The Editors

ANOTHER ANNOUNCEMENT. For DCers, Harold will be debating Edward Gresser of the Progressive Policy Institute tomorrow about deindustrialization and trade. (PPI’s Will Marshall will be moderating.) The basis of the debate is a forthcoming paper by Gresser entitled “Healthy Factories, Anxious Workers: Or, Why Lou Dobbs is Wrong.” Harold would like to make clear that, […]

JUST POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: THE RECRUIT. Some of us had a good chuckle when former megachurch pastor (and male prostitute-hirer) Ted Haggard was pronounced “completely heterosexual.” But, Sarah Posner explains, fundamentalist Christians aren’t laughing. Haggard’s admission of homosexual tendencies only reinforced their belief that gay people are on a quest to convert heterosexuals — […]

QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT. For readers in Connecticut, TAP senior editor Tara McKelvey will be taking part in a human rights workshop at Yale Law School tomorrow. Here’s the relevant info: Belated Justice: The Politics of Restitution for Victims of U.S. Torture Location: Faculty Lounge, Yale Law School (127 Wall Street, New Haven, CT 06511) Date: Tomorrow […]

POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: THE BIG THREE. Harold assesses the speeches of Edwards, Obama, and Clinton at last week’s DNC event: “[B]ecause of the absurdly early start of the 2008 presidential campaign, we have already reached that point where the strengths and weaknesses of the candidates’ messages are becoming apparent.” –The Editors

JUST POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: FALLING FLAT. The flat tax is back in vogue among would-be Republican presidential nominees. J. Goodrich reminds us why it’s a bad idea. —The Editors

POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: INHERIT THE WINDFALL. Robert Reich makes the case for taxing oil company profits to fund R&D on alternative energy. –The Editors

POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: SHOTGUN BLAST. Gershom Gorenberg assesses what was wrong — and what was right — about the American Jewish Committee’s recent essay on “progressive anti-Semitism.” –The Editors

JUST POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: HOW CONGRESS HELPED END THE VIETNAM WAR. As Congress begins to debate how to wind down the U.S. presence in Iraq, we’ve made available a very timely piece from our upcoming print issue. Historian Julian Zelizer takes a detailed look at how the Vietnam-era Congress — and not just the […]

JUST POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: SKIN DEEP. We’ve seen some recent discussion about just “how black” Barack Obama really is — that is, how his background does or doesn’t resonate with the African-American experience. As Matt argues today, Joe Biden‘s “clean and articulate” fiasco from last week should at least serve to confirm that Obama […]

BUDGET TALK. The prez released his fiscal year 2008 budget proposal this morning; there’ll be plenty to chew over, but for a quick rough-and-ready take don’t miss this from the invaluable folks at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. Meanwhile, in a debate over the bigger picture of fiscal politics in the coming years, […]