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JUST POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: SCHLESINGER’S “OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS.” Historian Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., who died last night at the age of 89, was, among many other things, a founding sponsor of The American Prospect who contributed several articles to the magazine over the years. His last piece for us, written immediately after George W. Bush‘s re-election […]

MARCHING TOWARD DEMOCRACY? Yesterday the WaPo reported that China’s People’s Daily published an article attributed to Premier Wen Jiabao that suggests a “socialist system is not contradictory to democracy.” Read what Jim Mann and Robert Kuttner have to say on the subject of China and democracy in March’s issue of TAP. —The Editors

JUST POSTED ON TAP ONLINE. Alex Rossmiller argues that the debate over Hillary Clinton‘s refusal to apologize for her 2002 Iraq war vote misses the point; the crucial question for all the Democratic candidates is what have they actually learned from the war’s failure. Meanwhile, Mark Leon Goldberg explains how the ICC investigation of Darfur […]

POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: A TALE OF TWO LOSERS. In his column this week, Mike assesses Tom Vilsack and Mitt Romney — two candidacies whose rationales have a musty, outdated feel to them. –The Editors

POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: THE GAY GRENADE. In the fight to garner popular support for a revitalized ERA campaign in select states, some proponents have taken to reassuring voters that the ERA in no way guarantees gays the right to marry. Keely Savoie explains why this approach isn’t good for gay rights OR women’s rights […]

POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: CHENEY FOLLIES. In his column this week, Matt ruminates on Vice President Dick Cheney — national joke, national nightmare. –The Editors

JUST POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: THE HALF-TRILLION DOLLAR SOLUTION. Professor Bruce Ackerman and Congressman David Wu propose a way for Congress to force the president to bring his war to an end: place a fixed cap on his Iraq appropriations: “Fanaticism,” George Santayana famously observed, “consists of redoubling your effort when you have forgotten your […]

POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: EXECUTIVE OUTCOMES. What’s a president to do when he faces a hostile Congress? As Genevieve Smith reports, he pushes key elements of his agenda more and more through executive orders and regulatory edicts: In fact, such efforts may already be underway. In January, the White House released an executive order updating […]

JUST POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: DEMOCRATIC STARS ALIGNING. Robert Kuttner marvels at the strength of the Democratic presidential field for ’08 and the crappiness of the GOP’s line-up. –The Editors

SUMMER INTERNSHIPS AT THE PROSPECT. The Prospect is accepting applications for summer internships in our D.C. office. Any Tapped readers out there who are interested in (or who know someone who might be interested in) spending the summer working at the office, helping out with the magazine and the site, should definitely apply. The deadline […]