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Unlike Bush, our first Republican president was a long-standing proponent of progressive taxation. As New York Times reporter Stephen R. Weisman explains in his new book, The Great Tax Wars, Lincoln started early, when he pushed (unsuccessfully) for a graduated property tax as an Illinois state legislator, arguing that such an approach was not only […]

Yet there is another group of countries for which the connection to September 11th is far more apparent. These are the countries from which Al Qaida and its allied movements actually sprung, the countries where their fighters are recruited, where their hatreds are cultivated, and where their aims too often are embraced. No set of […]

As it turned out, I couldn’t quite manage The Voice–the hosting gig went to someone else–but I quickly realized that if I wanted anything to do with NPR, I’d need to figure it out pretty quick. NPR’s ascendancy has been striking–“Morning Edition” and “All Things Considered,” its drivetime shows, are the second and third most […]

A Showgirl for Santa will be released to coincide with the holiday season. Mary-Theresa Hussey, a senior editor, rehashes the plot. “It’s about a grumpy hero who hates Christmas,” she explains, “He gets a job playing Santa Claus and becomes snowbound with the heroine and her two young children. The hero likes showgirls so the […]

Ostensibly, “Coming of Age” was thrown for the benefit of a group that enjoys, or enjoyed, a sterling reputation and pursued an unexceptionable purpose: the Society for Women’s Health Research, a 12-year-old Beltway nonprofit whose “sole mission is to improve the health of women through research,” according to its brochure. But there was something different […]

Turkey is once again showing itself to be America’s strongest, most reliable ally in the Islamic world. The Turkish government has offered to send 90 commandos to join the U.S.-led force in Afghanistan. The U.S. airbase at Incirlik, in the south of Turkey, is a vital logistics hub for operations in Afghanistan—and in Iraq, if […]

These results seemed at the time to confirm the widely held view that medicine and its practitioners had lost their humanity, and that doctors were abandoning the patients who needed compassion the most. But the subsequent phase of the study called that conclusion into question. Here, dying patients entering the hospital were randomly assigned to […]

Right–and gun control is what will come to pass when all those anxious dog walkers reach critical mass and head for the voting booth. Meanwhile, Outgunned, by journalist Peter Harry Brown and trial attorney Daniel G. Abel, is about what’s happening in the here and now. More specifically, the book is a sympathetic look at […]

Linda Hall Daschle’s prenuptial ethics consultation would be the first of many she has sought over her 17 years as the working wife of a man who is now the most powerful Democrat in Washington. And the ethical questions woven into their marriage have gotten more complex as both Daschles have grown in power and […]

Crazy though Kellner’s argument may sound, it’s not too far off from the one being made in a lawsuit against ReplayTV, a company which, like its better-known competitor TiVo, makes digital video recorders for home use. While these products have been slow to penetrate the market, ReplayTV’s new line of recorders includes a feature that […]