Web Exclusives:September 2009Hurry Up and Wait Why passing health-care reform might not be the political boon you'd expect. September 29, 2009 | | web only The Military's Overlooked Brain Trust Top commanders of the U.S. Army need to start listening to the opinions of the rank and file. September 29, 2009 | | web only Can California Be Fixed? The Prospect talks to Repair California, the coalition attempting to call a constitutional convention in the country's messiest democracy. September 25, 2009 | | web only Skipping the Summit for the Movies Our Middle East correspondent skips the Netanyahu-Abbas meeting to watch Ajami, a controversial film that shows the courage needed to truly bring peace. September 24, 2009 | | web only Kristol and the Tea Baggers Intellectuals don't always guide movements; often, movements guide intellectuals. September 23, 2009 | | web only The Vietnamization of Afghanistan Obama's choices in Afghanistan will either break the Democrats' association with Vietnam or confirm it. September 23, 2009 | | web only How Will World Leaders Fix the Financial Mess? Economist Ken Rogoff previews the agenda at this week's G-20 Summit. September 23, 2009 | | web only Glenn Beck's Party The message of the GOP is being delivered by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. September 22, 2009 | | web only The Wrong Side of the Mommy Track The Good Wife? More like The Get Back to Work Wife. CBS' new drama is less about political marriage and more about a generation of opt-out women who are headed back to work. September 22, 2009 | | web only Southern Baggage As long as racism is tolerated within their party, Southern Republicans shouldn't act too surprised when they get pushed on the issue. September 18, 2009 | | web only Sister Hacked Diablo Cody set out to make a feminist horror film -- so why is Jennifer's Body the least empowering slasher flick currently on screen? September 18, 2009 | | web only Why Can't Tom Perez Get Confirmed? Obama's pick for head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division is caught up in the same politicization that marked the Bush years. September 17, 2009 | | web only Hawks and a Hack Job John McCain, Joe Lieberman, and Lindsay Graham all want the White House to commit more resources to Afghanistan. Too bad the senators don't have any credibility on the issue. September 17, 2009 | | web only Convenient Untruths A 9/11 Commission lawyer catalogues the deceptions that mounted in the attack's wake. September 16, 2009 | | web only Is Obama Too Calm Before the Storm? His staid reaction to the financial crisis may have won him the presidency, but too much complacency could cause him to lose it. September 16, 2009 | | web only The Return of the Repressed It should come as no surprise that with the election of Barack Obama, the right has returned to a politics of racial resentment. September 15, 2009 | | web only Stuff Some White People Don't Like The right's animosity toward Obama isn't about fascism or socialism -- it's about racism. September 15, 2009 | | web only Extreme Makeover, Health-Care Edition Both liberals and conservatives are upset about how Obama has handled health-care reform. Do Americans expect too much? September 14, 2009 | | web only Will the U.S. Stop Treating Settlement as a PR Problem? George Mitchell's visit to Israel to discuss settlements doesn't mean the U.S. is taking the issue seriously. September 14, 2009 | | web only Health-Care Reform Gets a Booster Shot Obama's speech had some important news: His plan now includes some immediate relief on insurance costs. September 11, 2009 | | web only How Van Jones Will Help Win the Health-Care Fight The resignation of Obama's green-jobs czar is a primer on the right's political warfare tactics -- those preparing to defend health-care reform should take note. September 11, 2009 | | web only Who's Leading the Fight Against Consumer Financial Regulation? The Chamber of Commerce doesn't think consumers need real protection after the financial crisis. September 9, 2009 | | web only Combating the Campus Rape Crisis College is back in session, and that means it's time for a lot of ineffective pageantry on rape prevention. Don't our young women deserve better? September 9, 2009 | | web only The Three Audiences Obama Has to Please Wednesday's speech is the president's chance to talk three key congressional constituencies into passing health-care reform. September 8, 2009 | | web only No Place Like Home After seven years in Gitmo, Mohammed Jawad was supposed to be going home. He almost went back to prison instead. September 8, 2009 | | web only Barack Obama, Explainer-in-Chief Republicans have been able to confuse the issue, but their chances of killing health-care reform remain slim. All Obama has to do is lay out the facts. September 4, 2009 | | web only The Deification of Matthew Shepard What the gay-rights movement has lost by making Shepard its icon. September 4, 2009 | | web only The Real Nanny Diaries Americans pay lip service to the idea child-raising is important work, but when they hire people to do it for them, they tend to pay them little and respect them less. September 4, 2009 | | web only Sea Change of Japan? Thanks to a landslide victory for Japan's opposition party, the United States' relationship with its Asian ally just became rather unpredictable. September 3, 2009 | | web only A Battle of Wills George Will and William Kristol are two of the loudest voices in the conservative movement. But whose vision will guide the Republican Party? September 2, 2009 | | web only What Max Baucus Can Learn From the Labor Movement As Labor Day approaches, Richard Trumka gets tough with uncooperative Democrats. September 2, 2009 | | web only Health Care's Lowest Foes The most reprehensible critics of reform are not the ignorant or deluded, but the conspirators who lie knowingly about what's at stake. September 1, 2009 | | web only Civilian Affairs The Obama administration says civilian safety is a priority in Afghanistan. But have ground tactics really shifted since the Bush era? September 1, 2009 | | web only |