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Articles in December 2006 issue of American Prospect, The

• Rush Limbaugh, still liberated.(PARODY)(Brief article)
  by Frank, T.A.
• Influence-peddling.(Up Front)
• Gettysburg, again: four decades after the South started going Republican, its influence is receding as the North becomes more Democratic. (Which is why the Democrats aren't moving right.).(2006 ELECTION SPECIAL)
  by Schaller, Thomas F.
• Unchecked, unbalanced.(United States. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit)
• Noted without comment.(Up Front)
• While thousands die: the U.N. force to secure Darfur from genocide hasn't budged an inch.(AFRICA)
  by Goldberg, Mark Leon
• Honest about lying.(George W.Bush elections)(Brief article)
• Not just retirement.(CORRESPONDENCE)(Letter to the editor)
  by Fraser, Arvonne S.; Crittenden, Ann
• The question: did this election augur a permanent structural realignment of the electorate?(Up Front)
• The terrorist vote: crucial.(Fox News Network L.L.C. reports on George W. Bush)(Brief article)
• What opposition?(CORRESPONDENCE)(Letter to the editor)
  by Zaretsky, Eli
• In but not of Israel: right-wing Israeli Jews want to redraw borders to shift Israeli Arabs into Palestine. But the Israeli Arabs--even the Islamists--want to stay.(REPORT)
  by Mort, Jo-Ann
• Whatta mandate.(George W. Bush's presidency )(Brief article)
• Vicca with a W.(OFF TOPIC)(jewish music)(Column)
  by Meyerson, Harold
• Uncivil libertarians: civil war rages at the ACLU, as the old executive director attacks the new one. It's all about first principles. Or wartime exigencies. Or stresses of growth. Or generational change. Or Oedipal tensions. Or quarrelsome DNA. Or all of
  by McKelvey, Tara
• Accentuate the negative.(Up Front)(Brief article)
• Restraining the judges.(The Most Democratic Branch: How the Courts Serve America)(Book review)
  by Silverstein, Gordon
• Permission to stand down: by mid-March, the Baker-Hamilton Commission will declare withdrawal from Iraq a respectable option. That will be a disaster for Republicans, and great news for Democrats eyeing the White House.(APPRAISAL)(Column)
  by Ackerman, Spencer
• The odd couple.(Joe Lieberman and Bernie Sanders)(Brief article)
  by Rosenfeld, Sam
• Times out of joint: in Los Angeles, profiteers and bean counters conspire to drag down a great American newspaper. Can local gazillionaires save it?(MEDIA)
  by Gitlin, Todd
• Strategic two-fers: how the Democrats can do good and help their friends.
  by Klein, Ezra
• The people, yes.(World Trade Organization)
  by Kuttner, Robert
• Gut instincts: in 2006, the Democrats belatedly learned to connect with voters emotionally. A little political nerve--and understanding of voters' neurons--goes a long way.(2006 ELECTION SPECIAL)
  by Westen, Drew
• Lessons for Democrats.
  by Frank, Barney
• The good in good politics.(The Moral Center)(Book review)
  by Stone, Deborah
• The populist persuasion: the incoming Senate Democrats may differ on cultural issues, but they all like unions and alternative energy, and can't stand drug companies and free trade.(2006 ELECTION SPECIAL)(Column)
  by Meyerson, Harold
• The reverse K Street Project.(THE OUT YEARS)
  by Schmitt, Mark
• Heroes, weren't they?(The Race Beat: The Press, the Civil Rights Struggle, and the Awakening of a Nation)(Book review)
  by Greenberg, David
• It wasn't just Iraq: while the economy vexed the Republicans, some old-fashioned populism helped the Democrats. How can the Democrats build on their success for 2008 and beyond?(2006 ELECTION SPECIAL)
  by Hacker, Jacob S.; Teixeira, Ruy