The Editors

JUST POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: CONSENTING ADULTS. TAP deputy editor Sarah Blustain explains that abortion “informed consent” laws (such as the one considered by the 8th Circuit Court on Wednesday) aren’t really about making sure women have all the facts — they’re about codifying the notion that women are weak, ignorant, and unable to make […]

JUST POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: SWITCHING CHANNELS. Mike calls on liberal multi-millionaires to get with it and start a cable news channel. –The Editors

JUST POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: COST COUNTS. Ezra makes the progressive case for cost-sharing in health care. –The Editors

JUST POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: WHAT RUDY BELIEVES. As a free preview from our upcoming May print issue, Michael Tomasky‘s cover story on Rudy Giuliani is availabe to non-subscribers. Mike, who covered Giuliani throughout his years as New York’s mayor and during his abortive Senate run, shares his thoughts on a man whose preferred -ism […]

POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: MALICIOUS INTENT. The Bush administration’s fox-guarding-henhouse staffing approach is by now well understood regarding many executive offices and functions. Our own J. Goodrich examines the dynamic as it pertains to women’s health and reproductive policies. –The Editors

POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: FICKLE ATTRACTION. Alex Rossmiller recounts the Bush administration’s disastrous four-year history of erratic meddling in Iraqi politics in search of one would-be savior after another. (Chalabi, Allawi, Jaafari, Maliki, etc.) In its efforts to steer Iraq’s political process, however, the Bush administration has continually appeared unable to decide whom to support. […]

JUST POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: FAILURE TO RELAUNCH. What’s the definition of insanity, again — doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results? Matt looks on in wonder at a Republican Party seemingly incapable of comprehending even the most obvious lessons of their 2006 electoral disaster. –The Editors

JUST POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: WRIGHT REDUX. William LeoGrande and Jim Lobe see the parallels between the controversy over Nancy Pelosi‘s trip to Syria and GOP criticism of then-Speaker Jim Wrights‘s ventures regarding Nicaragua two decades ago. Nancy Pelosi had better watch her back. The last time a Democratic Speaker of the House tried to […]

JUST POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO. A thorough report by Art Levine lays out the complex fault lines over legislation to regulate voting machines; the question of what to do about electronic touchscreen machines is pitting reformer against reformer and complicating efforts to make our elections more functional heading into 2008. –The Editors

POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: FIGHTING IRISH. Noy Thrupkaew reviews The Wind That Shakes the Barley, Ken Loach‘s new film about the Irish Civil War. –The Editors