March 2011 Archives

 
  1. Thursday, Mar 31, 2011, 9:10 AM

    On Libya, a New Kind of American Leadership

    Reasonable people can differ on whether it makes sense for the United States to pursue military action in Libya. As someone who had been of…

    Nina Hachigian
  2. Thursday, Mar 24, 2011, 9:51 PM

    The Uncertainty Doctrine

    The United States has confronted the upheavals in the Middle East on a piecemeal basis. Each country’s problems have been considered in relative isolation and without serious consideration of the impact on events elsewhere. Is this wise?

    Steven Spiegel
  3. Tuesday, Mar 22, 2011, 9:36 AM

    Citizens United and the Political “Ice-Nine” Effect

    If a parallel-universe Alexis de Tocqueville were to write a bizarro version of the Frenchman’s magnum opus today—say, How to Ruin Democracy in America—he’d have to give the Citizens United ruling a prominent role in his narrative.

    J. Wes Ulm
  4. Thursday, Mar 17, 2011, 1:49 PM

    The Madness Beyond March

    The NCAA men’s basketball tournament begins today with American intercollegiate athletics occupying two extreme positions. The industry of selling access to games played by indentured young men has never been more lucrative and it has never been more ethically bankrupt.

    Kevin Carey
  5. Tuesday, Mar 15, 2011, 8:00 AM

    The Middle East Is Changing, But Is U.S. Policy?

    The (second) Arab spring—one of the most remarkable outpourings of democratic sentiment in history—was not supposed to happen. Arab regimes, if nothing else, were good at repression.

    Shadi Hamid
  6. Thursday, Mar 10, 2011, 9:30 AM

    Mass Protests and the New Normal

    Two Middle Eastern governments have already been toppled, at least two more are in danger of falling, and while the tens of thousands gathered in Wisconsin have decidedly less radical ambitions, they too are showing the power that technology can bring to mass movements.

    Ethan Porter
  7. Tuesday, Mar 8, 2011, 8:45 AM

    Event Webcast: Bold and Nimble: A 21st-Century Case for Ambitious Gov’t

    In the Winter 2011 issue of Democracy: A Journal of Ideas, Eric Liu and Nick Hanauer write, “The current dissatisfaction with government is not a mere perception or marketing problem, as too many on the left still believe. It is a product problem.”

    Elbert Ventura
  8. Monday, Mar 7, 2011, 4:55 PM

    Next Issue Preview: Federal Case

    Liu and Hanauer’s argument is thoughtful, but this Rooseveltian liberal is unpersuaded by this talk of allegedly superior alternatives in the tradition of the Clinton-Blair “Third Way.”

    Michael Lind
  9. Monday, Mar 7, 2011, 2:51 PM

    Welcome to Arguments

    In our inaugural issue five years ago, we asked, “What could be more anachronistic—in the media culture and political climate of 2006—than the founding of a quarterly journal of ideas?”

    Elbert Ventura

 

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