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A new anthology of autobiographical stories written by undocumented immigrant college students serves as a reminder that we’re neglecting some of the country’s best and brightest.

Faced with internal political pressures and the hard fact of Israel’s strength, Hamas has moderated its political positions significantly. The moment may be ripe for pushing Hamas further toward the center.

John McCain faces a serious challenge in this election year — a struggling economy, a war the public is eager to see ended, a deeply unpopular president, and perhaps most importantly, the natural swing of the pendulum after eight years of Republican rule (only once since the 1940s has a party won three consecutive presidential […]

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson wants to expand the Fed’s powers to bail out struggling investment banks. Obama understands that this would only encourage damaging speculation.

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CAST INTO THE DARKNESS In the annals of the conservative political action Conference, which has been convened annually since 1973, the 2008 meeting in Washington’s Omni Shoreham Hotel will likely be remembered by participants as the one that, all things considered, probably should never have been convened at all. In past years, attendees reveled in […]

Prospect writers discuss the fifth season of the critically acclaimed HBO series.

Vegas as the new Athens; Mike Huckabee on bass; Larry Craig in Bali; T.A. Frank on what’s out and what’s in for 2008; and The Question.