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Articles in March 2005 issue of American Prospect, The

• The fat and the fire.(Generation Large: Rescuing Our Children From The Epidemic of Obesity)(Our Overweight Children: What Parents, Schools, and Communities can do to Control the Fatness Epidemic)(Consuming Kids: The Hostile Takeover of Childhood)(Food Pol
  by Konner, Melvin
• Jesus is coming! And he's bringing his own label maker.(A Divine Intervention Comic)
  by Wuerker, Matt
• Law and border.(border security)
  by Dubner, Jeffrey
• The Middle East: thinking big: president Bush's several policies don't connect. Here's a better way to bring greater security, democracy, and development to the region.
  by Leverett, Flynt
• An ocean apart: the United States and Europe have vital shared interests, but is the Bush administration serious about finding common ground?
  by Moravcsik, Andrew
• Neo-economics: the neoconservatives have measured American power solely by military might. They've left out something important.(world economic stewardship)
  by Steinberger, Michael
• Uncivilized.(Correspondence)(Letter to the Editor)
  by Koster, Patricia M.
• The good book: the America portrayed by Sinclair Lewis in Elmer Gantry used to be a distant memory. But the novel's surprising lessons are relevant again.(Culture)
  by Byrne, Richard
• The gravest danger: the president who invaded Iraq citing fear of nuclear blackmail has been cavalier about preventing it elsewhere.
  by Allison, Graham
• China as no. 1: Bush wants freedom everywhere. But the world's biggest dictatorship is now one of America's biggest creditors. Guess who has the leverage on whom?
  by Prestowitz, Clyde
• To convict one doctor, zealots at DEA tore up pain guidelines developed over four years.(William Hurwitz)(Advertisement)
• Bloody great.(Correspondence)(Letter to the Editor)
  by Gittleman, Lou
• Mangling Franklin.(The Last Word)(Franklin D. Roosevelt)
  by Reich, Robert
• Disconnected: there are progressive foreign-policy thinkers, and they even produce ideas. So why aren't Democratic politicians?
  by Yglesias, Matthew
• Pulpit bullies: you might think the doings in one small-town mosque don't amount to much. You would be very wrong.(American Muslim community)
  by Nomani, Asra Q.
• Squeeze time: the biggest budget battle since the famous Clinton-Gingrich face-off isn't just about cuts. It's about the GOP's real goal: permanent cuts.(Dispatches)
  by Rosenfeld, Sam
• Federal lawsuits.(Dossier: air, land, and sea)(for violating national environmental laws)(Brief Article)
• A temporary fix: a rapidly growing contingent workforce could benefit from labor and management partnerships, but the NLRB stands in the way.(Dispatches)(National Labor Relations Board)
  by Grossfeld, Jim; Podesta, John D.
• Against the neocons: "the fact remains that the Iraqi operation has gravely undermined American global credibility.".(Zbigniew Brzezinski)(Interview)
  by Tomasky, Michael
• A ladies' first?(women donors)
  by Franke-Ruta, Garance
• Theocracy now: what will the Shia parties want once they have power in Iraq? Exactly what America doesn't want.
  by Cole, Juan
• More Moore.(Correspondence)(Letter to the Editor)
  by Goldberg, Danny; Goldberg, Mark Leon
• On beyond data.(federal budget)
  by Goldberg, Mark Leon
• The liberal uses of power: clarity in dealing with terrorism, yes; and also in living up to our highest ideals.
  by Starr, Paul; Tomasky, Michael; Kuttner, Robert
• A listless party: the RNC inherited the Bush campaign's list of donors and volunteers, but on the Democratic side, the Kerry list belongs to ... John Kerry.(Dispatches)(post-election organizing, communications)
  by Franke-Ruta, Garance
• Bush's tipping point.(George W. Bush)
  by Kuttner, Robert