Best Articles of 2005

Stories and commentary that shaped the year's debates. Click on any item below for more information, or on a tab above to see another year's featured articles.

ArticleAuthor(s)Publication
Darwin in the Dock
Better Final Days
Investing Now in the Future of Our Children
Navigating America's China Challenge
Citizens' Assemblies
Our Immigrants, Their Immigrants
A Hospital Plan for Pandemics
With Three Smart Steps, Congress Can Make a Big Difference
Our Allies In Iran
Blowback Revisited
Homeowner Tax Breaks are Breaking the Budget
Where Have All the Revolutions Gone?
America Needs a Tax System that Reflects its Values
A Katrina Voucher Compromise
Send in the Troops
The Era to Bring Back
Closing the Hurricane Gap
We're All Environmentalists Now
There is No 'New Deal' in Today's America
Katrina and Urban Liberalism Left Behind
Reading Al Qaeda
If You Can't Lick 'em, Try Diplomacy
The Tragic Costs of Bush's Iraq Obsession
Democracy and Disaster
America Needs Leaders to Cross Gulf of Neglect
Dedicated, Overworked, Underfunded
Health Cuts Are the Real 'Death Tax'
The Dangers of Tolerance
Redistricting Reform: Road Map to Nowhere?
Explode the Myths of Global Competition
Engage Iran, Support Pipeline
Our Ally, Our Problem
Insurance Policy
A Church-State Solution
The U.S. Brain Belt
Reconnecting to the World
The Trade Row Over Aircraft is Missing the Point
Bigger and Better
The Legal Debate is Over: Terrorism is a War Crime
Terror in the Past And Future Tense
The New Insecurity
Signs of an Impending 'Asian Century'
Rise of the Green Machine
To Boost Service, Legislature Needs More Workers on Floor
Supreme Confidence
A Prescription for Senile Liberalism
The Real Crisis In Putin's Russia
Sacramento's Growth Dilemma
The Corporate Tax is Dying!
A New Day in Iran
Schwarzenegger vs. Gerrymander
American Cities of Aspiration...
Share the Ownership
Early Retirement Accounts are the Way Forward
Rule, Suburbia
Now for the Hard Part in Iraq
The Market Shall Set You Free
How America Became the World's Dispensable Nation
Suburban Culture
Managing the Cost of an Aging America
Consider Alternate Systems of Voting
Give More Credit to Prolific Parents
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