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| Steve Cobble | (An article in the Series-- Reinventing AmericanDemocracy) | Joel Rogers Republicans are wrecking the place; Democrats are watching. What should therest of us do? Richard Flacks | Reflections on Strategy in a DarkTime | (Lead article in the Forum-- Radical democracy -- a relic of the 60s, or an idea whosetime has come? Mitchell Kapor | Democracy and the New InformationHighway | (Lead article in the Forum-- Who will control America's electronictraffic? Individual users or big corporations? The founder of Lotus sees signs ofhope. Celinda Lake | (An article in the Series-- Reinventing AmericanDemocracy) Ellen S. Miller | (An articlein the Series-- Democracy is not working well when citizens do not vote;when money dominates elections; and when day-to-day politics is a matter ofbargaining among large -- typically corporate -- special interests. The problemis that this more or less summarizes the current state of American politics.What, then, should be done? Ralph Nader | (An article in the Series-- Martha Nussbaum | Patriotism and Cosmopolitanism | (Lead article in the Forum-- Focusing on American education, Nussbaum defends a"cosmopolitan" outlook that puts allegiance to the "community of human beings inthe entire world" before commitment to group or country. Adam Przeworski | A Better Democracy, A BetterEconomy | Jamin B. Raskin | (An article in the Series-- Reinventing AmericanDemocracy) John Roemer | (Lead articlein the Forum-- Can egalitarians take the idea ofpersonal responsibility seriously? A debate on John Roemer's ":Equality andResponsibility." Joel Rogers | (Leadarticle in the Forum-- Rosemary Radford Ruether | Bridging the Gap | (An article inthe Series-- Faithand Politics) The authors describe a commitment topolitical activism guided by Christianity's prophetic vision. George Scialabba | Cass R. Sunstein | Is Free Speech the Enemy of Democracy? | (An article in the Series-- Ruy Teixeira | (An article in theSeries-- IsGovernment Incompetent?) Teixeira argues that anaffirmative role for government will be necessary to arrest long-term wagedecline and growing inequality; that government will be able to play that roleonly if people stop blaming it for current troubles; and that the blame will endonly if Democrats persuade people to assign principal responsibility for ourtroubles to irresponsible economic elitesłnot incompetent government. Mark Tushnet | Jim Wallis | (An article in theSeries-- Faith andPolitics) |