The Editors

POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: HONORING THE WARRIORS, ENDING THE WAR. Terence Samuel reports from Billings, Montana on how red state Dems like Jon Tester are faring during their congressional recess in explaining their vote for the war supplemental. As it turns out, they’re faring quite well. In the looming showdown with President Bush, “the political […]

POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: BUILT TO LAST. Scott reviews Jan Crawford Greenburg‘s new book on the Supreme Court, which underscores the lasting significance of the Roberts and Alito appointments and serves to caution against complacency concerning nomination battles to come. –The Editors

POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: DEMOCRACY’S ENEMIES. In China, even a labor law reform mild enough to have been considered seriously by the Chinese government itself proved to be too much for American corporations to tolerate. Harold explains. –The Editors

POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: SHORT CIRCUITED. Jared Bernstein offers a memo from the future on Circuit City and how capitalists destroyed capitalism. –The Editors

JUST POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: CHARMLESS OFFENSIVE. Steve Benen asks, is John McCain, so famous for his chummy relationship with the press, now turning against the media to bolster his primary campaign? Benen examines “McCain’s surprising new willingness to lash out at the institution he used to nurture. Part and parcel of the once-maverick senator’s […]

POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: STOP THE PRESSES. Matt laments the practice of mainstream campaign journalism, where informing readers isn’t even on the agenda. Taxes get reduced, more revenue comes in. Again, this is something Republicans like to say — but it isn’t true, and people who follow politics closely all know it isn’t true. Elections, […]

JUST POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: HARDSHIP POST. Aid workers have a dangerous job — increasingly so. And a growing debate concerns whether or not the blurring of humanitarian and military functions in contemporary operations actually increases the risk of aid workers becoming targeted for violence. Tara McKelvey reports. –The Editors

JUST POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: STATE OF THE UNIONS. Read Robert Kuttner on labor, card check, and the state of the nation. –The Editors

POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: SPRING BREAK. Now that it Democrats have secured victory in including a withdrawal date in the Iraq funding supplemental, Terence Samuel notes that the coming congressional recess is going to be a battle of the talking points. So Washington is once again primed for a showdown. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says […]