Up Front: E Pluribus Ulcer
This month: Who’s Gore endorsing?, Fred Thompson: Dumb as hell, Ted Nugent gets all dressed up, and Bush’s ‘The Fantastic Freedom Institute.’
God’s Precinct Walkers
When students at conservative Christian Patrick Henry College entered the real world of Republican campaigns in a swing state, they found that God’s plan did not always include victory.
Schools as Scapegoats
Our increasing inequality and our competitiveness problems are huge — but they can’t be laid at the door of our education system.
New Politics Gets Newer
Political reform has a deep history within the progressive tradition, and the last election and recent debates suggest that reform in the larger sense may have its moment.
Iraq Trap 2
Democrats should not promise an impossible victory, only an honorable end to the Iraq War as expediently as possible.
Moral Hazard Is for Suckers
People tend to be less cautious when they know they’ll be bailed out. But even when they’re careful, people cannot always assess risks accurately.
Immigration Issues: City on a Hill
Issuing ID cards to immigrants and citizens alike, liberal New Haven charts a course for cities that want to treat immigrants like people.
The Fence to Nowhere
More than ever, we need to craft an accord on migrant workers.
The Imperial Fallacy
Is the United States an empire, a hegemon, or what? And whatever happened to the idea of the U.S. as an exemplary liberal democracy?
Medifraud Amok
Heard about the company that resold the drugs that came back in the mail? That’s apparently just a normal day in the life of our under-regulated drug industry.
Immigration Issues: After Failure
With immigration reform dead, Democrats court Hispanics and Republicans go (more) nativist.
Leo the Linchpin
Steelworker President Leo Gerard looks like an old-time union leader, but he’s put together a labor-environmentalist alliance that bridges some growing Democratic fissures.
First Ladies in Two Modes
Democratic candidates have partners who can be more liberal than they. Republican candidates, ideally, are still married to June Cleaver.
Arts and Minds
The State Department wants to fund artists to create works for overseas museums — so long as the art promotes U.S. foreign policy.
No Country for Mothers
The U.S. average life expectancy is greater than ever — for everyone but pregnant women.
The Bubble Economy
The sub-prime mess, the huge risks taken by hedge funds, and the conflicts of interest that led to Enron are all the consequences of serial bouts of financial deregulation. Will we reverse field in time to prevent another 1929?
The Hillarycare Mythology
Did Hillary doom health reform in 1993? Here’s the real story, from the Prospect co-editor who was a White House senior health policy advisor at the time.
