The Message in the Budget
The alternative minimum tax is a nuisance, but the Bush administration is relying on it to balance the budget.
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The alternative minimum tax is a nuisance, but the Bush administration is relying on it to balance the budget.
Carl M. Cannon, the author of "Untruth and Consequences," talks about the lies our presidents tell us—and the ones they tell themselves.
Chief Justice John Roberts says that if the Supreme Court is to maintain legitimacy, its justices must start acting more like colleagues and less like prima donnas.
Dismayed by the system they helped to create, some veteran political strategists are out to create a better choice in 2008.
From Washington to FDR to Nixon, presidents have always lied. Here’s what makes George W. Bush different.
The new Democratic Congress just might help the White House mend the country’s broken fiscal policy.
How a pair of Democratic strategists are helping candidates talk about their faith
The Atlantic recently asked a group of political insiders—selected for their campaign experience, political knowledge, and ties to key voting blocs—about the strength of the religious right and the antiwar left.
How Hillary Clinton turned herself into the consummate Washington player
The last two elections have left pollsters somewhat bloodied but unbowed
Neglected children, hellish commutes, shrill coworkers, and first pitches at Little League games— why it’s no picnic to be a moderate in the House of Representatives
Some political strategists are hoping for defeat in November
A history in sketches
Rudolph Giuliani learns to speak “evangelese”—and tests the waters for a presidential bid
Michael Chertoff tells Atlantic contributor Stuart Taylor Jr. what it’s like to run the Department of Homeland Security. An edited transcript. (For the full transcript, click here)
Could the interior West—long seen as an archetypal red region—be turning blue? The fate of the Republican Party may hinge on the answer
Can Harold Ford become the first black senator from the old Confederacy since Reconstruction?
Why Supreme Court justices have more free time than ever—and why it should be taken away
If the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, it will set off tectonic shifts in the American political landscape not seen since the civil-rights movement—or perhaps even the Civil War
Jeffrey Rosen, the author of the June cover story, on what Roe v. Wade has done to the country, and what might happen without it
Humor by Bruce McCall
The Atlantic recently asked members of Congress about their perceptions of influence in the White House
Before Mark Warner was a politician, he was a wildly successful entrepreneur—and his success as a huckster shows why he may be a formidable challenger for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination
The national divide over gay marriage is a recipe for legal confusion—but we should learn to live with it
Chart: Where Yahoo's Tumblr Ranks Next to Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest
Eric Schmidt: Kim Jong Un Could Turn On North Korea's Internet if He Wanted
Will 'Digital Ethnic Cleansing' Be Part of the Internet's Future?
NASA Records an Explosion on the Moon So Bright You Could Have Seen It With Your Bare Eyes
This Is the Biggest Mistake 60-Year Old Men Make About the Economy
College Enrollment Is Falling Faster Than We Thought (Good News!)
In Homage to The Office: What's the Worst Job You've Ever Had?
A Simple Graph That Should Silence Austerians and Gold Bugs Forever
The Amazing David Beckham Goal That Sent England to the 2002 World Cup
Good News: The Arrested Development Season 4 Trailer Is Quite Funny
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