EDITOR'S NOTE
by Peter Ross Range
SWAMP THING
by Bruce Reed
There's something rotten in Tom DeLay's Washington.
Here's how to clean the place up.
Plus:
THE FIX IS IN
by Ed Kilgore
Partisan gerrymandering to protect incumbents is out of control. Politicians are choosing voters, rather than voters choosing politicians. It's time for reform.
GIVE THEM A BREAK
by Paul Weinstein Jr.
Bush has showered tax breaks on the wealthy. We should be helping middle-class families instead.
Plus:
CLOSE THE PARENT GAP
by Barbara Dafoe Whitehead
Democrats are losing married parents in droves. The party won't win them back until it takes their side in the fight against corrosive popular culture.
OUT OF ORDER
by Marshall Wittmann
A single theme runs through the issues that hurt Democrats most -- order. From cultural issues like abortion and gay rights, to crime and foreign policy, the party that represents order wins.
JUDGE NOT
by William A. Galston
Ever since Brown v. Board of Education, liberals have used judicial activism as a substitute for political persuasion. But we shouldn't ask judges to make laws.
BLOG TALK:
Bull Moose by Marshall Wittmann
NewDonkey.com by Ed Kilgore
GLOBALIZATION 3.0
by Thomas L. Friedman
It's a flat world -- at least in communications and commerce. Thanks to flatism, Boston, Beijing, and Bangalore are elbow-rubbing neighbors. This has created a silent challenge to American policymakers -- yet most don't even recognize the quiet crisis we're in. What should America do?
WINNING BY LOSING
by Ed Kilgore
BOOM THEORY
by Robert D. Atkinson
ORWELLIAN PARODY
by Fred Siegel
