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Reporting from CPAC, Sarah Posner on the religious right, the tea party movement, and their youth outreach: Though some conservative strategists angle to marry the religious right and the tea party movement — or at least partially model the tea party movement after the Christian Coalition — at the American Conservative Union’s annual Conservative Political […]

Sam McPheeters considers the risks of the nuclear revival: It’s a little misleading to call America’s renewed interest in nuclear power a full-blown renaissance. For one thing, the renaissance hasn’t happened yet. Even with the perfect storm of global warming, dwindling fossil fuels, and the second Bush presidency, the current zeal for new nuclear power […]

Matthew Yglesias looks at the implications the Greek debt crisis has for the rest of the European Union: Europe’s transformation from a war-torn wasteland into a rich, peaceful confederation of nations was one of the great political achievements of the 20th century. The 21st-century effort to broaden and deepen that project, through the expansion of […]

Tim Fernholz on the White House’s decision to escalate the war in Afghanistan: Back in the spring of 2008, with his bruising presidential primary battle against fellow-Senator Hillary Clinton all but over, Barack Obama‘s prosaic work as a junior senator became national news — and gave him a chance to advance his own foreign-policy vision. […]

Lena Chen examines the link between the growing campus abstinence movement and the national groups arguing for “traditional” marriage: Dozens of college students gathered in early February in a Harvard University auditorium to participate in the Love & Fidelity Network’s Rethinking Sex conference. Their keynote speaker, however, was unable to join them. Though Dr. Richard […]

Colin Asher on the anti-war movement’s changing tactics: In September 2009, when Barack Obama announced he was debating the merits of increasing the United States’ human commitment to an unpopular war, there were no riots. The police did not square off with masked protesters, fire tear gas into streets swarming with people, or herd malcontents […]

Nancy Scola on our don’t-be-evil Internet overlords: When I heard that Google was rolling out yet one more application, in the form of Google Buzz, the first thought that came to mind was that the Internet is starting to feel like a one-company town. I was soon online, catching up on the fascinating story of […]

Robert Kuttner reviews Max Blumenthal‘s Republican Gomorrah: Anyone who has followed Max Blumenthal’s investigative writings on the far right’s takeover of the Republican Party should not have been surprised when John McCain added Sarah Palin to the 2008 ticket. His running mate had to appeal to the Republican base, and the Grand Old Party has […]

David Roberts reviews Reinventing the Automobile and Traffic: Ask about the future of information technology and many people will tell you something out of The Matrix or, as we call it now, Google. Ask about the future of transportation technology and you’ll generally hear about … cars. Cars that go faster, cars that use less […]

Alexandra Gutierrez asks if snobby cyclists are their own worst enemies in the quest for bike-friendly cities: Celebrity is an odd thing in Washington. Typically, it’s defined by an honorific, a motorcade, or maybe a bungled appearance at a state dinner. So it was a rare moment when New York City’s transportation commissioner, Janette Sadik-Khan, […]