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The Crackdown
by Kelly McEvers + Follow
Washington Monthly | March 2012
How the United States looked the other way while Bahrain crushed the Arab Spring’s most ill-fated uprising.
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We Can Live with a Nuclear Iran
by Paul Pillar + Follow
Washington Monthly | March 2012
Fears of a bomb in Tehran’s hands are overhyped, and a war to prevent it would be a disaster.
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Justice Served
by Michael O'Donnell + Follow
Washington Monthly | November 2011
U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens's thirty-five-year tenure was marked by intellectual rigor, lack of pretension, and the firm belief that absolutism had no place on the bench.
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Shovel-Ready Clinics
by Jeffrey Leonard + Follow
Washington Monthly | November 2011
A job creation idea so obviously good even Washington couldn't possibly say no... could it?
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The Cure
by Phillip Longman + Follow
Washington Monthly | November 2011
The politics of debt have gotten so insane that both parties are on the verge of gutting Medicare. The moment might be right to actually fix it.
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The College For-Profits Should Fear
by John Gravois + Follow
Washington Monthly | September 2011
By offering adults an education that is faster, cheaper, and better than the likes of Kaplan, Phoenix, or Capella, the nonprofit Western Governors University just might eat their lunch.
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The Case for Not-Quite-So-High-Speed Rail
by Phillip Longman + Follow
Washington Monthly | July 2011
The bad news: Republicans have torpedoed plans for American bullet trains. The good news: The Obama administration is quietly building a slower, but potentially much better, rail system.
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The Information Sage
by Joshua Yaffa + Follow
Washington Monthly | May 2011
Meet Edward Tufte, the graphics guru to the power elite who is revolutionizing how we see data.
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Rules of Misbehavior
by Benjamin Dueholm + Follow
Washington Monthly | March 2011
Dan Savage, the brilliant and foul-mouthed sex columnist, has become one of the most important ethicists in America. Are we screwed?
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First Do No Harm
by Marshall Allen + Follow
Washington Monthly | March 2011
Last year there wasn’t a single fatal airline accident in the developed world. So why is the U.S. health care system still accidently killing hundreds of thousands? The answer is a lack of transparency.