Joshua Foer
Cut classes Tuesday — this election matters

Next Tuesday’s election could be the most important of our lifetimes. If the Republicans manage to take control of the Senate and hang on to […]

Making the liberal case for deposing Saddam Hussein

Broadly speaking, there are two rival schools of foreign policy thought: realism and idealism. Realists tend to see things in terms of pragmatic interests. They […]

The problems with Daschle and his presidential dreams

Last December, the conservative Family Research Council ran an ad on South Dakota TV stations juxtaposing pictures of Saddam Hussein and Senate Majority Leader Tom […]

Promoting democracy in our nation’s capital

Pop quiz: What three groups of taxpaying American citizens are systematically denied representation in Congress? Unless you’re totally oblivious, you’re probably aware that citizens under […]