Art, Nature, and Industry
TAP talks to Lynn de Freitas of Friends of Great Salt Lake and Nancy Holt, artist Robert Smithson’s widow, about the proposed drilling near Smithson’s famous earth art sculpture, Spiral Jetty.
Hamas: A Silent Partner for Peace?
Faced with internal political pressures and the hard fact of Israel’s strength, Hamas has moderated its political positions significantly. The moment may be ripe for pushing Hamas further toward the center.
Is America a Center-Right Nation?
John McCain faces a serious challenge in this election year — a struggling economy, a war the public is eager to see ended, a deeply unpopular president, and perhaps most importantly, the natural swing of the pendulum after eight years of Republican rule (only once since the 1940s has a party won three consecutive presidential…
What Obama Could Teach the Treasury Secretary About the Economy
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson wants to expand the Fed’s powers to bail out struggling investment banks. Obama understands that this would only encourage damaging speculation.
Is the Game About to Stop?
American consumers no longer have the buying power to absorb the goods and services the U.S. economy is capable of producing.
Farewell to Arms
Where Have All the Soldiers Gone? The Transformation of Modern Europe by James J. Sheehan (Houghton Mifflin, 284 pages, $26.00) Try driving from Paris to Berlin and you will understand that in Europe today the only frightening extremes are the speeds at which motorists drive on the Autobahn. It is a remarkable change for a…
Farewell to Arms
In his new book Where Have All the Soldiers Gone?, James Sheehan tries to account for the astonishing transformation of Europe that has come with the death of the warfare state.
From Fantasy to Fiasco
The convergence of conservative nationalists and neoconservatives within the Bush administration, and the deadly fantasies it spawned.
The Simplification Dodge
Why is the tax code so impenetrable? It’s all those tax breaks for the rich.
The Manufacture of Uncertainty
In his new book, Doubt is Their Product, David Michaels describes how the corporate practice of “manufacturing uncertainty” has taken over our regulatory system and undermined our health.
No Art for Oil
In search of something beyond the New York art scene, Robert Smithson landed at Utah’s Great Salt Lake, where he created Spiral Jetty amid abandoned oil derelicts. Now his deliberately noncommercial work is at risk of disruption by the return of oil drilling.
The Republican War on Voting
Using the Department of Justice, friendly governors, and its usual propaganda outlets, the GOP has propagated the myth of voter fraud to purge the rolls of non-Republicans.
Populism Rising
Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton may be neophyte class warriors, but their populism is more than just rhetorical — and must be, if the Democrats are to win the election and govern successfully.
The Next President and the Middle East
To keep the world’s tinder box from exploding even more violently, George W. Bush’s successor is going to have to pursue a radically different Middle Eastern policy. Some policy pointers: Get out of Iraq. Work with (some) Islamists. Create the Palestinian state. Thereby, undercut al-Qaeda.
The Obama Doctrine
Barack Obama is offering the most sweeping liberal foreign-policy critique we’ve heard from a serious presidential contender in decades. But will voters buy it?
A Headache for Workers
The Department of Labor is considering a change to the Family and Medical Leave Act that would single out employees with chronic illnesses.
Obama-ism Without Obama
Obama’s campaign shows how a democracy-minded reform movement and community organizing have transformed the Democratic Party. Like Reagan, Obama is as much a product of a movement as the creator of one.
New President, New Crisis
The financial economy is a confidence game and nobody wants to be the Cassandra who triggers the crash. But we need to address the fact that the next president will face an economic crisis unlike any since 1933.
