EDITOR'S NOTE
by Peter Ross Range
THE RIGHT FIGHT
by Al From and Bruce Reed
Democrats can't beat Bush just by being mad at him. They have to offer something better. Now's the time for a new Democratic contract with the middle class.
Plus:
UP AGAINST IT
by Ed Kilgore
Bush has pushed the middle class to the wall. Incomes down, taxes up (it's true!), deficits huge, crime rising. It's a bad bargain.
Plus:
TOO MUCH FROTH
by Joel Kotkin and Fred Siegel
The latte quotient is a bad strategy for building middle-class cities.
GOTHAM BLUES
by Fred Siegel
Narrow fringe groups are strangling New York politics. By rejecting nonpartisan elections, they've depressed turnouts, driven up city labor costs, and catered to the public sector unions.
BOTTOM-UP CULTURE WARS
by Alan Wolfe
Some cultural issues are top-down, like affirmative action and gay marriage. Others come up from the grassroots, like faith, family, and country. That's where Democrats could have an advantage.
CYBER PIRACY
by Shane Ham
Stealing off the Internet is not only illegal, it can cripple the future of e-commerce. That's why we must make it easier to buy content legally.
THE ERA OF BIG GOVERNMENT IS BACK
by Jeff Lemieux
Republicans are spending like drunken sailors. Interest on the debt could become bigger than Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security.
