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No. 5 2003 Issue - 25 Articles- Editor's Note
Peter Ross Range
, pp. 1-3 - The Son Falls
Al From and Bruce Reed
, pp. 4-9 Bush has given us a bigger deficit, divisive politics, huge job losses, and a squandere...
- Job Losses
Robert D. Atkinson
, pp. 10-12 Bush's retrograde economic policies have helped decimate manufacturing jobs. More than ...
- Arnold's Third Way
Joel Kotkin
, p. 13 - Members Only
Randolph Court
, pp. 14-16 Caucuses like Iowa's shut out independents and give too much power to party activists. ...
- The Vital Center
Bruce Reed
, p. 17 The dinner party
- The National Security Case Against George W. Bush
Will Marshall
, pp. 18-21 Bush's initial successes are now overshadowed by foreign policy failures---on Middle Ea...
- A Squandered Opportunity
Martin Indyk
, pp. 22-25 Unengaged in the Middle East peace process, President Bush let the violence spin out of...
- The Third Way Lives
Robert von Rimscha and Robert Philpot
, pp. 26-29 Little noticed in the United States, two of the world's remaining centrist leaders---To...
- Homeland Failure
Shane Ham
, pp. 30-31 No matter how you cut it, the Bush administration is shirking on homeland security. It ...
- Homeland Security
Harry Siegel
, pp. 32-35 New York firefighters took a horrible hit on 9/11. They lost 343 lives and more than 4,...
- Tax cuts and jobs
Jeff Lemieux
, pp. 36-37 Despite a fast-growth quarter, the job market is still fragile
- The Politics of Ideas
Will Marshall
, p. 38 Seizing the cultural center
Culture & Politics
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Worse than corruption (2 Reviews) Fred Siegel
, p. 39 The Prince of Providence, by Mike Stanton
- The Prince of Providence by Mike Stanton
- City by Douglas W. Rae
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Civic togetherness (Review) Marc Magee
, pp. 40-41 Better Together, by Robert D. Putnam and Lewis Feldstein
- Better Together by Robert D. Putnam and Lewis Feldstein
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Zell bent (Review) Ed Kilgore
, p. 42 A National Party No More, by Zell Miller
- A National Party No More by Zell Miller
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The two sides of Dick Morris (2 Reviews) Ed Kilgore
, pp. 43-44 Power Plays, by Dick Morris
- Power Plays by Dick Morris
- Off With Their Heads by Dick Morris
- What Works
Sen. Tom Carper
, p. 45 Spurring the carbon market
New Dem Digest
- People Policy & Politics, p. 46
The great Texas power grab
- Interview, p. 47
A conversation with Virginia Gov. Mark Warner
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Resources (Review) , p. 48 Capsule reviews of recent books and an Idea of the Week from NDOL.org
- Terrorists, Despots, and Democracy
- People, p. 49
Mayor Shirley Franklin is cleaning up Atlanta's sewers---and a whole lot more
- Forgers' nightmare
Rob Lott
, p. 50 Oklahoma's new digital driver's licenses cut off an avenue for fraud; in Delaware, a no...
- Electoral Snapshot, p. 51
The mystery of faith
- Political Memo
Al From
, pp. 52-54 The courage to reform