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Iran's Crisis of Resistance
Matthew Duss
Facing heavy domestic criticism, the Iranian regime could seek to recoup lost credibility by causing more trouble in the region.
Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, Iran's most senior dissident cleric. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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A Devil of a Job for Democrats
Terence Samuel
Forget making everyone healthy and saving the polar bears. If Democrats can't solve the jobs problem, next year's elections will be an uphill battle.
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Is It Time for Malpractice Reform?
Joanne Kenen
It's not just about tort reform anymore. Using progressive solutions to fix the malpractice system could result in better health care for all.
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Palin for President!
Michelle Goldberg
November 18, 2009 | web only
Palin's book is full of half-truths and self-congratulation. But for a woman aimed at 2012, such inaccuracies may not matter.
The Graduation Gap
Christopher Jencks
November 18, 2009
America needs to do a much better job of increasing its college enrollment and graduation rates, especially for less advantaged students.
Obama Makes the Case for Attending Copenhagen
Matthew Yglesias
November 17, 2009 | web only
By lowering the expectations for what will be accomplished in the December meeting, the president has made a strong case for his own attendance.
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The Afghanistan Strategy Dodge
Tim Fernholz
November 18, 2009 | web only
Separating strategy from questions of resources and personnel obscures the options.
The Left Fights Itself
Alexandra Gutierrez
November 17, 2009 | web only
In his new book, Michael Bérubé says the left is torn between radical politics and cultural studies. The loser, naturally, is its relevance.
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Girls Just Wanna Have Fangs
Sady Doyle
November 19, 2009
From our November issue:
A defense of the teen-girl fan base that has made the Twilight books and movies so wildly successful.
Twilight fans cheer at the Los Angeles premiere of New Moon, out on Friday. (AP Photo/Jennifer Graylock)
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When Hope Meets Reality
November 17, 2009 | web only
Paul Waldman
Obama inspired the country with his campaign, and now he must manage expectations of those swept up by his rhetoric.
The Innovation Administration
November 16, 2009
Dana Goldstein
The White House assumes that newer ideas are always better, but that's not necessarily the case.
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Saying Yes in Syracuse
November 16, 2009
David Callahan
A battered industrial city is leading the way in preparing all schoolchildren to succeed in college.
The Canadian Way of War
November 13, 2009
Tim Fernholz
Can we learn to fight from our staid northern neighbors?
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The Left Splits Over Bagram
Adam Serwer
November 13, 2009 | web only
Is sending some Guantanamo detainees to Bagram a good idea?
That Old Republican Revival
Terence Samuel
November 13, 2009 | web only
Will the GOP be sufficiently rebuilt to challenge Obama and the Democrats in 2010? Probably not.
Girl Talk
Jessica Clark
November 12, 2009 | web only
A new book posits zines as the founding documents of third-wave feminist political culture.
The Myth of Judicial Backlash
Scott Lemieux
November 12, 2009 | web only
The failure of gay marriage in Maine proves one thing -- it's not the courts voters mobilize against; it's the issues.
Policy, Pressure, and Peace
Tim Fernholz
November 11, 2009 | web only
If the United States wants peace in the Middle East and Afghanistan, it's going to have to use its leverage.
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Democrats Leave Women Behind
Michelle Goldberg
November 10, 2009 | web only
Health-insurance reform was supposed to end the cruelties our system inflicts on patients, not create them.
Looking Back, Moving Forward
Paul Waldman
November 10, 2009 | web only
In the wake of this year's election drama, the only advice Democrats should follow is to make good on their promises.
Under Eighteen to Life
Mark Pike
November 10, 2009 | web only
The Supreme Court takes up the question of whether life sentences for juvenile offenders are cruel and unusual.
Constant Comment
Kerry Howley
November 9, 2009
Kathleen Parker is one of the most-read columnists in America, but Washington is just getting to know her.
Twilight of the Op-Ed Columnist
Paul Waldman
November 9, 2009
Are syndicated opinion writers a dying breed?
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Mark Schmitt is the executive editor of The American Prospect. Previously he was a senior fellow at the New America Foundation, director of the Governance and Public Policy program at the Open Society Institute, and policy director to Senator Bill Bradley.
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Girl Talk
Jessica Clark | web only
A new book posits zines as the founding documents of third-wave feminist political culture.
Atlas Drugged
Linda Y. Li | web only
Her fans still find her intoxicating, but will the right ever truly embrace Ayn Rand?
What's Killing Conservatism?
Carl T. Bogus
Self-destruction is inevitable when a rigid ideology of disdain for government fully comes to power.
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