Politics:
First
Blood: David Kusnet on what to look for in Saturday's Democratic
presidential debate.
No
Grasp: Jeff Faux on why a far-reaching American empire will not
serve anyone's interests, least of all ours.
Private
Eyes: Bernard Wasow says it doesn't take a detective to see that
conservatives have things backwards on Social Security.
State
Starvation: Robert Kuttner on why Bush is the king of unfunded
mandates.
Ballot
Boxing: Round 1 of election reform took place in Washington.
Now, Round 2 is playing out in the states. Miles S. Rapoport
explains.
The
Taxonomist: Robert S. McIntyre on d�j� voodoo economics.
Yellow
Streak: Michael Tomasky says the Democrats would rather lamely
call for apologies than actually fight.
Trans-Atlantic
Food Fight: John Feffer on the stakes in the U.S.�Europe battle
over genetically engineered crops.
Office
Work: Next year will likely be an easy one for Senate
incumbents, but the up-for-grabs seats are of no small import. Mary
Lynn F. Jones reports.
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Books & Culture:
Filmic
Face-lift: Noy Thrupkaew says Better Luck Tomorrow makes
over Asian American cinema
This
Pill Makes You Honest: Jonathan Cohn reviews Protecting
America's Health: The FDA, Business, and One Hundred Years of
Regulation.
Loaded
Biases: Amy Sullivan reviews Eric Alterman's What Liberal
Media?
Platinum
Hit? Noy Thrupkaew on why a new UPN show could do the virtually
impossible -- attract an integrated audience.
The War
About War: Ronald Brownstein on Kaplan and Kristol's The War
Over Iraq.
Magic
Wanda: Noy Thrupkaew wonders whether FOX will let a talented
comedian cast her spell.
Free
Market Furies: Does exporting capitalism breed ethnic hatred and
instability? Sasha Polakow-Suransky on Amy Chua's World on
Fire.
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