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Articles in December 2004 issue of American Prospect, The
- Sales-tax scam.(Devil in the Details)
by Yglesias, Matthew - Clothes call: at midnight on December 31, WTO rules regulating the international trade in apparel are set to expire. If you think China is dominant now ...(Dispatches)
by McGarvey, Ayelish - What's up, docs? It's impossible not to sympathize with liberal documentary filmmakers' political impulses. But there's a different progressive ideal that's been lost.(Film)(Critical Essay)
by Thrupkaew, Noy - Big-box battle.(Book Review)
by Rosen, Ruth - A redder Senate in '06?(Devil in the Details)
by Rosenfeld, Sam - Keeping the faith.(The Last Word)
by Reich, Robert - Brave new words.(Devil in the Details)
- Separation anxiety.(Correspondence)(Letter to the Editor)
by Silver, Sam - Conviction politics: one Democratic hero emerged from November 2. His fellow Democrats should study up on why.(The Road Ahead)
by Perlstein, Rick - Heal Thy 'Self': what the Democrats didn't get: for most middle-class people, self-interest means far more than economics.(Self-Interest)
by Franke-Ruta, Garance - State speaks.(Correspondence)(Letter to the Editor)
by McKelvey, Tara - What's next? The mourning period is over. Now, four simple guidelines for becoming a majority party.(The Road Ahead)
by Brinkley, Alan - All action, no talk: the Democrats do a very good job of mobilizing. But they're not so great at persuading.
by Faux, Jeff - Top of the world, Ma.(Devil in the Details)
by McKelvey, Tara - Wedding-bell blues: it's possible that Democrats could have fought this one to a draw if they had emphasized discrimination.(Gay Marriage)
by Wildman, Sarah - Operation save face: victory in Iraq as Bush has defined it is utterly unattainable. There's a better way out.
by Galbraith, Peter W. - Mind the gender gap: why Democrats are losing women at an alarming rate.(The Road Ahead)
by Greenberg, Anna - Voting alone: in red-state America, politics is much more deeply integrated into other aspects of people's daily lives.(The Road Ahead)
by Cohen, Lizabeth - Insecurity blanket: Kerry's foreign-policy problem was really his party's. It's time for Democrats to get serious once and for all.(National Security)
by Yglesias, Matthew - Uno, dos, tres ...(Devil in the Details)(Brief Article)
by Meyerson, Harold - Then came the hammer.(Book Review)
by Rosenfeld, Sam - Staying the course: the fight isn't over; it's just begun. And progressives have more ammunition than you think.
by Borosage, Robert L. - Morals of the election.(Prospects)
by Starr, Paul - Think globally: just how many elections do Democrats have to lose before they deal with their foreign-policy problem?(The Road Ahead)
by Mann, James - Opportunity knocks: it may look grim now, but the Republicans' hubris and incompetence will ultimately prove their undoing.(The Road Ahead)
by Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr. - While you were sleeping.(Devil in the Details)
by Dubner, Jeffrey - Tax missimplification: it's not a done deal.(The Taxonomist)
by McIntyre, Robert S. - Choice language: abortion is a right that ends in sorrow. Democratic rhetoric in the future must acknowledge this fact.(Abortion)
by Blustain, Sarah - God and the New Deal: the men who made the New Deal and built the CIO were secular liberals and socialists. But they knew that to succeed, they would have to accommodate traditional religion.
by Meyerson, Harold - Let the record reflect.(Correspondence)(Letter to the Editor)
by Stephanopoulos, George R.; Gitlin, Todd - An uncertain trumpet.(Prospects)
by Kuttner, Robert - Life after Yasir: Ariel Sharon has outlived his hated rival Arafat. But now that he's gone, so is Sharon's biggest excuse for not negotiating with the Palestinians.(Dispatches)
by Benn, Aluf