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Mugged by reality: Once the warrior queen of neoconservatism, Jeane Kirkpatrick died a critic of Bush's unilateralism. Her death illuminates the conflicting legacies of the movement she helped found.; By Sidney Blumenthal Dec 14, 2006
Generation Dem: Beyond the failure of Karl Rove, the momentous 2006 elections signaled the emergence of a younger, bluer America that could reshape politics for years to come.; By Sidney Blumenthal Nov 30, 2006
A man who hated government: Conservative economic guru and liberal nemesis Milton Friedman disliked intervention of any sort, whether in the market or in recreational drug use.; By Brad DeLong Nov 17, 2006
Viva Sandinista!: Meet the new Nicaraguan president. Same as the old one.; Andrew Leonard Nov 6, 2006
The GOP begins to implode: Bush's immigration speech was a desperate attempt to keep his delicate coalition together -- but all it did was accelerate its shattering.; By Sidney Blumenthal May 18, 2006
Did Reagan win the Cold War?: John Lewis Gaddis' history succinctly captures the long faceoff that shaped our world. But his analysis is marred by Reagan worship.; By Laura Miller Jan 25, 2006
Meek, mild and menacing: Samuel Alito's Willy Loman facade conceals seething resentments -- and a dangerous belief in unbridled presidential power.; By Sidney Blumenthal Jan 12, 2006
The long march of Dick Cheney: For his entire career, he sought untrammeled power. The Bush presidency and 9/11 finally gave it to him -- and he's not about to give it up.; By Sidney Blumenthal Nov 24, 2005
Shipwrecked: Bush has so thoroughly destroyed the Republican establishment that no one, not even his dad, can rescue him now.; By Sidney Blumenthal Oct 27, 2005
No longer the "Right Man": Conservatives are raging against Bush to hide the utter failure of their ideology.; By Sidney Blumenthal Oct 20, 2005
Fall of the Rovean empire?: Drunk on power, the Republican oligarchs overreached. Now their entire project could be doomed.; By Sidney Blumenthal Oct 6, 2005
What Michael Moore (and the neocons) don't know about Saudi Arabia: The left and the right have both crudely demonized the desert kingdom. But the ascension of King Abdullah gives the U.S. a chance to solidify relations with this flawed but key ally.; By Juan Cole Aug 5, 2005
What's next -- Spiro Agnew Avenue?: Not satisfied with an airport, two office buildings and a hospital emergency room, a GOP congressman wants to name a D.C. street for Ronald Reagan.; T.G. Aug 5, 2005
Generation Bomb: Once again, a clutch of new books on the atomic bomb get the history and intrigue right. But where's the guilt, dread and helplessness of living under the cloud of nuclear annihilation?; By Laura Miller Apr 27, 2005
Political crackup: By intervening in the Schiavo case, Bush moved the religious right into the heart of the GOP. Now there will be hell to pay.; By Sidney Blumenthal Mar 31, 2005
Can Bush deliver for conservatives?: Lacking Reagan's pragmatic streak, the president may find it impossible to unite a party deeply divided on social, foreign policy and budget issues.; By Matthew Dallek Nov 30, 2004
History of complicity: Did the first President Bush, in 1991, and President Reagan, in the late '80s, cynically choose to ignore Saddam's use of chemical weapons against Iraqis?; By Barry Lando Nov 19, 2004
Four poor years?: Bush backers boast that his victory gives him a chance to join the greats. But most reelected presidents have been far less effective in their second term than in their first.; By Ted Widmer Nov 12, 2004
How John Kerry exposed the Contra-cocaine scandal: Derided by the mainstream press and taking on Reagan at the height of his popularity, the freshman senator battled to reveal one of America's ugliest foreign policy secrets.; By Robert Parry Oct 25, 2004
"You can't run the world on faith": Some Reagan conservatives decry Bush's "Messianic" approach and preference for dogma over evidence.; By James K. Galbraith Oct 18, 2004
The city of light, and the city of stoplights: What Table Talkers are saying about Paris merchants and Boston drivers, and some final thoughts on Reagan.; Jun 25, 2004
Mixed feelings: Nostalgia replaced reality at the unveiling of the official portraits of the Clintons, but the truce didn't last long.; By Sidney Blumenthal Jun 17, 2004
Abolish the terror tax: People who hate America are flush with money from oil sales -- we should stop subsidizing them by becoming more energy independent.; By James P. Pinkerton Jun 15, 2004
Reagan worship: The "liberal media's" unprecedented 24/7 gushing over a controversial and divisive president caps a quarter-century of fawning.; By Eric Boehlert Jun 11, 2004
The fat lady sings and the Gipper passes on: What Table Talkers are saying this week about American optimism and the "sin" of obesity.; Jun 11, 2004

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