The Wisconsin Idea

Feature

Holy Toyland

The mega toy retailer, Wal-Mart- is now selling Biblical toys like the talking Jesus

Stephen T. Asma

Senate Moves Wrong

Anna Schneider

Dispatch

Ehud Barak’s Second Coming

In Israel's current political atmosphere, the onetime dove returns dressed in a hawk's feathers

Ralph Seliger

Viewpoint

Burned by Flame Retardants

The EPA does almost nothing to regulate the PBDEs we Americans eat, absorb and breath every day

Terry J. Allen

Feature

Training Satellites on the United States

Homeland Security plans to share spy satellite data with domestic agencies

Lindsay Beyerstein

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