Politics

Land of My Dreams

Islamic liberalism under fire in India.

  • Martha C. Nussbaum

The Triangle

Policy wonks, patronage, and the possibilities of the grassroots

  • Michael Gecan

State of Emergency

A personal history of Pakistan on the brink.

  • Moni Mohsin

Fateful Gates

The lives of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.

  • Roger Boylan

Condemned

Stephen Daldry’s The Reader.

  • Alan A. Stone

Always at the After Party

Liberals and Libertarians: Kissing Cousins or Distant Relatives?

  • Joshua Cohen

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Free Market Myth

Regulation is everywhere. Let’s choose who benefits.

  • Dean Baker

Tools for a New Economy

We need a new regulatory framework that is capable of stabilizing markets and channeling financial resources away from the speculative casino.

  • Robert Pollin

No New Tax Cuts

A case for big government

Common Cause

Real help for Iranian democrats.

  • Abbas Milani

The Call of the Tribe

What role should “identity” play in our politics and in our lives?

  • Glenn C. Loury

State of the Nation: Disapproval and Trust

How Americans view their government.

  • Stephen Ansolabehere

Presidential Crimes

The crimes of the Bush administration must be addressed through legal instruments, not simply through the electoral repudiation of bad policy.

  • Elaine Scarry

The Party’s Over

Ross Douthat and Reihan Salam attempt to provide a blueprint to save Republican politics from wholesale collapse.

  • Lew Daly

Intimate Revenge: Writing the Troubles

The Big Man of Northern Ireland, Ian Paisley, has died.

  • Roger Boylan

Fault Lines

Inside Rumsfeld’s Pentagon.

  • Andrew J. Bacevich

The Gunslinger

John Bolton will turn U.S. foreign policy back to the unilateralism of Bush’s first term, when the war on terror meant never having to say you’re sorry.

  • Stephen John Stedman

Outside the Big Box

Who speaks for small business?

  • Nicole D. Kazee
  • Michael Lipsky
  • Cathie Jo Martin

Obama’s Bolt from the Blue

. By restricting religious hiring rights, Obama’s faith-based initiative attacks the very thing it claims to be supporting. 

  • Lew Daly

State of the Nation: The Media and Other Matters

What percentage of Americans know someone who is gay? 

  • Stephen Ansolabehere

American Dreamers

Pete Seeger, William F. Buckley, Jr., and public history.

  • William Hogeland

The Bitter End

Jonah Goldberg’s liberal fascism.

  • Kevin Mattson

State of the Nation: Voters and Parties

The impact of the Iraq war on republican voting preferences. 

  • Stephen Ansolabehere

Protecting the Internet Without Wrecking It

How to meet the security threat.

  • Jonathan Zittrain
with responses from
  • Bruce M. Owen
  • Susan Crawford
  • Roger A. Grimes
  • Richard M. Stallman
  • David D. Clark
  • Hal Varian
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