The Editors

JUST POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: A FIGHTING RETREAT? As Harold puts it today, “For the Republicans, there are two ways out of Iraq. They can either go out like Eisenhower or like Nixon.” He then explains. –The Editors

JUST POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: (MOSTLY) WRONG AGAIN. In his column this week, Mike lashes out at liberal hawks who are still — even now — taking shots at morally benighted isolationist-pacifist-lefty-peaceniks over the Iraq war, even while conceding that said war is a catastrophe. Mike’s unimpressed — but he does also note that some […]

JUST POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: WILLFUL IGNORANCE. Improving the sex education our high schoolers receive would do more than reduce teen pregnancy and STD rates, says Courtney E. Martin. It could actually help reduce the number of acquaintance rapes on college campuses. –The Editors

HORSE LEAVES THE STABLE. Readers can see Greg‘s announcement — given that he’s become a full-time member of the TPMCafe team, he’s now moving the venerable Horse’s Mouth blog over there. Update your bookmarks and give it a look — it’s a great blog, we’ve loved hosting it, and we wish Greg the best of […]

JUST POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: HIGH DEFINITION. On the net neutrality front, Alexander Dryer reports on AT&T’s crucial flip-flop: After having spent millions of dollars promoting the idea that net neutrality was an undefinable concept, circumstances provoked company lawyers to draft just such a detailed definition two weeks ago. The consequences of this admission for […]

JUST POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: THE CHINA SYNDROME. Over the past five years, democracy promotion has come to be linked with the unpopular international policies of the Bush administration. Now, Joshua Kurlantzick explains, China is taking full advantage of the backlash and using its influence to quash democracy not only at home but in other […]

JUST POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: SHADES OF CAMBODIA. As Harold puts it today, “Since the administration had revealed in advance almost everything that the president said last night, the real news in George Bush’s speech was his elliptical threat to expand the war to Iraq’s neighbors.” Might we be seeing something akin to Nixon‘s invasion […]

JUST POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND. Sasha Abramsky reviews the new book Off the Books: The Underground Economy of the Urban Poor. –The Editors

JUST POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: THINGS TO DO IN DENVER WHEN YOU’RE A DEM. Mike Tomasky makes the case for the Mile High City as the site of the ’08 Democratic convention (and bashes his old adoptive hometown in the process). Also included: an appreciation of the late Maria Leavey. –The Editors

JUST POSTED ON TAP ONLINE: IT TAKES ALL KINDS. CAP’s Jonathan Moreno and Sam Berger discuss the newest discoveries in non-embryonic stem cell research, which are both exciting and — importantly — not a legitimate pretext for neglecting the robust funding of embryonic stem cell research. –The Editors