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The Opt-Out Compromise
Paul Starr
How to let individuals out of the insurance mandate and improve the odds of health-care reform.
President Barack Obama at Arcadia University in Glenside, Pa., Monday, March 8, 2010. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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Post Romantic
Paul Waldman
Despite its current financial woes, the Postal Service is still the best mail delivery service around -- and one of the government's bigger successes.
(U.S. Postal Service/Robert Indiana)
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The Case Against the Case Against Rahm
Mark Schmitt
Conservative Democrats are not his invention.
Also: The real role Emanuel plays in setting Obama's national security agenda.
Rahm Emanuel at an election-night rally at the Hyatt Regency Hotel on Capitol Hill in Washington, Nov. 7, 2006. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Post Romantic
Paul Waldman
March 9, 2010 | web only
Despite its current financial woes, the Postal Service is still the best mail delivery service around -- and one of the government's bigger successes.
The Fake Weed Fight
Rebecca Delaney
March 5, 2010 | web only
TAP talks to a former police chief who thinks drugs should be legal about new efforts to ban a pot substitute.
Gay? Check Yes or No
Gabriel Arana
March 4, 2010 | web only
Penn just announced they would use admissions data about sexual orientation to recruit gay students. But does that really open the door for true diversity?
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A Challenge to American Women
Courtney E. Martin
March 8, 2010 | web only
We have a moral obligation to focus on international women's uplift, but we must also act locally.
The Curated Web
Marisa Meltzer
March 5, 2010
Tumblr, a relatively new blogging platform, just might be the future of the social Internet.
Bunning for Senate Reform
Tim Fernholz
March 3, 2010 | web only
Well, not exactly. But the Kentucky senator might prove that the filibuster has made fools of us all.
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Daddy Issues
Monica Potts
March 8, 2010
From our April issue:
Obama is putting action behind years of talk about fatherhood and poverty. (White House/Pete Souza)
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The Rahm Problem
March 4, 2010 | web only
Matthew Yglesias
The latest drama over the White House's chief of staff and its record on national security is much ado about nothing.
Obama, Congress Wink at Massive Surveillance Abuses
March 3, 2010 | web only
Julian Sanchez
This week's reauthorization of the Patriot Act comes on the heels of the revelation Obama's Office of Legal Counsel granted fresh retroactive immunity for Bush-era telecommunication lawbreaking.
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The New McCarthyism
March 3, 2010 | web only
Adam Serwer
How a smearing of Justice Department lawyers as "terrorist sympathizers" traveled from the conservative media to the United States Senate.
The Recruits
March 2, 2010
Adam Serwer
Al-Qaeda knows how to appeal to young Western Muslims, but the United States still has a lot to learn.
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Political Malpractice
Paul Waldman
March 2, 2010 | web only
Contrary to Republican arguments, tort reform is no health-care cure-all. So why are Democrats seriously considering it?
Citizens Restarted
Mark Schmitt
March 1, 2010
The Citizens United ruling may bring a new day in the effort to separate economic inequality from democracy.
The Art of the Possible
Suzy Khimm and Tim Fernholz
March 1, 2010
Eight policy -- and political -- wins that are achievable for Obama right now.
The Atheist with a Soul
Nathan Schneider
February 26, 2010 | web only
36 Arguments for the Existence of God shows there is something to be gained by delving into the rudiments and accoutrements of religion even if you think they're basically bogus.
The Amazing Vegetable Oil Jet
Paul Waldman
February 26, 2010 | web only
TAP talks with The Department of Mad Scientists author Michael Belfiore about the government agency where being outlandish is part of the mission.
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Imagined Israel
Gershom Gorenberg
February 26, 2010 | web only
A new book makes sense of why Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repeats his errors.
A Pro-Life Death Sentence
Michelle Goldberg
February 25, 2010 | web only
The case of a pregnant Nicaraguan woman who has been denied treatment for cancer is yet another instance of how women's health is disregarded by anti-abortion advocates.
Why Conservatives Will Miss ACORN
Adam Serwer
February 25, 2010 | web only
The news that the embattled community-organizing group will restructure has the right in mourning -- after all, the organization provided the perfect locus for conservative panic.
Last Chance for Health Reform
Paul Starr
February 25, 2010
Neither the progressive nor the anti-abortion House Democrats are making any sense in threatening to kill the Senate bill.
A Second Opinion
Robert Kuttner
February 25, 2010 | web only
Robert Kuttner responds to Paul Starr's endorsement of the excise tax on health care premiums.
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Let's Be Rational About Sex
Gabriel Arana 
Opponents of gay rights have long relied on disgust to justify discrimination. Recent legal gains suggest this argument is losing its potency.
Radical Realism
Michelle Goldberg
Ellen Willis' cultural libertarianism allowed her to navigate the feminist sex wars of the 1980s with a grace and good sense that still stands up.
Discovering Tocqueville
Sean Wilentz
Tocqueville didn't get everything right about Americans, but understanding him as a real, flawed observer makes his achievement more impressive.
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