The Editors

JUST POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: SURGIN’ GENERAL. It’s true — Lieutenant General David Petraeus really is great. But he won’t be able to make a difference in Iraq. Spencer reports from yesterday’s Senate confirmation hearing. –The Editors

JUST POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: SWING AND A MISS. In his column this week, Mike assesses Nancy Pelosi‘s recent tussle with the most senior member of the House, John Dingell, regarding committee jurisdiction over global warming policy. Mike says that Pelosi’s right on the merits, but likely picked a fight she’s not going to be […]

JUST POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: SNOOZE OF THE UNION. Harold weighs in on Bush‘s lame speech and Webb‘s righteous response. –The Editors

JUST POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: PAUSE FOR CONCERN. Margaret Morganroth Gullette attacks the media’s menopause scaremongering and downplaying of the health risks associated with Hormone Replacement Therapy. –The Editors

JUST POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: SMEARS FOR FEARS. Hey, did you hear about Wesley Clark‘s recent anti-Semitic remark about support from Jewish organizations for a military confrontation with Iran? Matt did, too, and finds himself worried less about Clark’s alleged bigotry than about “the stunning hypocrisy of the anti-anti-Semitism brigades.” James Taranto, who writes the […]

POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY. Surveying state-level health care plans in places like Massachusetts and California, Robert Kuttner warns against teaming up with the private insurance industry — which should be seen as “less a credible partner than the prime obstacle.” –The Editors

JUST POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: THE MOMMY MANTRA. Dana Goldstein explains why the “I am mother, hear me roar” image is one that Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi shouldn’t be trying to cultivate. –The Editors

JUST POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: SAVING GRACE. The New America Foundation’s Reid Cramer proposes a new program mandating flexible national savings. –The Editors

JUST POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: DISASTER BY DESIGN. Inspired in part by Rajiv Chandrasekaran‘s new book about the American occupation of Iraq, Rob ruminates today on the connections between conservative ideology and governing practices on the one hand and the fiasco that is the U.S. occupation on the other. –The Editors

JUST POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: LIKE A ROCK. New Hampshire is holding firm in defying the DNC’s new 2008 presidential primary calendar. Could we be seeing a renegade Granite State primary in … December 2007? Jon Margolis reports. –The Editors