Photo of the Day, Men In Shorts Firing Antique Guns Edition
View image | gettyimages.comThis picture comes from the celebration in Bavaria of Christi Himmelfahrt, marking the ascension of Christ to heaven. What does Jesus have to do with firing antique guns...
View ArticleNow It's Time For Hillary Clinton to Answer Some Questions About the Iraq War
View image | gettyimages.comJeb Bush has now been bludgeoned into submission on Iraq, a development that is remarkable when you step back and look at how quickly the Republican consensus on that topic...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day, Another Brick In the Wall Edition
View image | gettyimages.comA visitor at an exhibition of artist Nathan Sawaya's Lego sculptures in Paris takes a moment to reflect. Are we all merely collections of interchangeable blocks, formed...
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Programming Note
Flickr/Hernán PiñeraWe just celebrated our 25th anniversary here at The American Prospect, and I've been writing for the magazine for half that time—my first piece for the Prospect appeared in late...
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Why Everyone Wants the Military Budget to Be Bigger
Vito Palmisano/Getty Now that we've finally (almost) clarified who would have invaded Iraq and who wouldn't have, it's time for a little perspective. Yes, it's a good thing that elite Republicans are...
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Honor Our War Dead On Memorial Day -- They Won't Be the Last
AP Photo/Jose Luis MaganaVisitors look at the names on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall, ahead of Memorial Day in Washington, Sunday, May 24, 2015. This Memorial Day, the day set aside to honor...
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Does the Iowa Caucus Still Matter?
AP Photo/Charles DharapakA voter who voted for Republican presidential candidate Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, shows his finger marked with indelible ink as he picks up a free shirt at the Republican Party's...
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The Path to the White House Is Narrow For Democrats and Republicans Alike
AP Photo/Pat SullivanDemocratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers a speech at Texas Southern University in Houston, Thursday, June 4, 2015. It's an inevitability in every...
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Why Republican Candidates are Wrong About the Media
AP Photo/John LocherRepublican presidential candidate, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. pauses while speaking during a technology roundtable at the Switch Innovation Center, Friday, May 29, 2015, in Las...
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Even Republicans Are Coming Around on the Confederate Flag
(Photo: AP/Rainier Ehrhardt)Protesters gather on the steps of the South Carolina Statehouse on June 20.Sixty-three years after South Carolina raised the Confederate flag over its statehouse, a...
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Republicans Need to Find a New Culture War to Fight
AP Photo/Pablo Martinez MonsivaisIn this Friday, June 26, 2015 file photo, people gather in Lafayette Park to see the White House illuminated with rainbow colors in commemoration of the Supreme Court's...
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How Donald Trump Changed the GOP Debate on Immigration
AP Photo/Jim ColeRepublican presidential candidate Donald Trump waves as he arrives at a house party Tuesday, June 30, 2015, in Bedford, New Hampshire. Here's how the immigration issue was supposed to...
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Clinton Tries to Move the Economic Conversation Beyond Jobs
(Photo:AP/Charlie Neibergall)Hillary Clinton speaks to residents of Iowa City, Iowa, during a July 7 campaign stop.As most of us understand, "Do I have a job?" is not the only question you might ask...
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The GOP Finally Finds the Courage to Attack Donald Trump
AP Photo/Danny JohnstonRepublican presidential hopeful Donald Trump speaks at the Republican Party of Arkansas Reagan Rockefeller dinner in Hot Springs, Arkarsas, Friday, July 17, 2015. The GOP may...
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Why Donald Trump Matters
(Photo: AP/Charlie Neibergall)In Oskaloosa, Iowa, on Saturday, Trump said to his supporters, "I'm very good with contracts. Don't you want that?"The political press is struggling over how exactly to...
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Why the Koch Brothers Are Heroes In Their Own Minds
AP Photo/Mark LennihanDavid Koch, Executive Vice President of Koch Industries, Inc., attends The Economic Club of New York, Monday, December 10, 2012. When Charles E. Wilson appeared before a Senate...
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The Party Strikes Back—Or Tries to, Anyway
(Photo: AP/Andrew Harnik)Donald Trump speaks during the Fox News Republican presidential debate in Cleveland on August 6, as Jeb Bush watches."It amazes me that other networks seem to treat me so much...
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The GOP Primary Is a Mess. Can Anyone Unite This Party?
(Photo: AP/Andrew Harnik)The Republican presidential candidates stand on stage before the first GOP primary debate in Cleveland on August 6.Jeb Bush is starting to remind me of someone. Tall guy,...
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Republicans Find Their Next Anti-Choice Innovation
(Photo: AP/Tony Dejak)A woman walks past an abortion clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. Republican Governor John Kasich has overseen some of the strictest anti-abortion measures in the U.S.If you're looking...
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Why Nothing Can Quell the Media's Addiction to Clinton Scandals
AP Photo/John LocherDemocratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at a town hall meeting Tuesday, August 18, 2015, in North Las Vegas, Nevada.If there's any constant in presidential...
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