Two weeks ago, I attended a two-day conference for journalism students in New York that was sponsored by The Fund for American Studies, an economically conservative think tank. The conference billed itself as an inexpensive opportunity for aspiring journalists to learn “how to report economic news clearly and accurately,” according to the group’s Web site. […]
Adam Kushner
Adam B. Kushner is assistant managing editor at The New Republic.
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Occupied Territory
Few Americans — even among those who follow Israeli politics — had heard of the political party Shinui until January. But now they have: The party catapulted from six to 15 seats in Israel’s elections last month, making it the third-most-powerful party in the Knesset, Israel’s parliament. But even these numbers may understate the sizeable […]
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The Other Case Against Vouchers:
Now that the Supreme Court has ruled school vouchers constitutional in a case originating in Cleveland, opponents will have to recenter their criticism. Until the ruling, one of the most familiar arguments against vouchers rightfully held that they would narrow the gap between church and state. After all, 97 percent of voucher users attend religious […]
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Mideast Misstep:
President Bush concluded his Rose Garden speech about the Middle East on Monday by calling the moment “a test to show who is serious about peace and who is not.” Given how naïve his plan is — how astonishingly far it is from any foreseeable reality — he may have failed his own test. It’s […]
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Coup Demand:
Reports last week of Prominent Hammer — a high-level, top-secret Pentagon study of how America’s armed forces would perform in two theaters simultaneously — have convinced even President Bush’s most rhetoric-weary critics that he is serious about action in Iraq. But Prominent Hammer may also have convinced Bush (his hawkish advisors notwithstanding) that an armed […]
