American democracy promotion didn’t spark the Arab uprisings, but a shared hatred of our Middle East policies sure helped them spread.
May/June 2011
Posted inMagazine, May/June 2011
Remembering Jonathan Rowe
On Sunday, March 20th, my friend and mentor Jonathan Rowe, a contributing editor of the Washington Monthly, died, swiftly and unexpectedly, of a sudden infection. The shock of this news has not worn off. The tragedy of it is still sinking in. Jon was sixty-five, by all accounts healthy and supremely happy, living the good […]
Posted inMagazine, May/June 2011
Tiller’s Killer
What the murder of a late-term abortion doctor does and does not say about the anti-choice movement.
Posted inBooks, Magazine, May/June 2011
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
A mountain of studies now shows that AmeriCorps, the nation’s biggest community service program, works. House Republicans want to zero out its budget.
Posted inBooks, Magazine, May/June 2011
Misreading the New York Times
There’s plenty to criticize about America’s newspaper of record. So why do conservatives make up reasons that don’t exist?
Posted inBooks, Magazine, May/June 2011, Politics
Bangkok on the Nile
Middle East reformers would do well to study Thailand for lessons in how not to build a democracy.
Posted inEconomy, Magazine, May/June 2011
Clean, Cheap, and Out of Control
Why natural gas could be the fuel of the future, and how the industry could blow it all up.
Posted inGovernment, Magazine, May/June 2011
The Fallacy of Union Busting
Taking power away from labor won’t rescue states from their fiscal woes–but giving power to voters might.
Posted inEconomy, Magazine, May/June 2011, The Monopolized Economy
The Real Enemy of Unions
Why organized labor should join with entrepreneurs to bust the corporate monopolies threatening them both.
Posted inGovernment, Magazine, May/June 2011
The Information Sage
Meet Edward Tufte, the graphics guru to the power elite who is revolutionizing how we see data.
