 15, 2008 | | web only Everybody Calm Down! Obama Is Hitting Back Quit your whining, Democrats. If Barack Obama loses this election, it won't be because he didn't fight back. September 11, 2008 | | web only The FundamentaList (No. 49) The IRS is asked to investigate a Christian legal group, the GOP alienates Latino evangelicals, and religious leaders ask Sarah Palin to start acting like a Christian. September 10, 2008 | | web only Another Student Loan Crisis? The real crisis in student loans is the ways we're asking college students to finance their educations. September 10, 2008 | | web only The Politics of Contempt John McCain is declaring war on the media, the elites, really, anyone who's not you. The Republicans' thirst for contempt is limitless. September 9, 2008 | | web only Where Does Palin Fit in Alaska's Culture of Corruption? Alaska politics at both the state and national levels are rife with bribery, corruption, and scandal. Has Sarah Palin stayed out of the fray? September 9, 2008 | | web only The Conservative Case for Urbanism Republicans may have an uneasy relationship to global warming, but some are finding reasons to embrace government projects close to environmentalists' hearts -- like public transit. September 5, 2008 | | web only Beverly Ills I returned from two and a half years of living abroad to discover that Beverly Hills, 90210, my guilty teenage pleasure, was being resurrected. This would be the perfect transition back to American culture, right? September 5, 2008 | | web only Alone in the Arena The Republican National Convention was a stripped down, lackluster affair. John McCain showed that he stands alone, without a party, and without a real agenda. September 5, 2008 | | web only Who Will Be the Boss? Amid unvetted VP rumors, and on-the-trail gaffes, John McCain has proven to be a seriously undisciplined candidate. Who is going to actually hold the reins if he takes the presidency? September 4, 2008 | | web only The Meltdown Lowdown (No. 19) The ostensibly anti-earmark McCain picks earmark-loving Palin, employment and nonresidential construction are down, and oil prices plunge. September 4, 2008 | | web only Meet Jane Doe By selecting Sarah Palin as his running mate, John McCain plunged his campaign into the plot of a Frank Capra film. September 4, 2008 | | web only The FundamentaList (No. 48) Special Convention Edition! The religious right loves Sarah Palin and conservatives prepare to get out the vote in November. September 3, 2008 | | web only The Elephant in the Room Women at the Republican convention react to Bristol Palin's pregnancy and offer a stark reminder of how limited conservative ideology is in its views of sexuality, education, and choice. September 3, 2008 | | web only Character Study What Obama did so well in his convention address was taking the raw material of policy and turning it into an indictment not just of what John McCain wants to do but of who John McCain is. September 2, 2008 | | web only Sex Education as Liberation The bitter debate over teaching abstinence-only in schools has gotten tired and myopic. It's time to improve and expand our notion of what sex ed means. September 2, 2008 | | web only |
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