Born Gay? I have read your editorial entitled “The God of Double Standards” (3/22/07), and as a Christian, wish to address some of the significant flaws in your understanding of Christianity as well as your understanding of Dr. Mohler’s comments on the issue of babies potentially being born gay. You wrote that once a person […]
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JUST POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: PENN, INC.
JUST POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: PENN, INC. Prompted by the Prospect‘s debate over Hillary Clinton (a debate that is now available to non-subscribers, by the way), Mark Schmitt says that he’s got no beef with the senator — his problem is with her pollster and advisor, the very influential (and multiply employed) Mark Penn: I […]
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JUST POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: THE GOD OF DOUBLE STANDARDS.
JUST POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: THE GOD OF DOUBLE STANDARDS. Harold reflects on the Reverand Albert Mohler‘s acknowledgment that a biological basis for sexual orientation may exist: But once you recognize homosexuality as a genetic reality, it does create a theological dilemma for the Mohlers among us, for it means that God is making people […]
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POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: PLEADING THEIR CASE
POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: PLEADING THEIR CASE. In the final story in our “Mother Load” special report, Jeanine Plant explains the trend of suing unaccommodating employers for “Family Responsibilities Discrimination” — and wonders if these lawsuits will be effective in changing workplace culture. —The Editors
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JUST POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: DANCING WITH THE DEVIL?
JUST POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: DANCING WITH THE DEVIL? SEIU raised some eyebrows last month when it announced its membership in a coaltion with Wal-Mart to advocate for universal health care. Ezra talks to the union’s president, Andy Stern, about the strategic thinking behind the campaign and what he has to say to the criticisms. […]
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EVENTS
EVENTS. TAP co-founder and co-editor Robert Kuttner will take part in a panel tomorrow night in New York on the future of newspapers. The discussion will focus on Kuttner’s current Columbia Journalism Review cover story, and he’ll be joined by Steve Rattner, Jill Abramson, Amanda Bennett, and Jim Brady. How Newspapers Can Survive (and Thrive) […]
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JUST POSTED ONLINE: IRRATIONAL EXUBERANCE.
JUST POSTED ONLINE: IRRATIONAL EXUBERANCE. Matt throws cold water on progressives’ hopes and dreams. –The Editors
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HOT OFF THE PRESSES: THE APRIL PRINT ISSUE.
HOT OFF THE PRESSES: THE APRIL PRINT ISSUE. The latest print issue of the Prospect has just come out; be sure to take a look. Our cover story by Robert Kuttner, “Friendly Takeover,” concerns the influence and outlook of banker and Democratic power broker Robert Rubin. Formerly co-chairman of America’s top investment bank, Goldman Sachs, […]
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POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: THE SUBPRIME SCANDAL.
POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: THE SUBPRIME SCANDAL. Robert Kuttner discusses the latest bitter fruit of financial deregulation. In the past decade, as regulators discarded rules, shady mortgage banking companies, financed by the bluest-chip outfits on Wall Street, calculated that they could make a lot of money offering bait-and-switch mortgages to poor credit risks. Default and […]
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POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: GOING, GOING, GONE
POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: GOING, GOING, GONE. In the past, the Bush administration always found a way to spin sludge into sugar. But, as Terence Samuel writes, the scandal over the U.S. attorney firings shows that those days are long gone. Not only is Alberto Gonzales going down, but he’s taking the ideals of the […]