Party Animal
Departments
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Up Front
Conservatives claim Barack Obama is too awesome to be president, T.A. Frank's parody considers potential preemptive presidential pardons, and we ask which country prominent journalists would like to be ambassador to under a McCain administration.
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Correspondence
Letters on the scarcity of women on the Prospect's masthead and the relationship between crime and mental illness. Also a message from new Executive Editor Mark Schmitt.
Features
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Obama vs. the Fiscal Fear Mongers
The story of how the right convinced some centrist liberals to endorse the idea of an "entitlements crisis" shows how difficult -- and necessary -- it will be for the next president to resist conventional wisdom.
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How the West Will Be Won
By espousing a brand of liberalism that's heavy on personal freedom and light on divisive social issues, Democrats are finally being heard in the Mountain West.
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A Liberal Shock Doctrine
History teaches us that presidents have to move quickly to enact progressive reforms before the window of opportunity closes forever. It's a lesson Barack Obama should take to heart.
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Where Do We Move When America MovesOn?
Victory could pose an existential challenge for the grass-roots groups that arose in opposition to Bush. A MoveOn.org veteran examines the challenge and its opportunities.
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The Corrupter of Youth
Richard Rorty: The Making of an American Philosopher
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How the Dems Lost on Education
Republicans have exploited the Democratic Party's failure to own the education-reform issue--and students have paid the price.
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It's His Party
Barack Obama was more focused on building the Democratic Party than any other candidate in recent history.
Criticism
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The Corrupter of Youth
Richard Rorty's provocative pragmatism reached an audience far beyond academic philosophers. A new biography unfortunately ends before he ascends to that larger stage.
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The Right in the Rearview Mirror
It took liberals 30 years to take conservatism seriously. Now we're obsessed with it. E.J. Dionne considers four new books about the end of the conservative era.
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The Invisible Woman
After a summer of blockbuster comic-book flicks and record ticket sales to women, why have we yet to see a superheroine movie?
Columns
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Crash: Financial and Ideological
Fixing the economic crisis will require a drastic revision of the ideological assumptions that have dominated American political discourse for a generation.
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Big-Picture Power
Progressive organizations are finally becoming more conscious about setting the agenda and fighting for a worldview.
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The Generation Trap
Today's social-justice activists start with very different conditions than those that existed in the 1960s.
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The Real Economic Choice
There is a basic difference between the economic philosophies of John McCain and Barack Obama.
Online Extras
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TAP Talks to Rep. Artur Davis
The congressman from Alabama discusses the finer points of the executive-legislative relationship, and why he expects Obama to navigate that relationship better than Clinton did.
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The Obama 15
A guide to the fifteen political operatives who run Obama's world.
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The Teacher Autonomy Paradox
Only by relinquishing some autonomy will teachers finally be able to attain the true professional status they deserve.
