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March/April 2002 Issue - 25 Articles- Editor's Note
Peter Ross Range
, pp. 1-3 Fuzzy Accounting
Where We Stand
- On the Economy, pp. 4-5
Democrats must do a better job of connecting the dots between fiscal discipline and a r...
New Dem Digest
- An about-face on national service, p. 6
Bush takes a New Dem national service idea to the front lines
- Community Prosecution, p. 7
A conversation with Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo on community prosecutation
- PeopleMaking votes count in Georgia, pp. 8-9
Profiles of Georgia Secretary of State Cathy Cox; California State Assemblyman Juan Var...
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Resources (2 Reviews) , pp. 10-12 Capsule reviews of recent books and an Idea of the Week from NDOL.org
- The End of Globalization by Harold James
- The Radical Center by Ted Halstead and Michael Lind
- Guest Column
Paul Glastris
, p. 13 The insanity of work-study
- Bush: Grow Slowly and Carry a Big Debt
Robert J. Shapiro
, pp. 14-18 Promising too much? By relentlessly dismantling the programs that fostered the best eco...
- Who Lost the Surplus
Gene Sperling and Jeff Lemieux
, pp. 19-23 Bush blew the first $5 trillion in less than a year
- The States
Ed Kilgore
, pp. 24-25 The worm has turned on Republican governors. Their pain may be Democrats' gain
- It's Not Just Roads and Bridges
Robert D. Atkinson
, pp. 26-29 Building a physical intrastructure networked our industrial economy. Now we need more ...
- The Other Shoe on Trade
Ed Gresser
, pp. 30-32 It's not yet a debacle, but it's going south fast
- The Politics of Ideas
Will Marshall
, p. 33 Closing the defense gap
- how to Win the Peace
Gordon Brown
, pp. 34-36 We've built a potent alliance against terrorism. Now we must build one against world po...
- Modernizing Homeland Security
John D. Cohen and John A. Hurson
, pp. 37-38 High-tech data links and inter-agency coordination could stop terrorists from slipping ...
- Don't drain America first
Ronald E. Minsk
, pp. 39-40 True energy independence means reducing the role of oil in our economy
- How Bush stole education
Andrew J. Rotherham
, pp. 41-42 He did it fair and square by capturing the center. Democrats can outflank him only by e...
- Mayors in the middle
David Kurapka
, p. 43 The Bay area Browns have shown surprisingly centrist leanings
- Lessons learned from Enron
Paul Weinstein, Jr.
, pp. 44-46 Give employees more choice, control, and protection of their private retirement plans
- The Vital Center
Bruce Reed
, p. 47 Bush's turn at bat
Culture & Politics
- Multicultural movie mush
James P. Pinkerton
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Why we were surprised by 9/11 (5 Reviews) Jonathan Schanzer
, pp. 49-50 Makers of Contemporary Islam, by John L. Esposito and John Obert Voll
- Makers of Contemporary Islam by John L. Esposito and John Obert Voll
- Legacy of the Prophet by Anthony Shadid
- Islam and Democracy by Fatima Mernissi
- In the Shadow of the Prophet by Milton Viorst
- Crescent and Star by Stephen Kinzer
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Excerpt: Crescent & Star (Review) Stephen Kinzer
, p. 51 Turkey Between Two Worlds
- Crescent and Star by Stephen Kinzer
Penn's Poll
- How Americans feel about
Mark J. Penn
, pp. 52-59 The economy, taxes, and the budget
- Political Memo
Al From
, pp. 60-62 The idea primary