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Daddy Issues

March 8, 2010
From our April issue:
Obama is putting action behind years of talk about fatherhood and poverty.

The Case Against the Case Against Rahm

March 8, 2010 | web only
Conservative Democrats are not his invention.

The Curated Web

March 5, 2010
Tumblr, a relatively new blogging platform, just might be the future of the social Internet.

The Opt-Out Compromise

March 9, 2010 | web only
How to let individuals out of the insurance mandate and improve the odds of health-care reform.

A Challenge to American Women

March 8, 2010 | web only
We have a moral obligation to focus on international women's uplift, but we must also act locally.

The Fake Weed Fight

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.

Post Romantic

Post Romantic

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.

(U.S. Postal Service/Robert Indiana)

Gay? Check Yes or No
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?

The Rahm Problem
March 4, 2010 | web only

The latest drama over the White House's chief of staff and its record on national security is much ado about nothing.

Bunning for Senate Reform
March 3, 2010 | web only

Well, not exactly. But the Kentucky senator might prove that the filibuster has made fools of us all.

Obama, Congress Wink at Massive Surveillance Abuses
March 3, 2010 | web only

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
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
Al-Qaeda knows how to appeal to young Western Muslims, but the United States still has a lot to learn.

Political Malpractice

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

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

March 1, 2010
Eight policy -- and political -- wins that are achievable for Obama right now.



The Atheist with a Soul

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

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.

Imagined Israel

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

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

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.

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Sarah  Posner Sarah Posner is a Prospect Senior Correspondent, associate editor of Religion Dispatches, and author of God's Profits: Faith, Fraud, and the Republican Crusade for Values Voters.

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Let's Be Rational About Sex
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Opponents of gay rights have long relied on disgust to justify discrimination. Recent legal gains suggest this argument is losing its potency.

Radical Realism
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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
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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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