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Articles in Jan-Feb, 2005 issue of Washington Monthly

• Analyze this: inside the one spy agency that got pre-war intelligence on Iraq—and much else—right
  by Justin Rood
• My new Kentucky home: the cutting edge of illegal immigration used to be Los Angeles. Now It's Owensboro
  by Peter Laufer
• Under mined: when a flood of toxic mining sludge wreaked havoc in Appalachia, how did the White House respond? By letting the coal company off the hook and firing the whistleblower
  by Clara Bingham
• The best care anywhere: ten years ago, veterans hospitals were dangerous, dirty, and scandal-ridden. Today, they're producing the highest quality care in the country. Their turnaround points the way toward solving America's health-care crisis
  by Phillip Longman
• Bernard Lewis reconsidered
  by Scheherazade Jafar
• Word games: George Lakoff, the Democrats' hottest new thinker, misses the meaning behind the message
  by Kenneth S. Baer
• I heart Newark
  by Cory Booker
• End game: democratic Iraq hawk Ken Pollack says our military can't stop Iran from going nuclear. And our diplomats don't have much chance either
  by Derek Chollet
• Tilting at windmills
  by Charles Peters
• Currying favor: forget about Iran—Strobe Talbott says we couldn't even keep our ally India from getting the bomb
  by Amy Waldman
• 10 miles square: I, spy: an ex-spook visits Washington's espionage museum—and isn't impressed
  by Justin Peters
• Cosby in '08? It's time for Democrats to think beyond the usual suspects
• Fire the consultants: why do Democrats promote campaign advisors who lose races?
  by Amy Sullivan