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Bipartisanship in One Party
The Democratic health-reform proposals are built around ideas Republicans used to favor.
September 21, 2009 | By Paul Starr

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 | By Paul Starr | web only

Sacrificing the Public Option
Chill out, progressives. To get health-care reform through the Senate, the public option is almost certainly going to have to be dropped.
August 19, 2009 | By Paul Starr | web only

Perils of the Public Plan
A badly designed public plan could turn out to be the opposite of what progressives intend.
June 29, 2009 | By Paul Starr

Debating the Public Option
The three founders of the Prospect discuss the perils and promise of a public-insurance option.
June 29, 2009 | By Paul Starr, Robert B. Reich and Robert Kuttner

Revolution Amid Recession
Universal broadband internet is going to be spectacularly disruptive, and the challenge isn't just going to be getting everyone connected.
April 20, 2009 | By Paul Starr

Breaking the Grip of the Past
Reflexive conservative ideology remains a powerful factor in national debate. So it's crucial--if not for Obama, then for others--to continue to press the case that our present problems have ideological roots.
February 23, 2009 | By Paul Starr

The Realignment Opportunity
Conservatives say that America remains a center-right country and Obama won only because of special circumstances, while some liberals claim that the election marks a historic realignment. Neither is the right way to read the returns.
November 24, 2008 | By Paul Starr

The American Collision
A presidential race between Obama and McCain was supposed to bring a less-polarized politics, so why hasn't it worked out that way?
September 22, 2008 | By Paul Starr

Freedom's Future Online
In his new book, Jonathan Zittrain argues the very qualities that make the personal computer and the Internet so valuable are the source of their vulnerability and possible undoing.
August 13, 2008 | By Paul Starr

The Year of Passion
In this year's primaries, for the first time in many election cycles, Democrats were carried by inspiration, rather than political calculation.
June 24, 2008 | By Paul Starr

Lullaby of Baghdad
Are we winning the Iraq war, or is what little progress we have achieved actually an illusion?
April 21, 2008 | By Paul Starr

Bringing the Race to Closure
Here's what the Democrats could do to prevent the race for the nomination from stretching into late summer and turning into an ugly donnybrook in Denver.
February 25, 2008 | By Paul Starr

A New Deal of Their Own
Social policy once helped the young join the middle class. Today, government aid is mainly for the elderly and the poor.
February 25, 2008 | By Paul Starr

Fixing Another Florida (and Michigan) Fiasco
If the Democratic race continues to be tight, a fair method for enfranchising Florida and Michigan Democrats will be vital to avoiding a tainted nomination.
January 29, 2008 | By Paul Starr | web only

The Democrats Could Blow It Again
After the first rounds of caucuses and primaries, the prospects don't look so rosy for the Democrats or so bleak for the Republicans. The presidential race now looks like a toss-up -- perhaps even with a Republican edge.
January 21, 2008 | By Paul Starr | web only

The Democrats' Strategic Challenge
If the Democrats win the election, can the next president and Congress make significant progress toward realizing liberal aspirations? Here's how -- a road map for the start of a new America.
January 14, 2008 | By Paul Starr

Hold that Tax
Social Security does not face an urgent crisis, and its problems do not need to be addressed now by a tax increase.
November 19, 2007 | By Paul Starr

Responsible Fools: How the Democratic Candidates Got into a Social Security Fix
Do Social Security's potential fiscal problems in the 2040s really need to be addressed now by an increase in the payroll tax? It's not brave for the Democrats to put themselves on record for a tax increase -- it's just plain dumb.
November 5, 2007 | By Paul Starr | web only

The Iran Wedge
Between the GOP's wave of congressional retirements and its lackluster presidential candidates, the party's prospects are looking dim. But they have one cheerful possibility on the horizon: war with Iran.
October 23, 2007 | By Paul Starr

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