Katherine Harris, who was simultaneously Florida Secretary of State and co-chair of Bush campaign for Florida, insisted that she had erected a “firewall” between her official duties and her extra-curricular political ones. But it appears the firewall must have cracked. An exploration of hard drives from Harris’ office revealed explicitly political documents on the state-owned […]
Lindsay Sobel
Lindsay Sobel came to the American Prospect in January of 2000 as the first editor of the newly launched American Prospect Online. Before joining the Prospect, she worked for Slate magazine and covered Congress for The Hill newspaper. Sobel earned her B.A. from the University of Michigan and a master’s degree in public policy from Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.
Sobel grew up in Los Angeles and now lives in Cambridge, MA, with her husband Terry Klein.
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Fuzzy Logic:
It’s been a long, exhausting week. If you’re like us, you may be having feverish nightmares about counting ballots and flashing electoral maps. And you wake up confused about the intricacies of Florida election law and the ramifications of “pregnant chads.” You keep listening to press conferences with Governor Bush’s many lackeys, and it seems […]
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Riotville:
A grand jury charged Cincinnati police officer Stephen Roach with negligent homicide Monday for the shooting of an unarmed African-American man that sparked three nights of riots. The same day, Attorney General John Ashcroft announced he is launching a civil rights investigation of the Cincinnati Police Department. While the investigation is thoroughly justified — officers […]
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Race to the Bottom:
I have tremendous respect for Andrew Sullivan. And that is why his article, “Drag Race,” in the most recent issue of the New Republic is so appalling. Sullivan charges Al Gore with race baiting and concludes that as a result, he is “quietly grateful” that Gore may lose Florida because of the disenfranchisement of African […]
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LA Story: The Protests
Welfare reform 4 Prescription Drug Benefit 9 Rebuild crumbling schools and reduce class size 10 and a “Go Al Go!” cheer Patients Bill of Rights 9 Stop global warming 2 Campaign finance reform 9 Make college tuition tax deductible 10 plus “Go Al Go!” Eliminate the marriage tax […]
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The Streets of Philadelphia: Photo Gallery
Goats with Votes at a rally downtown. A protester blocking off Broad Street, flanked by the Philadelphia Police. Friends feed water to protesters who have chained themselves together. One of the puppets joins the March for Economic Human Rights. Protesters marching to the Interfaith Convergence Against the Death Penalty. Their […]
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Indecent Proposition:
Terry Moe should have been as content as Bill Clinton working a rope-line. Moe, one of the most respected proponents of school vouchers, was hobnobbing with several dozen other voucher enthusiasts at the palatial Redwood City abode of California venture capitalist Tim Draper. But instead of grinning, Moe was biting his lip. The dinner was […]