The Conservative Movement, as its progenitors like to call it, is now mounting a full-throttled attack on Darwinism even as it has thoroughly embraced Darwin’s bastard child, social Darwinism. On the face of it, these positions may appear inconsistent. What unites them is a profound disdain for science, logic, and fact. In The Origin of […]
Robert Reich
Robert B. Reich, a co-founder of The American Prospect, is a professor of public policy at the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley. He is the author of Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few, one of the books featured in the Prospect’s High School Essay Contest.
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The End Of The War
The War in Iraq may end sooner rather than later – not because prominent congressmen or military experts say we should get out, and not because the American public is losing patience. It will end relatively soon because we can’t afford the price tag of recruiting enough soldiers to fight it. Our soldiers comprise what’s […]
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The Two Darwinisms
The conservative movement is now mounting a full-throttled attack on Darwinism even as it has thoroughly embraced Darwinism’s bastard child, social Darwinism. On the face of it, these positions may appear inconsistent. What unites them is a profound disdain for science, logic, and fact. In The Origin of Species, published 150 years ago, Darwin amassed […]
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Free Trade No Further
The Bush administration had hoped to use last weekend’s summit of 34 heads of state of the Western Hemisphere to restart the long-stalled negotiations toward a Free Trade Area of the Americas. But it didn’t turn out that way. Not only was there no agreement, but there wasn’t even agreement on when to resume talks. […]
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A Covenant With America
Newt, your 1994 “Contract with America” helped win Congress for Republicans, but as subsequent history has shown, it did less than nothing for America. The nation is in deep trouble, and today’s congressional Republicans are as unpopular as congressional Dems were then. Here’s a 10-point manifesto that, if followed, may both win Congress back for […]
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A Crony For Chairman?
At the end of December, Alan Greenspan comes to the end of his long tenure as chairman of the Federal Reserve. Between now and then, the president will nominate Greenspan’s successor. That nominee isn’t likely to stir the passions of the left and right in America. He or she won’t decide anything about abortion rights […]
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Miers, Roberts, And Inequality
In nominating Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court, President Bush said she would “strictly interpret our Constitution and laws. She will not legislate from the bench.” The president used a similar rationale for nominating John Roberts to be chief justice. But presumably his real criterion for nominating Miers and Roberts wasn’t their judicial philosophies. It […]
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Shared Sacrifice?
Who will end up paying for Katrina and Rita? Don’t expect an answer from the White House. The president hasn’t called for any national sacrifice other than asking Americans to drive less. Yet Katrina and Rita are likely to demand widespread sacrifice nonetheless. Normally, hurricane destruction improves the nation’s economy because of all the rebuilding […]
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The Paradox Explained
How can the Bush administration be so disciplined and effective at politics and so undisciplined and ineffectual at governing? No White House in living memory has been as successful at squelching leaks and keeping cabinet members on message, reaching down into the bureaucracy to bend analyses in directions that support its goals, imposing its will […]
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Guns At Work
Listen to the evening news and you’re likely to hear a grizzly story about a disaffected worker or estranged spouse or dissatisfied customer arriving at a workplace and going ballistic. It’s all too common. About 17 employees are murdered every week in American workplaces by someone with a gun, making gun-related killings the third-biggest safety […]
