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Dispatch

AFRICOM: Round One in a New Cold War?

Two dozen military bases in Africa will help the United States compete for influence with China in the otherwise forgotten continent

Christopher Moraff

Another Taser Tale

Erin Polgreen

The Militaristic Stepping Stool

Anna Schneider

Culture

Chain Stores, Picket Fences and Tanks

American-style sprawl is adversely affecting the outposts of our global empire

Adam Doster

Viewpoint

Twilight of the Market’s Idols

Not Larry Craig, but George Bush and his careless economic policies, have left the Republican party cornered in a bathroom stall

Susan J. Douglas

Viewpoint

Another War We Can’t Afford

The neo-cons may be coordinating with the American Enterprise Institute, the Wall Street Journal, the Weekly Standard, Commentary, Fox, and all the usual suspects to build enough public support to bomb Iran

Allen McDuffee

Feature

Obama’s in the Eye of the Beholder

Can the junior senator from Illinois be both a stalwart progressive and a post-ideological unifier?

David Moberg

Feature

Trending Toward Inanity

Mark Penn's new book, Microtrends, is so epically awful that it could take the entire polling industry down with it

Ezra Klein

Viewpoint

Crocker’s Kooky Economics

In his testimony to the House and Senate, even Ambassador Ryan Crocker's limited claims of economic success in Iraq were laughable

Brian Beutler, The Media Consortium