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Feature
Taking (Back) the Initiative
An activist think tank is fighting the right at the ballot box–and winning.
David Sarasohn
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Abortion on Trial
When a renowned abortion doctor opened a clinic in Ocala, Florida, he was seen as a public pest. So local authorities used the courts to get rid of him.
Hillary Frey and Miranda Kennedy
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‘After Dirty Air, Dirty Money’
The Bush Administration is blocking efforts to rein in offshore banking.
Lucy Komisar
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Editorial
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Shrub Flubs His Dub
Austin
Oh, sure, blame it on Texas. It’s all our fault Jim Jeffords walked. Many, many people in Washington are assuming "the Texans" in the White House are responsible for this massive screw-up. Whereas everybody in political Austin assumes it. It’s often hard to discern the difference between Texas Tough and Texas Stupid.
Molly Ivins
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Harvard’s ‘Fitting Choice’
On July 1 Larry Summers–the Wunderkind economist who ran the Treasury Department under President Clinton–takes over as president of Harvard University.
Matt Bivens
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Column
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On the Gradual End of the Estate Tax
For years, estates of wealthy men were taxed–
The sort of thing that spoils a nice goodbye.
The tax will disappear by 2010.
And then the rich will find it safe to die.Calvin Trillin
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Books & the Arts
The Battle of Algiers
A new memoir stirs long-suppressed memories of the “war without a name.”
Adam Shatz
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