The American Prospect Magazine

Hurrah for the James Beard Book, Broadcast and Journalism Awards Winners!

The James Beard Book Broadcast and Journalism awards were held this past Saturday night, and a whole new crop of book authors, TV and radio folks and food journalists were honored with what is still considered the food world's greatest honor -- a James Beard medal. You can see the full list of win ... More >>

Obama Wins in Iowa, Huckabee Crushes Romney

Obama wins the Democratic Caucus in Iowa, with 37 percent of the vote, leaving Edwards and Hillary to battle it out for second. On the Republican side, Huckabee took the gold, followed by Romney, then Thompson, then McCain. All of this has been so fully gamed out that it's hard to add any new insig ... More >>

Warning: Contains Grateful Dead Karaoke!

What to do in Los Angeles this week

Out of the Frying Pan

Democrats may well win this November, but they can’t deliver like they used to

The Shape of '06

The Republicans have one theme, but that’s one more than the Democrats

Cash-and-Carry Democrats

Abramoff’s sins are not tainting Republicans

The Boston Braying Party

The Democratic Convention misses the point

Lieberman Unbound

Willing to try anything to save his candidacy, Joe decides to detonate his own Democratic Party

Holy Joe, Corporate Joe, G.I. Joe

Will the real Senator Lieberman please stand up?

Others and Brothers

Civil rights advance, civil liberties retreat

Beat Bush

But don’t lose your sanity

Perle the Impervious

A one-man encapsulation of everything that’s wrong with Bush’s Washington

Our Very Own 1914

Bush tries to reorder the world in his declaration of war

After Gore, the Deluge

The morning-after line on the candidates

Anyone Seen an Economic Policy?

The GOP has a new team and the same old bad ideas. The Democrats are still pondering.

Powerlines

Without vision, the party — well, a Senate majority — perishes

New Fault Lines

Letters

Boundaries Going Up

A layman’s (and statesman’s) guide to fencing in the Middle East

Where’s the Rest of It?

The Democrats’ curiously incomplete election-year program

Bicoastal

Middle-classlessness, viewed from L.A. and D.C.

The Great Divide

Why Cornel West, Barbara Ehrenreich, Alexander Cockburn, Katha Pollitt and others are voting for Ralph Nader . . .And why Todd Gitlin, Ishmael Reed, Arlie Hochschild, Robert Scheer and others are not

The Greenberg Factor

How Al Gore figured out what this election is about. How W. didn’t

Liberty and Justice for All

The Democratic Party platform you won’t see