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- The doable dozen: whether or not the Democrats have a Big Idea, they--and some Republicans, too!--have a slew of very good small ones. Here's an unscientific list of 12 that don't ask for the moon but deserve to see the light of day.(THE IDEA FACTORY)
- Goo-goo Mike.(Up Front)(Jack Abramoff)(Michael Scanlon)(Brief article)
- Vive les jeunes: the French students were right to protest--and we can prove it!(FRANCE)
by Howell, David R.; Schmitt, John - Pastor strangelove: Texan John Hagee may not have his "perfect red heifer" yet. But he does have a huge following, the ear of the White House--and a theory that an invasion of Iran was foretold (we're not making this up) in the Book of Esther.(R
by Posner, Sarah - "Speaking of tomatoes ...".(postwar reconstruction)(Brief article)
- Who's your daddy party? Fifty-plus war veterans, retired Navy men, a sheriff, a prosecutor, and a former star quarterback all running for Congress--as Democrats?!? Wasn't the GOP supposed to be the Testosterone Party? How our most macho president brought
by Wilkinson, Francis - Ken.(John Kenneth Galbraith, American economists)(Obituary)
by Parker, Richard - Bush lied, fish died?(Up Front)(Brief article)
- Burnt offering: how a 2003 secret overture from Tehran might have led to a deal on Iran's nuclear capacity--if the Bush administration hadn't rebuffed it.(INVESTIGATION)
by Porter, Gareth - Hard out here for a pimp.(Kyle "Dusty" Foggo )(Brief article)
- "W" as in wonk.(Brief article)
by Rosenfeld, Sam - Woman at point zero: Egypt's most famous feminist seeks reform the second time around.(EGYPT)(Nawal el Saadawi)
by Franke-Ruta, Garance - The real tax test.(PROSPECTS)
by Tomasky, Michael - Blood not-so-simple: should unconsenting civilians be used in tests for a blood substitute?(SCIENCE)
by Lenzer, Jeanne - Courting an advantage.(judicial nominations)
by Aron, Nan - Credit hog: Mitt Romney got more props than he deserved for health-care reform.(POLITICS)
by Klein, Ezra - Truly locked in the cabinet.(THE LAST WORD)(John W. Snow)
by Reich, Robert B. - Parliament lament.(THE OUT YEARS)
by Schmitt, Mark - Which is dumber?(Up Front)(Alphonso Jackson of Department of Housing and Urban Development's denial of contract)(Brief article)
- Accidental tourists: The Road to Guantanamo, an unflinching dramatization of the case of Britain's Tipton Three, depicts degradation just for degradation's sake.
by Cocco, Marie - The question: if the fish thing's no. 1, what's the Bush presidency's second best moment?(Up Front)(Brief article)
- The Commissar's in Town: very little happens at State regarding the Middle East without the knowledge and approval of Cheney--not Dick, but Liz, his powerful, secretive daughter.(REPORT)(Elizabeth "Liz" Cheney appointed to Department of State)
by Dreyfuss, Robert