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• Tax breakup: conservative think-tankers face an unexpected opponent: employers.(HEALTH CARE)
  by Dreyfuss, Barbara T.
• Works every week.(Up Front)(all-purpose headlines for the output of columnists)(Brief article)
• Spun silver.(Up Front)
• Slightly un-orthodox: silent no longer: religious gay men and lesbians start speaking out.(ISRAEL)
  by Wildman, Sarah
• One-industry town.(Up Front)(homeless man's views on Bush's policies)(Brief article)
• The non-elites.(CORRESPONDENCE)(Letter to the Editor)
  by Foster, Allen
• Property wrongs: in Kelo's wake, a raft of anti-regulatory initiatives from the right.(THE LAW)(Kelo v. New London)
  by Bradley, Jennifer
• Hey, it's a compliment.(Up Front)(Steve King blocks Democratic measure to name post office after community activist Maudelle Shirek)(Brief article)
• Reforming for quality.(Your Money or Your Life)(The Health Care Mess)(Book Review)
  by Klein, Ezra
• Why WWI?(OFF TOPIC)(pro-war sentiment)
  by Frank, Thomas
• Mind the gap: democrats' policy disputes on Iraq are tiny. Political disputes are not.(IRAQ)
  by Yglesias, Matthew
• Help wanted.(Up Front)(Brief article)
• Seven meals from murder.(The Moral Consequences of Economic Growth)(Book Review)
  by Crittenden, Ann
• All the president's friends: Miller's gone, and Woodward is (voila!) forgiven. And the editors of our leading newspapers are clueless about the respect they've lost.(MEDIA)(Judy Miller and Bob Woodward cases)
  by Gitlin, Todd
• Miller's tale: how one effective and largely unsung congressman beat the president.(CAPITOL HILL)(George Miller invoked National Emergency Act to force Bush to reverse course on suspending the Davis-Bacon Act in wake of Hurricane Katrina devastation)(Biog
  by Franke-Ruta, Garance
• Spooky stuff.(CORRESPONDENCE)(Letter to the Editor)
  by Wade, Alan
• Alito's excuses.(Up Front)(Samuel Alito)(Brief Article)
  by Meyerson, Harold
• The other Bryan: William Jennings Bryan, reactionary boob? That's one story. But there is much else to admire--and emulate.(Biography)
  by Kazin, Michael
• Calendar whirl: new Hampshire loses pride of place. But what will change accomplish?(THE DEMOCRATS)(Democratic National Committee's (DNC) Commission on Presidential Nomination Timing and Scheduling)
  by Rosenfeld, Sam
• Reality play: Steven Soderbergh's Bubble violates every commercial code by focusing its lens on the crisis facing workers in rustbelt America.(FILM)(Movie review)
  by Woodward, Richard B.
• A few changes.(Editorial)
• It's what we do: the administration says the terrorists hate us for who we are. But that isn't what the terrorists say--or what the record shows.
  by Eland, Ivan
• Campaigns are destiny.(COMMENT)(Bush's low approval ratings are a result of the negative type of campaign he chose to run)
  by Tanden, Neera
• Our kind of gals.(Up Front)(Didi Goldmark gets Bush to acknowledge that Iraqis have died)(Brief article)
• Poor, Richard.(CORRESPONDENCE)(Letter to the Editor)
  by Alperovitz, Gar; Parker, Richard
• Cant and recant: Milton Friedman's latest research on the Federal Reserve challenges key assumptions of a very prominent economist: Milton Friedman.
  by Kuttner, Robert
• When liberals must conserve.(THE OUT YEARS)(Democrats need to restore conservative values)(Column)
  by Schmitt, Mark
• Derb dish.(Up Front)(John Derbyshire's views on female attractiveness)(Brief article)
• Realism and reality.(Book Review)
  by Lieven, Anatol
• Security for sale: the Department of Homeland Security has a section on its Web site labeled "Open for Business." It certainly is.
  by Posner, Sarah
• Starting over.(PROSPECTS)(Bush will use the State of the Union address to try to relaunch his presidency)
  by Starr, Paul
• Did he serve snacks?(Up Front)(Farid Ghadry seeks advice from Ahmed Chalabi)(Brief article)
• Ba-da-bing.(Up Front)
• The arsonist: in his first six months at the UN, John Bolton has offended allies, blocked crucial negotiations, undermined the Secretary of State--and harmed U.S. interests. We expected bad; we didn't expect this bad.(Cover Story)(Biography)
  by Goldberg, Mark Leon
• Cold "war".(Up Front)(John Gibson's book, "The War on. Christmas: How the Liberal Plot to Ban the Sacred Holiday Is Worse Than You Thought")(Brief article)
• The question: what should George W. Bush's New Year's resolution be?(Up Front)