The Editors

JUST POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: SICK TRANSIT. Ben “Badler” Adler discusses the substantive importance and difficult politics of mass transit. –The Editors

JUST POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: THIS DOG WON’T WAG. In his column this week, Mike discusses the administration’s campaign to boost public support for a military confrontation with Iran. He has confidence that the American public will hold firm in opposing one, but he’s not so sure about the talking heads and pundits. –The Editors

JUST POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS. This week, Matt contemplates the insanity and sheer incoherence of the Bush administration’s “moderate”/”extremist” realignment strategy in the Mid-East. [Warning: This column is rated PG:13.] –The Editors

POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: STATUS ANXIETY. Olivia Starr reports from Kosovo on the recently unveiled plan providing a framework for the area’s future status. –The Editors

POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: THE MAN BEHIND THE MECCA AGREEMENT. Jo-Ann Mort reports on the new Palestinian unity agreement between Fatah and Hamas officials and discusses imprisoned Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti — “without doubt the most important person missing from Mecca.” –The Editors

JUST POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: THE GENTLEMAN FROM ILLINOIS: Phoebe Connelly files a dispatch from Saturday’s event in Springfield, Illinois, where Barack Obama made his official announcement that he’s seeking the Democratic presidential nomination. Even freezing temperatures couldn’t keep the crowds away, and most people there told Connelly they were nothing short of ecstatic to […]

JUST POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: NADER RECONSIDERED. Discussing the new documentary An Unreasonable Man, our own Robert Kuttner offers two cheers for Ralph Nader. –The Editors

JUST POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: FIRST REJECTED, NOW DENIED. On Wednesday, Condoleezza Rice denied knowledge of a secret Iranian negotiating proposal from 2003. Gareth Porter, who wrote one of the definitive accounts of this offering, has her number in this brand new piece. Take a look. –The Editors

JUST POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: EVASIVE MANEUVERS. Barbara Dreyfuss explains how the Justice Department is teaching various federal agencies to thwart congressional investigations. —The Editors