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• The book of liberal virtues: yes, they exist. And they're the best tools we have for countering the right's assertion that everything is political.
  by Mattson, Kevin
• Rubin-esque.(Up Front)(Michael Rubin)(Brief article)
• For the record.(CORRESPONDENCE)(Letter to the Editor)
  by Lukin, Sarah L.; Posner, Sarah
• Great expectations: people expect great things of Barack Obama. His first year in the Senate--in which he's shown a deliberative and sometimes surprising streak--has by design been a relatively quiet one. But it also suggests a man at the beginning of a l
  by Enda, Jodi
• Our nation's elite at work.(Up Front)(David Brooks)(Brief article)
• Is corruption enough?(PROSPECTS)
  by Kuttner, Robert
• Talk to the enemy: a middle ground between victory and defeat: a negotiated settlement.(IRAQ)
  by Dreyfuss, Robert
• They go Hugo.(Up Front)(Global Trade Watch)(Hugo Chavez)(Brief article)
• Another "drug baby" media scare?
  by Lester, Barry
• Among the bear-baiters.(OFF TOPIC)(pleasures of smoking)
  by Wilentz, Sean
• Fear of flying: did Miami show that air-marshal training works? Quite the opposite.(HOMELAND SECURITY)(Miami International Airport)
  by Kurlantzick, Joshua
• Season of the rat.(Up Front)
  by Meyerson, Harold
• Send up the clowns.(COMMENT)
  by Newton, Maud
• When the "flat world" shakes.(End of the Line: The Rise and Coming Fall of the Global Corporation)(Book review)
  by Levinson, Mark
• The torture tutor: John Yoo didn't invent excuses for abuse of power. He learned them.(EXECUTIVE POWER)
  by Conason, Joe
• The progressive generation gap.(THE OUT YEARS)
  by Schmitt, Mark
• How the South rose again.(Book review)
  by Brownstein, Ronald
• Independence day: Turkey, a longtime U.S. ally, now pursues its own path. Guess why.(TURKEY)
  by Kinzer, Stephen
• The question: if you could secretly wiretap one person, whom would it be?(Up Front)
• The new nuance: black and white are out, and shades of gray are in. And one new documentary, "Why We Fight", epitomizes the new trend powerfully.(FILM)(Syriana)(The Power of Nightmares)(Movie review)
  by Thrupkaew, Noy
• "Duke" of deception: the overlooked security implications of the Cunningham scandal.(GOP SCANDALS)(Randy "Duke" Cunningham)
  by Rozen, Laura
• Armies of compassion.(Up Front)
• Poverty is back! or at least it was supposed to be after Katrina, but five months on, even Democrats have dropped the subject. Here's how to revive it.(Hurricane Katrina)
  by Klein, Ezra
• Take my opinions ... please.(Up Front)(laughter in Supreme Court)(Brief article)
• Touchy feely.(Up Front)(Brief Article)
• Remapping the culture debate: can the Democrats finally learn to talk culture? Fascinating new research challenges some cherished assumptions--and offers clues about the future.
  by Franke-Ruta, Garance
• Speaking of his honor...(Up Front)(Lonnie Latham case)(Brief article)
• The season of giving.(Up Front)(Chris Redfern )(Brief Article)
• The next Wall Street scandal: it is incubating at the Securities and Exchange Commission, where Chris Cox, the new chairman, must first overcome his own history to be a tough regulator.(Biography)
  by Lowenstein, Roger
• Know thy constituents.(Up Front)(Marion Barry)(Brief article)
• Who loses?(Letter to the Editor)
  by Garry, Margaret; Hirshman, Linda
• The anointed.(Up Front)