The Editors

POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: LET’S TALK ABOUT SEX. We’re finally starting to be able to! Ann writes about the gathering momentum — at the state and federal level — to combat abstinence-only sex education. Take a look. –The Editors

JUST POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: THE WISCONSIN WAY. Roger Bybee looks at the exciting push for progressive universal health care this year in Wisconsin. –The Editors

JUST POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: WHISTLING PAST THE GRAVEYARD. Harold marvels at Republicans’ apparent inability to change their ways on any number of fronts in the face of massive public discontent. Exhibit A: “The truly astonishing thing about the latest scandals besetting the Bush administration is that they stem from actions the administration took after […]

POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: GETTING WARMER. Brian Beutler offers a major overview and analysis of the complex political terrain facing the Democratic congressional leadership as they seek to devise legislation on global warming. Be sure to take a look. –The Editors

JUST POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: WHAT WAVE? Marc Mauer says the evidence for a recent and serious rise in crime across the nation is murkier than you think. –The Editors

POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: FOOLISH EMBRACE. Blake Hounshell makes the case against continuing to prop up Pakistani dictator Pervez Musharaff. –The Editors

JUST POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: PEACE NOW. Matt takes on those who deny a linkage between the Israel-Palestine conflict and other American predicaments in the Middle East. ” An entire cottage industry exists to generate commentary arguing otherwise, but the fact is that settling that conflict remains the single most important thing that can be […]

JUST POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: TORTURER’S TOLL. Tara McKelvey profiles ex-army interrogator Tony Lagouranis, who shares his experiences of having engaging in coercive interrogations in Iraq as well as his thoughts on the torture-happy TV show 24. –The Editors

JUST POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: YOU’RE FIRED. Robert Kuttner makes the case for impeaching Al Gonzales: Why impeachment? In our system of checks and balances, the Senate confirms members of the Cabinet, but impeachment for cause is the only way to remove them. The White House, by refusing to cooperate, has now left Congress no […]

POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: ACCORDING TO JIM. In his column this week, Terrence Samuel tells us about a speech Jim Webb gave last night that demonstrated, once again, a more expansive progressivism on his part than the c.w. has held. The bigger surprises came in what he had to say about matters beyond the war. […]