Schools: The Disaster Movie
A debate has been raging over why our education system is failing. A new documentary by the director of An Inconvenient Truth throws fuel on the fire.
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The Intervention
He’d blown the first debate. Now he was on the verge of blowing the second and risking his reelection. In an excerpt from their new book, Double Down, Mark Halperin and John Heilemann describe the moment when a president was talked away from the edge.
The Last Battle
The struggle over Social Security is liable to define politics for years to come. Why both sides are studying the Clintons’ health-care debacle.
The Choirboy
As head boy at a legendary choir school, Lawrence Lessig was repeatedly molested by the charismatic choir director, part of a horrific pattern of child abuse there. Now, as one of America’s most famous lawyers, he’s put his own past on trial to make sure such a thing never happens again.
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Dean Without Screams
Why even center Democrats should stop worrying and learn to love Howard Dean (or, at least, love fighting with him).
The Big Bomb in the Senate
The Republican right is desperate to implement what’s called the nuclear option, ending filibusters. There may be blowback.
King Karl
Think Karl Rove is losing on Social Security and Schiavo? Those are mere tactical skirmishes—he’s got a grander prize in mind.
NASCAR Nation’s Super-Chef
Mario Batali, the man behind Babbo, sets out to feed 75 million race-car fans. “They’ll cook literally anything,” he says admiringly.
Unstoppable
Think Wal-Mart is just going to pack up its box and go home? Think again.
Katrina and The Clintons
The flood in New Orleans gives a sharp new focus to Bill Clinton’s New York conference—and a boost to Hillary’s presidential hopes.
Pining for Bork
He was as divisive a Supreme Court nominee as can be imagined. But Democrats should hope they get a pick like him. Here’s why.
Diller's Foxy Strategy
Google, shmoogle. Barry Diller thinks he can outsmart the Web’s superpowers. And he’s done it before.
The Chancellor's Midterm Exam
Joel Klein is:
♦ the most effective school chancellor in the past several decades.
♦ a pawn in Mayor Bloomberg’s game.
♦ the loser in a battle with the teachers union.
♦ a man who dreams of being mayor.
♦ all of the above.
The Man Behind The Curtain
The Bush administration will continue. But, almost certainly, the Cheney administration is over.
The Dems' Newt Ideas
The Democrats, drafting their own Contract With America, have a golden opportunity in 2006. Will they blow it?
Googlephobia
Google may be the giant asteroid that is going to make the old-media dinosaurs extinct—but the publishing industry is trying to head it off.
N.Y.'s Favorite Republicans
John McCain and Rudy Giuliani seem like the kind of GOPers city Dems could get behind—but one’s pro-life and the other can’t win and won’t run.
The Softening of a Software Man
Like the robber barons, Bill Gates has moved from trying to take over the world to trying to save it. No wonder no one’s afraid of Microsoft anymore.
Chuck’s Chance
Whatever happens with Judge Alito, Schumer is likely the Democratic winner. It’s all part of his secret plan for senatorial domination.
Lost in Space
The King of All Media and the smartest CEO in radio just moved to satellite. So why is Sirius poised to fall back to Earth?