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MORE COMMON GOOD! Over at TAP Online, we�ve posted the first portion of a major study by John Halpin and Ruy Teixeira of the Center for American Progress Action Fund (and other affiliations, in Ruy�s case) called �The Politics of Definition.� The authors have written this paper as a sort of 2006 version of the […]

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Breakfast with Dr. Dean

On Wednesday, April 12, we held our third Prospect breakfast, this one featuring Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean. Journalists in attendance included Michael Tomasky and Mark Leon Goldberg from The American Prospect; Jane Mayer, The New Yorker; James Fallows and Josh Green, The Atlantic; Thomas Edsall, The Washington Post; Ari Berman, The Nation; Walter […]

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JUST POSTED ON TAP: IF THEY HAD A HAMMER. Terence Samuel thinks the Democrats could stand to learn a thing or two from Tom DeLay. So now�s that moment, at the end of the fund-drive, where the hosts say you only have five more minutes to join. That�s not entirely true in our case, but […]

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JUST POSTED ON TAP: �Viva Aplacamiento! Remember when the Spanish �appeased� Islamic terrorists by withdrawing from Iraq? Two years later, they seem to be doing okay, explains Matt. On a completely different subject, subscriptions are still available. It’s a sweet deal for a sweet magazine. –The Editors

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JUST POSTED ON TAP: THE TCHOTCHKE ECONOMY. Robert Kuttner explains that while electronics and other consumer goods have become more affordable, the costs of housing, college education, and health care are rising. You know what else is affordable? A subscription to The American Prospect. It�s just $19.95 for 12 issues. –The Editors

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JUST POSTED ON TAP: THE ANTI-JOE. No wonder Joe Lieberman seems testy these days — the three-term senator faces his most serious primary challenge since taking office. Marie Cocco, in the latest issue of the Prospect, looks at the man who would be senator, Ned Lamont, and his potential path to victory. For more on […]

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Straight Talker

Last Friday, the Prospect launched its new breakfast series to bring together top journalists and political leaders. The first guest was Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid. The 16 journalists included six Prospect writers and editors, along with: James Fallows and Josh Green of The Atlantic; columnists Jules Witcover and Marie Cocco; Walter Shapiro of Salon.com; […]

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Editors’ Pick: The Bolton Bulletin

Today and tomorrow, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee considers John Bolton’s nomination to the post of U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Why is he meeting such opposition? Here, a compilation of the Prospect‘s coverage of Bush’s new diplomat. Control Freak by Wade Boese John Bolton would rather keep America free of commitments than keep […]

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